Trainer Ken Kelso hasn't given up on Levante turning the tables on her emphatic Railway conqueror Entriviere in tomorrow's $250,000 Telegraph at Trentham, saying the 1200m race will suit his mare far better than the last time the pair clashed at Ellerslie.
Entriviere was too quick for Levante in the Railway 13 days ago, putting a winning break on her at the top of the straight after just maintaining a superior field position to dictate Levante's line around the home bend.
The two mares meet at equal weights again tomorrow and with Entriviere drawing the ace she has opened $1.50 to complete the Group 1 sprint double, with Michael McNab sitting in for suspended Opie Bosson and the mare's other regular jockey Danielle Johnson out injured.
McNab will have the job of getting Entriviere away quicker than she has in recent starts to give her the option of trailing or leading.
While her ace draw raises the small possibility of Entriviere getting locked away at a crucial stage, the field probably lacks the depth to stay compacted down the long Trentham straight and the last time she drew the ace she trailed and bolted away with the Concorde at Ellerslie last January.