The Joe Pride-trained Butterboom is expected to be breaking maiden status in Race 4 at Hawesbury on Thursday.
Butterboom will start as favourite in the T & L Fowler Concreting Maiden after a solid second on resuming over 1000m at Gosford on a testing track.
The mare was prominent throughout on that occasion with the run returning a Timeform rating of 71.
Butterboom will have taken benefit from the outing and is open to further improvement considering she possesses a master Timeform rating of 81 returned at her second career start.
Everything points to a strong showing in Race 4 at Hawkesbury on Thursday.
The daughter of Myboycharlie rates highest amongst this field on 50 day weight adjusted ratings on her latest showing.
Expect her to roll forward and be prominent throughout.
Butterboom isn’t without opposition though with a number of runners capable of improvement both early in the careers and campaigns.
Farah rises in grade after a slender second on resuming at Taree.
The gelding was prominent throughout over 1000m and is another open to improvement.
Our Meteor was solid when third on resuming in the same race Butterboom kicked her latest campaign off in.
While finishing two lengths behind Butterboom, she now meets the Joe Pride-trained mare 2.5kg better at the weights under handicap conditions.
It is enough to at least keep things sporting between the pair on Thursday afternoon.
An intriguing runner is the Clarry Conners-trained Create.
The mare has not been to the races since her debut at Randwick back in January 25.
It was a forgettable day out where she pulled up sore.
She has trialled a number of times since and in encouraging fashion, the latest over 740m at Warwick Farm.
Tye Angland stays aboard after that trial and the mare is worth keeping safe first up.
That being said, 593 days since her last raceday outing, she will derive plenty of improvement from the run.
Butterboom has the greatest appeal of anything in the T & L Fowler Concreting Maiden Plate (1100m).
The 6/4 about her as of Thursday morning is a price worthy of consideration for those wagering at Hawkesbury this afternoon.
