The six-year-old bay mare has previously been trained by Bob Milligan, Andy Perrett and Krissie Simpkins, before arriving at Wanda Ings' stable at Bathurst in recent times.

She'll get her first test under the training of Ings this Sunday when she lines up in the McDonalds Dubbo and Wellington Benchmark 58 Handicap (1310m) at Dubbo Turf Club.

In fact it's Magic Arli's first start since November last year, with the team at Ings' stables working hard to help the mare overcome some bad habits.

"We took it quiet with her at first because she was really difficult," Ings said.

"She came to us because she had lots of naughty idiosyncrasies, but she settled down really well.

"We didn't put up with any of her nonsense but at the same time, we didn't harass her either. She's really turned the corner.

"I don't know enough about her to suggest she'd win the race but her work has been absolutely perfect."

Magic Arli has had 34 starts in her career, her most recent one coming at Grafton on the North Coast.

All up she's had three wins, her last coming at Coffs Harbour in March, 2019.

Adrian Layt will be in the saddle at Dubbo.

"Adrian is going to ride her and his instructions are to have her where she's comfortable and see if she can finish off," she said.

"If she runs out of petrol, he won't knock her about.

"She's first up and she hasn't trialled, but she's done a lot of work and lot's of good serious work, so we couldn't be any more happier with her going into this race."

Magic Arli's race jumps at 3.55pm.