Run And Carry has drawn box 1 in the third heat and, after opening at $2.20, has already firmed to $1.80 with tab.com.au.

He has displaced the well-performed Highland Chief ($2.10 to $2.15) as favourite in a race where only three runners are under $21.

If punters weren't swayed by his obviously good race record, it was hard to ignore his trial between races on the Devonport track last week.

He clocked a quick 25.26 which is marginally faster than Highland Chief's best winning race time for the 452m trip.

Run And Carry is trained by 27-year-old Matt Lanigan who plundered the Hobart Thousand in 2016 with Zipping Bruiser.

Sportsbet has Run And Carry equal favourite for the same race next month and Lanigan selected the Devonport Chase as a suitable lead-up.

"He is a speed dog that should suit Devonport perfectly," the trainer said.

"After a couple of starts at Geelong I have always had the Devonport Chase in the back of my mind.

"He takes a few steps to get motoring but can run fast sectionals which you need at Devonport."

However Lanigan respects the local form and does not expect the race formerly known as the Devonport Cup to be a pushover.

"There's a heap of top chances in all the heats," he said.

"I've thrown Run And Carry in at the deep end but he's earned his chance and last week's trial showed he can run the time needed to be very competitive.

"He is a dog that usually doesn't trial that well - he likes the competitive side of racing - so I was really happy with that time."

Dual licence-holder Yassy Nishitani produced the surprise result at Elwick on Sunday when his first-starter Kay Oh Ell won the 3YO Maiden at odds of $41.

After being well back and seemingly out of contention at the 400m, apprentice Ianish Luximon saved ground with an inside run rounding the home turn.

A minor placing still looked the filly's best hope half way up the straight but she made up three lengths on the leader Sharma Rama in the last 100m to snatch victory.

"When she was so far back I didn't think she was going to make it," Nishitani admitted.

"But she started winding up from the 400m and came through on the inside.

"She finished off pretty strong but I think the others might have gone a bit too hard or a bit too early."

The trainer said Kay Oh Ell, who is part-owned by his wife Ayano, had needed time to mature and he expected her to make a 1400m horse.

Nishitani bought the the daughter of Fastnet Rock stallion El Roca at the 2019 Gold Coast National Yearling Sale for $26,000.

Consistent three-year-old Kohima broke a run of five straight minor placings on Sunday, leaving Cressy trainer Cameron Thompson with mixed emotions.

Thompson naturally was happy that the Kuroshio gelding had finally broken his duck but a little disappointed it hadn't been in a Tasbred bonus race.

Kohima had been eligible for the 3YO Maiden won by Kay Oh Ell, which carried $20,000 in bonuses, but the trainer thought it would be a harder race than the open-age maiden over the same trip.

However, as luck would have it, early favourite Reite Den Blitz was scratched from the three-year-old race and there ended up being little difference in the quality of the two fields.

"The only disappointing thing is that we really wanted a Tasbred bonus for the owners but sometimes you have to go where you can get a win," Thompson said.

"And the horse definitely deserved a win - he's tough and he's honest.

"He is a little bit limited I'd say. I know he's been beaten by handy horses but we expected big things of him as a two-year-old and he's never delivered.

He's been very slow maturing mentally and I still think he'll be better as a four-year-old."

Former Victorian mare French Heiress is another horse that has been slow to delivery but her winning turn finally came in Sunday's 1600m maiden.

The five-year-old daughter of Ustinov got home by a nose over Readily Rewarded in a finish that deceived her trainer John Blacker who believed she'd "probably been rolled".

"She had nine or 10 starts in Victoria before she came here and ran some good races without winning," Blacker said.

"I thought she might have won a race before now but she has run some good placings behind horses that have come out and won again.

"She's no world-beater but, if we can find the right races, she might be better suited over 2100m."

Prizemoney for the 3YO Cup will hit $100,000 for the first time at Mowbray on Wednesday night.

The race was worth $50,000 when The Inevitable won in 2018 and rose to $75,000 last year when Still A Star was successful.

The Inevitable's trainer Scott Brunton has a strong hand again this year with two key runners.

Corporate markets were not up at the time of writing but a computer-generated market (calculated to 125 per cent) indicates it is a very open race.

4.00 Thunberg, Warrior Prince; 7.00 Reite Den Blitz; 9.00 Le Cadeau, Gee Gee Josie, Algernon; 11.00 War Correspondent; 13.00 Freelancer; 15.00 Swingin' George; 21.00 One Lotto.