The 5yr-old mare has her first standing start in tonight's 4&5yr-old championship, a group 3 race, at Forbury Park. The different starting format for the daughter of Bettor's Delight does not scare her Roxburgh co-trainer, but he knows the equine pride of Roxburgh needs things to go her way.
''All the races she's won, she's had the rub of the green. That's her style,'' Knight said.
''If things don't go her way, then you've just got to cop it on the chin.''
Her last race start, at Winton in mid-March, certainly did not go her way. Driver Matthew Williamson was caught wide with the mare from a wide draw and had no option but to go forward. She finished the mile in fifth place, 4 lengths behind Better To Be Bad, but still recorded a time of 1.55.3 for the mile.
Her work since has been relatively light until the start of April, Knight said.
''We haven't done a lot with her until the last 10 days when we stepped it up.
''She worked really good [on Tuesday], and we've given her plenty of standing-start practice.''
All Pembrook's Delight's previous 38 starts have been from behind the mobile barrier, but the small field of seven should work in her favour as she tackles the tapes for the first time.
The mare will have only Smiling Star as company on the 20m mark, with Better To Be Bad starting wider out off the unruly mark, while Franco Ledger is 10m behind.
''She won't have to wait around long, and she'll have plenty of room,'' Knight said. He knows the main danger will be from the back, although he has respect for the horse immediately inside his.
''It's fair to say [Franco Ledger] is a class above them, and Smiling Star will not be too far behind him in time,'' he said.
''Take Ledger out of the equation, and the rest of us should have a chance.
Shane Walkinshaw, however, has bad news for Knight. Walkinshaw, the stable foreman for trainer Hamish Hunter, will have the drive behind Franco Ledger for the first time, as Hunter is unavailable due to health reasons.
Franco Ledger was back to his best in the group 1 Easter Cup on March 30, flying into second behind Terror To Love and Walkinshaw can report nothing has changed this week.
''He's come through it really well and his work has been super this week,'' Walkinshaw said.
Tonight will be Walkinshaw's first race-night drive behind the son of Falcon Seelster, though he has driven him in work.
Walkinshaw is conscious of the challenges small fields can sometimes give to back-markers, but is confident the winner of 15 races will tack on to the back of the bunch with few problems.
''Those wee fields can be more of a problem than those big fields at times, but he's normally pretty good at stepping away,'' he said.
''Off 30m on his own, he'll catch that up pretty quick - he should be pretty hard to beat, really.''
Better To Be Bad was consistent once again in running fifth in the Canterbury Country Cups Final on Sunday, while Ballindooley's form has been hard to fault, including a last-start second to Cherokee Charlie in a 2.01.2 mile rate at Winton.
