PASSIONATE Queanbeyan

trainer Garry Clarke will

enter his mare Bossy

Matilda into this year's

Queanbeyan Cup with one

piece of advice for punters:

''She'll win if she wants

to.''

Bossy Matilda has raced

eight times since February

in preparation for this race,

and Clarke said his temperamental

seven-year-old

would be tough to beat - if

she is in a good mood.

''It's up to her, she'll turn

it on and be a handful if she

wants to but then sometimes

she's good, she runs

the show,'' he said.

''She's as much chance as

any of them on the day,

she's beaten most of the

field.''

The mare finished fourth

last Friday in Canberra over

2000 metres after throwing

jockey Adrian Layt off her

back prior to the race. She

won her last start in Queanbeyan,

also over 2000

metres.

Jockey Brad Clarke rode

her to the win that day in

Queanbeyan and he will

ride Bossy Matilda again on

Sunday at what is the

mare's favourite track,

according to trainer Garry

Clarke.

''At Queanbeyan it's a

different story, she's a lot

better horse at home here

and she likes this track,'' he

said. Clarke was heavily

involved in preparing last

year's Queanbeyan Cup

winner Monga Mist, who

was trained by his cousin

Richard Clarke.

Monga Mist had spent a

lot of time in Garry Clarke's

stables before moving

across to work with his

cousin in Braidwood.

''My cousin owned her

[Monga Mist] and he

decided that he'd get his

trainer's license,'' Clarke

said.

''I had her in here for a

couple of preprations and

he had a for a preparation

and set her up for the cup,

and he won it.''