And he’s hoping Dreams of Paris has more luck than his only other trip.

“I think we took three and sacked two of them,” he laughed.

The five-year-old finished fifth in her last start at Albury on Oaks Day.

“I gave her a freshen up after Cootamundra (Cup) with Snake Gully Cup in mind and I actually had the idea of racing her first-up in the Snake Gully Cup, but she did so well, she got away from me a bit,” Beer said.

“She was just so above herself, I was going to take her to Corowa for a trial, but I just didn’t think it’d be enough, so I opted to give her a run in the Open Handicap 55, which she certainly wasn’t suited to.

“I don’t think she’s ever run below 1400m since a maiden in New Zealand, I gave her a bit of a task with a big weight and she couldn’t have been more impressive, I was rapt with her.

“She gave the leaders about 15 lengths at one stage and was held up a couple of times and only just got beaten.”

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In a crowded finish, Dreams of Paris was edged out by one and a half lengths over the 1175m.

The mare boasts an impressive strike rate of nine placings from 21 starts, falling just short of six figures in prize money.

Dreams of Paris will run from barrier nine and carry 57kgs with Nick Heywood on board.

Beer says the Canberra stable of Barbara Joseph and Paul and Matt Jones with Mercurial Lad and Rock On Zarziz will be among a raft of contenders.

“I think those horses will be pretty hard to beat, Barbara Joseph always has had a successful carnival there,” he said.

“There’s plenty of good, tough local horses and you can never underestimate the locals.”

Wodonga trainer Peter Maher’s Cha Cha King has been freshened up over the past month following a last-place finish at Cranbourne on October 14.

It will be the six-year-old’s third run in this campaign.