Bennelong Dancer is the only horse to have competed in three Country Championships Finals at Royal Randwick, the latest a fortnight back when down the course behind Murwillumbah grey, Gracie Belle.

"She just doesn't fancy heavy tracks [heavy 8] so we were up against it from the start," Albury trainer Donna Scott said.

"She was three-wide all the way from barrier nine which didn't help, so it was no surprise she tired over the final stages."

Bennelong Dancer had performed admirably in her two other Country Championships Final appearances, finishing third to Noble Boy in 2019 and fourth to Victorem the previous year.

The mare has an excellent record over 1400m - the distance of the Tyers Park feature - having raced over the distance 11 times for two wins, five placings and two fourths.

The only two races she has finished down the track were in this year's Country Championships Final on the heavy and in a Highway Handicap race at Rosehill Gardens 16 months back.

"She has done really well since the Championships Final and the 1400 metres at Bathurst looks ideal," Scott said.

"She will appreciate having three weeks between runs when she heads to Bathurst."

Unfortunately, Saturday's Bathurst Thoroughbred Racing's meeting will be run with no crowd due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

"It's a shame as this is a day is normally where the town and district come together to pay tribute to our ANZACs," BTR's Allie Webster said.

"The Soldier's Saddle made its debut in 1993 with Bathurst RSL as major sponsor for the event and since then has gone from strength-to-strength and now has become an iconic race in the region."