MEGAN Keeping will make her Melbourne metropolitan debut at The Meadows this Saturday night when she contests race three, the Bendigo to Meadows Damsels Dash final (525 metres), for trainer Kelly Bravo and Race A Chaser syndications.

Bravo said she was happy with Megan’s run last week, finishing third in her heat over 500 metres at Bendigo, where she stuck on gamely after being unable to cross and find the fence from box seven.

“I was hoping that she would have enough pace to get across from the seven but she didn’t begin brilliantly like she can and from then on it was always going to be hard for her,” Bravo explained.

“She has drawn a lot better this week and the dog on her inside goes hard left early so hopefully she will begin well and run a good race.”

Megan Keeping, a winner of 16 from 36, has been in great form since joining Bravo’s kennels back in August, with the daughter of Cosmic Rumble and Indigo Gem finishing in the top three at her past eight starts.

Bravo said that Megan will be going into the race slightly underdone this week, but she is still hopeful that she will put her best paws forward at box rise.

“Ideally I would have liked to trial her again this week before Saturday but she has just had a few niggling little things that we had to work on so we couldn’t risk trialling her and then racing her.

“She is going into it a little bit fresh, but she is going to have to lead it to have any chance so hopefully she will come out a bit better this week.

“She might feel the pinch a little bit at the end, but she has been working really well at home over the past couple of days so hopefully that will just top her off.”

Also representing Race A Chaser syndications this week is the talented Jaguara which will be stepping up over the testing 660 metres at Bendigo on Friday afternoon.

The son of Mildean Panther and Flamingo Sands ran third at his middle distance debut at Sandown Park (595 metres) on Sunday, with Bravo wasting no time in testing him out over the longer journey.

“It is not a really hard race and I think he could go close if he can run out the 660 – but the distance might just test him out a little bit in the final stages,” Bravo said.

“It is a nice step up for him – even if he does get a bit tired at the end it will have been a nice hit out for him and then we can go on from there.”

Jaguara will jump from box two in race four at 4:04pm AEDT.