The three-year-old filly struggled to measure up against city class opposition when 10 lengths last to the Chris Waller-trained Gresham at Rosehill earlier this month. 

But Bateup now has mid-week races in mind for Burden Of Proof, after jockey Jess Taylor pushed off heels on the turn to win by a length in Saturday’s Benchmark 72. 

“She really appreciated that class drop and she’s just so honest,” Bateup said. 

“We’ve thrown her in the deep end a couple of times, but she always loves coming back to her home track. 

“It was a really tricky race on paper too, how it was going to be run, we knew she’d need some luck. 

“But she’s a little trier and we’ll find some Wednesday grade races for her in town.”

Waller had celebrated a record 300^th winner across all tracks for the season with Chatalard at Rosehill on Saturday. Soon after, he had yet another as Chad Lever steered Asterius to his second win in four starts in a Class 1 (1400m).

But Bateup has had a dominance of her own, as the leading trainer at Sapphire Coast this season.

Bateup won the first three races at the Sapphire Coast with Sunday Poet, Tsnumi Alert and Jarrett and had three other placings last week. And she will be hoping to to continue the recent hot streak when Fleeting Stryke returns at Randwick on Saturday. 

Elsewhere, former jockey Peter Robl had success with Screen Shot, who came into the field after being an emergency, beating the Gai Waterhouse-trained first starter and favourite Master Ash, who was slow away.

Like Taylor on Burden Of Proof, Koby Jennings found the better going in the middle of the track and kicked clear on the straight, holding off Master Ash’s challenge. 

Canberra trainer Joe Ible made the most of his trip to Kembla Grange, as four-year-old mare Bella Amante won for the second time in just her third start, after a 308-day break. 

Ible said Bella Amante was destined to run over at least 1600m, but kicked clear in a 1200m Class 2 on Saturday.