Lady Mironton to tackle Stan Sadleir Stakes on way to Snake Gully Cup

Lady Mironton will start as one of the leading contenders in the feature race at Wagga, the $27,000 Bendigo Bank Stan Sadleir Stakes (1400m).

The five-year-old mare has a benchmark rating of 73, which would have got her in the race last year but with the increase in prizemoney, a start in the Gundagai feature is expected to be hard to come by.

"We're heading towards the Snake Gully Cup," Carroll said.

"If we don't make that then there is a Federal at Canberra on the Sunday instead. Then we might head to Melbourne for some races. It's hard to place them when they're in the 70s but there is some nice mares races over 1600, 1800 metres.

"She also has to come forward and do it but I hope she will."

Lady Mironton ran second in the Southern District heat of the Country Championships at Albury last year.

She resumed this campaign with a solid fifth placing at Canberra earlier in the month where she carried 63 kilograms and was beaten just over two lengths.

"With 63 kilos I was rapt with the run at Canberra," he said.

"She drops eight kilos from that run and gets three or three and a half from the winner (Irish Lucy). She also steps up another 200 metres so there is a fair bit in her favour.

"She's a quality horse and whatever she does she will improve on."

Simon Miller will again ride Lady Mironton, who is drawn barrier nine.

Carroll has four other maidens engaged at Wagga on Friday.

One of those, Sumdeel, will head to a $40,000 Country Showcase Maiden Plate (1200m) at Goulburn on Sunday instead.

"She's a really nice filly in the making. She will have that run and go for a break," Carroll said.

"She's a very imposing filly but there is a lot of development still in her. You can see from her trial, she needs to get into her gears. She's got really nice gears, she just doesn't know how to fully use them yet.

"When it all comes together she'll be a nice filly."

At Wagga, Carroll rates lightly-raced mare Il De Re as the best of his maidens in the WDF Professional Maiden Plate (1200m).

"She came to the stables after she broke down as a young horse and my staff have spent months getting her back to the races," he said.

"Her first up run was nice but she ran into dead ends. I expect her to run a good race (on Friday)."

Cambridge Queen will have her second race start in the Riverina Crane Services Class One & Maiden Plate (1600m), while Ember will make her debut in the Trevor Sutherland Racing Maiden Handicap (1000m).

"Cambridge Queen is looking for 2000 metres plus so we're stepping her up to the mile and I expect her to be running on," he said.

"Ember has improved all the way along. She will probably need the run and be better when she steps up in ground."

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