What Pitapat lacks in size, she makes up with heart and "a bit of ability", trainer Gavin Groth says.
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The mare is set to return from a three-month spell in the Commercial Hotel Boggabri Cup (1000m) on Saturday.
Groth said Pitapat had come back in good condition but there was one negative heading in.
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"I wasn't quite sure if this race had come around a bit quick but it was marked for her," the Gunnedah trainer said.
"It's on her home track, she's drawn a barrier (five) and there's a lot of advantages to outweigh one disadvantage.
"We've elected to take a bit of weight off as well. She's lightly raced and she's only tiny. In her early years we wanted to let her mature and get stronger."
This preparation will be Pitapat's second in her short career.
She's had three starts for one win which came at Gunnedah in September last year.
However, that wasn't the four-year-old's best run, according to Groth.
"She trialled last time [preparation] and then went to Coonabarabran and missed the start," he said.
"It was probably her best run. She was spotting them 15 lengths over 900 metres on debut and I think she got within four lengths."
That's exactly how much she lost by before running at Gunnedah where the "wide barrier was her undoing", Groth said.
If Pitapat can jump well, Groth rated the mare a "good each way chance".
He also said Pitapat was "bred to excel on soft tracks" so the expected rain wouldn't hurt her chances.
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