The Cowra-based rider has partnered the Brett Thompson-trained filly in her three starts to date, which have yielded wins at Narromine and Coonamble, and a second placing at Bathurst.

While her form suggests she's one of the horses to beat in Monday's feature, the handicapper and barrier draw have conspired against the Shaft x Little Poet filly, which is raced by a syndicate that includes well-known central west racing identities Claude Renshaw, Stuart Rodgers and John Hunter.

When the fields were released on Thursday One Last Poet came up with barrier 15 of 16, however with a capacity field of 12 and one of the emergencies drawing outside her, there's every chance the filly will start from the extreme outside barrier.

"She's had no luck with the gate, and from the 1100m at Dubbo it's not a good place to draw wide," Cahill said.

"Having 58 kilograms is also against her a bit because she's not an overly big filly so there's a couple of things against her.

"In saying that though she is a real professional filly that does everything right and has good speed early so if she races in the same manner hopefully I can get across pretty quickly."

One Last Poet surprised many with a win at odds of 20-1 on debut at Narromine before backing that up with a second-placing behind the Bjorn Baker-trained Flick Pass at Bathurst.

She then returned to the winner's circle with an easy win at Coonamble at her most recent outing.

"The two races she's won she's been able to lead in, and the day she got beat the winner was just too fast and too good," Cahill said.

"She did nothing wrong that day though, she did everything right and tried hard but just wasn't good enough against a horse trained down in the city. It was still a good run even though we got beat 4.5 lengths."

Monday's race will feature a handful of first-starters while the only other runner in the race to have won is the Allan Kehoe-trained Not One Doubt, which won on debut at Muswellbrook earlier this month and will again have the services of Greg Ryan.