That is the opinion of jockey Kylie Williams as she gets ready to jump aboard the Align mare in the rating 75 1200m.
Williams has teamed up with Snow Line for her past four starts, and was thrilled with the 5yr-old's effort for second at Riccarton on August 9, one week after running fifth at Riccarton on the first day of the Grand National carnival.
''It was a huge effort. Even when she ran fifth [two starts ago], she probably needed the run because she missed the Oamaru race,'' Williams said.
''Then she backed up and she had improved a ton on the fifth on the first day of the National [meeting].''
Williams said reports on Snow Line's work during the week from Michelle Carston - Lisa Latta's stable boss at Riccarton - had also been positive.
''Michelle said she galloped enormous the other day.''
But the track at Timaru could decide Snow Line's competitiveness even before the gates open.
All four of her wins have come on slow or heavy tracks, with her best form on the most rain-affected surfaces, so the dead5 track rating yesterday afternoon was not ideal.
''On her last run, she would have to be hard to beat, but the only thing is whether the track is going to be wet enough for her,'' Williams said.
Williams laughed off suggestions she gets extra pressure from some of Snow Line's owners, who include standardbred horsemen Mark Jones, Andrew Stuart, Regan Todd and Craig Thornley.
''Andrew and Regan are just more excited than anything. I always get the text asking `how did it go?'.''
Williams is willing to forgive Skeet for her last-start failure at Riccarton, although she is waiting for the day the Howbaddouwantit mare gets her behaviour into line.
Whether it is today in the rating 65 1200m remains to be seen.
''She's had four starts and every time she's been to the races, she's still done something wrong even when she won.
''Drawn wide at Riccarton in that chute can be daunting, for some horses so she just didn't cope with that.
''Coming back to Timaru, I wouldn't discount her. She's a nice galloper, but she's just got to get everything together, which she hasn't quite done.''
Skeet's four starts is in stark contrast to the 118 starts El Bee Dee has under the belt. The 10yr-old is another galloper who would enjoy some rain.
''He likes it if the pace is on and he's chasing other horses,'' she said.
''As long as the pace is on, and he gets a nice enough run, he'll be thereabouts.
''He definitely likes it wetter, but he'll always give it his best no matter what the track is.''
Williams hopes to use barrier 1 to her advantage with My Silver Lining in race 4, when the son of St Reims debuts for Leithfield trainer Centaine Spittles.
''I've watched the trials and his trial form is not bad. Centaine thinks a wee bit of him.
''Drawn 1, as long he bounces out, which he has at the trials previously, he'll probably go a cheeky race.''
Williams' other ride Oh So Famous (race 1) should improve with the run in her first race-day run since May.
