Speed freak Kiwi mare Entriviere's bid for an invitation to Australia's newest glamour race looks back on track.
That is the impression champion ex-pat jockey James McDonald gave trainer Jamie Richards after Entriviere galloped in Sydney on Tuesday in preparation for Saturday's A$200,000 Sheraco Stakes at Kembla Grange, Wollongong.
Entriviere heads the pre-draw market with Australian bookmakers for the Group 2 1200m mares' race, which has been moved from its programmed venue of Rosehill as Covid-19 continues to ravage Sydney.
For Entriviere, the Sheraco will signal a delayed start to her campaign aimed at the A$2 million The Invitation, the new Sydney race on October 23 for which most markets have her among the top three favourites.
As a two-time Group 3 winner, she is likely to get an invitation to that mares-only 1400m event, but her campaign suffered a small setback when she was scratched from her preferred season-opener 17 days ago after picking up a suspected stone bruise two days before the race.