Ipswich is the focal point for Queensland’s holiday racing action, with trainer Bryan Dais anticipating that Cool Music will rise to the occasion and display the promise he believes she possesses moving ahead.

Although she carries 60 kilograms in benchmark 58 grade, Cool Music is primed to capitalise on the drop from midweek level to provincial class in the Barrier Reef Pools Fillies and Mares Handicap (1350m) at Ipswich on Monday.

The five-year-old mare triumphed on debut at Warwick prior to a runner-up effort at Ipswich across the same distance on March 14.

She recorded a fourth at Eagle Farm on March 25 over 1600m, going down by under a length, which leaves Dais assured she can elevate her game from gate 11.

"I saw the original barrier and didn’t worry too much about the rest of the field," Dais said.

"She jumped from the outside barrier here two starts ago and ran enormously.

"I think we ran the fastest 1000, 800 and 400 sectionals of the race."I took her to Warwick and that was mainly because of where her rating was at, and the perfect race to kick off her preparation."

Following a placing at Ipswich in April 2025, a stable mishap sidelined Cool Music for over six months.

"She came back and was going ok but not where I thought she should be," Dais added.

"She then pulled a muscle and needed an extended spell but this time being back in work, I think she has come back to where she was as a three-year-old.

"At her fifth start at that age, she was already racing against open company at Eagle Farm."

With eight scratchings in the race, Cool Music sits at $6.50 odds while David Vandyke’s Our Jewel leads as the $3.40 elect.

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