The Nicconi filly is part of a small but strong field in the juvenile event, looking to bounce back from seventh and sixth placings over her first two career starts.

The Ryans will take heart from Are You Certain's latest run where she made back plenty of ground from the rear of the field in a dash down the outside at Wellington earlier this month.

But she'll need to continue an upwards trajectory if she's to match it with a field of promising visitors.

Quality form and breeding is woven through the whole Gold Nugget field.

Nick Olive's Proud Mia is the only horse coming into the race with a win, a dominant three and a half length success at Queanbeyan just over a week ago.

Three debutants are making the Gold Nugget their first race bid - Land Of Valens (Gerald Ryan), After Dinner (Kurt Goldman) and local hope Nanna Bax for Dean Mirfin.

Land Of Valens' looks capable of living up to his $130,000 price tag from last year's Magic Millions sale following two exceptional trial performances for Ryan in Sydney, and will certainly be the one to watch.

Goldman's filly After Dinner also has a trial success to her name while Mirfin's Nanna Bax wasn't disgraced in her only trial outing behind a far more experienced field.

The Ryans also have three-year-old filly Victory making her debut in the following event, the Hothams Sand Soil & Gravel Maiden Plate (1,100m).

VIctory's trial form is difficult to get a read on, against far more experienced opponents, but in her most recent outing she had a sound run behind Gayna Williams' super star sprinter I Am A Cool Kid.

Other Bathurst trainers such as Paul Thoebald and Roy McCabe are featured prominently throughout their home meeting.

Theobald has four runners in action while McCabe has three hopes.

Thursday's feature Gold Nugget event at Tyers Park gets underway from 2.10pm.