The Kembla trainer has always been of the opinion his daughter of Silver Slipper winner Chance Bye was up to the grade, but the Group 3 feature will be Bye See’s first black type tilt. 

Tubman acknowledged it would be a substantial step up in class for his filly, but felt the run would give him a good indication of what path to take with her.

“It is obviously a much tougher race so she will have to do everything right if she wants to win,” she said.

“If she does she will be hard to beat, but it's not an easy race.

“It will depend on how she goes [at Hawkesbury] what we decide. If she will go on to the winter or go for a spell.”

Tubman had hopes of running Bye See in the Arrowfield Kembla Grange Classic (1600m) and the Oaks earlier this preparation but had those plans derailed by bad luck.

He’s now opted to focus on Hawkesbury instead.

The trainer gave Bye See a run at the track on April 13 in preparation for the Guineas and he expects she will benefit from it if she makes the field this weekend.

Bye See was a dominant winner by close to three lengths on that occasion. 

She was one of 19 nominations for her maiden Group 3 test, with 16 horses set to make the field.

“She should hopefully just scrape into the field,” Tubman said.

“She has come through her win the other day at the same track really well and Kathy O’Hara will ride her again this weekend.”

Bye See will carry 54 kilos if she has a start on Saturday.

Meanwhile, fellow Kembla trainers Kerry Parker and Gwenda Markwell will both head to Canterbury on Wednesday.

Parker, who had Heavenly Anna win at Randwick on Sydney Cup day, has Red Dubawi in the TAB Handicap (1900m) with in-form jockey Jay Ford to ride.

Markwell’s Coolcraft will have a first-up run in the Bowermans Office Furniture Handicap (1200m).