Lightly raced mare Euphoria is likely to make one more appearance before she heads to Christchurch.

Trainer Rachael Frost has set the Rip Van Winkle four-year-old for the Gr. 3 Valachi Downs Canterbury Breeders’ Stakes on the middle day of next month’s New Zealand Cup carnival.

Euphoria opened her campaign with a first-up success at New Plymouth, the third of her six-start career, and an outing at the rescheduled Hawke’s Bay meeting on October 22 is next on her programme.

“She’ll run in a Rating 75 over 1400 metres and she probably won’t run again before the Breeders’ Stakes,” Frost said.

It will be Euphoria’s second southern sojourn and connections are hoping for a turn-around in their fortunes after the disappointment of last spring.

“She won at Motukarara, but then she suffered a stress fracture to her tibia before the 1000 Guineas,” Frost said.

Following a lengthy recovery period, Euphoria travelled to Brisbane for the Queensland winter carnival only for a virus to force her return home after a sixth placing at Ipswich.

“Hopefully all her problems are behind her - she’s well above average,” Frost said.