Jockey Brenton Avdulla has taken plenty from In Her Time's trial form and believes the Newcastle-trained mare can be the fresh horse on the scene late in the $14 million The Everest (1200 metres) on Saturday.
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In Her Time will be the only horse in the 12-strong field racing first-up in the richest race on turf at Randwick.
The seven-year-old has not raced since March when sixth in the Newmarket Handicap at Flemington but she has trialled twice, including a second to two-time Everest winner Redzel at Gosford over 1000m on October 8. Avdulla was aboard for that hit-out and he was confident In Her Time was ready to shock as a $21 chance.
"She's won five from eight fresh," Avdulla told Sky Racing.
"She's a multiple group 1 winner. She's beaten Sunlight and Osborne Bulls before and it took Santa Ana Lane to run her down in the VRC Sprint, so I think she's got the right form lines.
"I've been happy with her trials and I think she's going to be in there a bit like the forgotten horse. No one has seen her race day for a while, so she draws a gate hopefully and I'm sure she'll run well.
"A lot of them have been racing against each other, Redzel, Classique Legend, and I took a bit out of it that she trialed every bit as good as Redzel last week and she can improve off it.
"You've obviously got the Santa Ana Lane form, and they are all up and going, and she's going to be the fresh horse on the scene, so we'll see how we go."
"It just shows you how strong the form is and how strong the race is," Avdulla told AAP of the Kris Lees-trained mare's spot in the market.
"It took Santa Ana Lane to beat her in the VRC Classic and she's beaten Sunlight before.
"She's beaten Pierata. All those horses that are higher up in the betting, she's beaten them before.
"I suppose it's a case of out of sight of mind."
Avdulla rode a winner at Newcastle on Tuesday aboard the John O'Shea-trained Just Society in a 1500m maiden.