Group 1 National Futurity winner Zipping Sapporo heads to Dapto for the first time on Thursday and steps up to a middle distance for the first time.
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The lightly raced daughter of Aston Dee Bee (ex Crafty Lady) had saluted in eight of 10 starts before finishing a luckless seventh to Super Estrella in a Richmond Oaks heat over 535m two weeks back.
Zipping Sapporo's pedigree oozes strength and quality. Her half brother Zipping Potter was runner-up in the Group 1 Hume Cup (725m) at The Meadows while his litter sister, Zipping Katelyn excelled at staying distances.
In this 600m essay, must deal with the awkward four alley yet there's no doubt punters will rally to support the fawn bitch. She has won at Wentworth Park (520m) in a sparkling 29.61 seconds and it's her back-end strength which has been key to an imposing winning strike rate.
Should an upset be produced, Candy Carrera (box six) appears the most likely. She quickly led from box five at Dapto on March 4 and ground out a solid 34.55 secs win over Crux.
This assignment is far tougher and she can mix box manners yet, with room to move early on, the race will be well and truly n'.
Earlier in the night, interest lies in the performance of debutant Aston Galahad. Also by Aston Dee Bee, Aston Galahad is out of 2015 Sandown Laurels winner Fantastic Skye and is prepared - for owner Ray Borda - by Fantastic Skye's Nowra-based breeder Jason Fletcher.
He's drawn box one in race one and clashes with litter brother - and kennel mate - Aston Lancelet (box three).
