When there’s a spot in a $3 million race at stake you leave nothing to chance and that’s what Barbara Joseph, Paul and Matt Jones are doing with bold front-runner Zouatica as they work to sure up a spot in their third Big Dance.

Never any real surprise when regional racing icon and 1989 Doncaster winner Barbara Joseph wins another race in town with her sons Paul and Matt from their substantial Sapphire Coast and ACT stables.

While Bathurst training record holder Bjorn Baker typically presents with well credentialed favourites, Too Sharp - the lone runner from the Joseph and Jones stable - looks the safest bet on Thursday’s TAB meeting.