The Stephen McNally-trained filly has not missed too many scraps recently, but her awful draw on the outside of the front line in race 9 may force McNally's hand in the sulky.
Scarlet Falcon's recent racing has been against smart types including Nek Time, Galactic Star, RR Sand Dollar and American Tart, and the daughter of Elsu has acquitted herself well.
"She's done a great job. She hasn't had a whole lot of luck in her races and the times she has had a bit of luck, she's shown her true worth,'' he said.
Luck has deserted the filly again with the draw, which means McNally might not blast out from the gate from the 2600m start point.
"From the draw we're probably just going to have to go back.
"It's probably a good chance to drive her for one run. She's been doing a fair bit of work in her races, and she'd probably appreciate being driven with one run and it might suit her.''
What could help Scarlet Falcon is the presence of Ultimate Desire - who beat Scarlet Falcon at Ashburton last weekend - and Elusive Flight on the second line.
"With a bit of luck, they'll run along a wee bit and she'll get into it later on. At some stage, they'll be getting going so we'll be joining in with them.''
McNally also hopes a steady tempo prevails for Jay Jayz Boy in race 3, a 2600m mobile pace for maidens.
The gelding's recent starts have been middling efforts, but McNally feels this race could suit.
"He's the sort of horse that going back to the 2600m is going to benefit him,'' he said.
"He lacks a little bit of speed but going over the extra distance, he seems to finish off his races a bit better. I'm quite happy with the way he's worked.''
The son of Santanna Blue Chip should start from barrier 6, putting him in a "similar boat'' to Scarlet Falcon.
"He's probably not ready to be going forward from being out a bit wider. The way he's working, he should finish off the race quite nicely.''
McNally has two drives for Temuka trainer Brent White and expects Cullen's Bardon (race 4) to be prominent in his maiden 2000m pace.
"Things didn't quite go right for him in the couple of starts he's already had, but he's trialled up nice and if he puts the right foot forward, he'll put in a pretty good run,'' he said.
Trouble Rieu, on the other hand, put in a shocker at Rangiora on April 24 which baffled McNally and White.
"Things panned out for him and he decided not to turn up,'' he said.
"It depends what horse turns up, really - he turned up at Invercargill and things couldn't have gone any better [beating Alley Way and others] but he let us down at Rangiora.
"Brent said he's worked good since, but we need him to actually turn up on race day and do it, so just take him on trust, really.''
Tips from the talent
• Jonny Cox
Sheez Good (Race 4, No 9)
• Brad Williamson
Pyramid Mustang (Race 1, No 8)
• Stevie Golding
Precious Pet (Race 8, No 6)
• Matthew Williamson
Elusive Flight (Race 9, No 12)
• Robbie Close
Hopeful Harriet (Race 6, No 7)
