Lithgow's Mark Swift (with Happy Go Lucky), Cudal's Dennis Barnes (with Nangar Opal), Forbes' Errol Hughes (with Run Goldie Run and Hammer Foot) and Forest Reefs' Derek Kerr (with Okay Curtly) and Shaun Kirby (with Tradie's Mate) will all featuring in the feature race, with the two other trainers hailing from Western Sydney - Londonderry's Rodney Metselaar (with Red Hot Mouse) and Cranebrook's Ashley Marshall (with United Stand).

Bathurst Greyhound Racing Club track manager Jason Lyne said it's great to see so much Central West representation in the main race.

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"It's a good quality field with six Central West runners qualifying, which is really good," he said.

"It's really good to see local dogs go well in the series, with a lot of trainers supporting it."

Lyne is expecting the race to be a battle of speed for the first corner, with the first three box draws - Red Hot Mouse, Happy Go Lucky and Nangar Opal - to be pushing for victory.

"The box draw makes it really interesting, with Red Hot Mouse drawing the number one box again," he said.

"He was very impressive from that box last week, going from it early and a fast time in 30.07. He's going to be very hard to beat after winning five of his six career starts.

"I thought Nangar Opal is going to be hard to beat too. He had an outside box last week and had to work hard to cross. The two Happy Go Lucky actually goes left from the boxes, so she's going to get a lot of room early.

"I think she can go close to leading with Red Hot Mouse early, so it's going to be a real battle of speed for the first corner."

Lyne said number four Run Goldie Run and number five Hammer Foot will need "a bit of luck", but said the latter shouldn't be discounted considering he had the fastest time.

Number six Okay Curtly and number seven United Stand both came second in their heat and Lyne expects "they're going to probably start long odds".

The wide box - number eight Tradie's Mate - has been well drawn according to Lyne.

"He's a wide runner, not a good beginner, but if there's any trouble during the run, he could be the dog that comes charging late," he said.

The final starts at 8.02pm.