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Exciting Albury filly Scatcat will face a serious test of her potential if she tackles Sunday’s $80,000 Wodonga Gold Cup from a wide barrier.

Scatcat boasts five wins from eight starts and trainer Brett Cavanough is now asking a lot more from the three-year-old filly before she goes for a spell.

Cavanough is confident Scatcat is up to the challenge but will wait until race morning to commit the filly to a Wodonga Cup start after she drew barrier 17.

“I’ve seen Wodonga Cups where there have been last start Melbourne Saturday winners and I don’t think there’s too many of them in there this year,” Cavanough said.

“It’s worth $48,000 to the winner and I’ve only got to drive 8kms so I’m pretty happy to go there with her.”

“She is just a very versatile filly going through her grades. She gave a mob of open handicappers a belting the other day at Wagga.

“Barrier 17 scares me a bit but they have a long run down the back straight.

“If she’s in good order on Sunday morning I’ll probably run her.”

Cavanough has already knocked back a couple of sizable offers for the filly, who will be spelled after the weekend.

“We’ve fielded a couple of big offers for her already,” he said.

“Her pedigree is worth nothing but as a racehorse we don’t know how good she is. It has all been off one preparation and she just keeps improving.”

Scatcat’s rivals include two-time Wodonga Cup winner Jetconi, now a nine-year-old and seeking his third win in the race on the back of a dead-heat victory at Benalla.

Other key runners include Our Smokin’ Rock from the in-form Wez Hunter stable and 2011 Victoria Handicap winner Red Colossus who will carry the top weight of 60kg for Brett Scott.

Top local trainer Brian Cox will saddle a strong team of four made up of Tumbulgum, Chinzia, Full Hand and Murdoch’s Joy.