Lilliburlero has made up for a belated start to her career with two recent wins and will aim to extend her unbeaten sequence at Canterbury on Saturday.

Trainer David Payne thought enough of the filly to enter her for Group One races in the spring but a virus put paid to her preparation.

She finally made it to the races in late November when she scored a eye-catching maiden win over 1400 metres at Newcastle.

Lilliburlero backed that up with victory over the same distance at Rosehill last Saturday week and plans to give her a short break were put on hold.

She races in Saturday's Benchmark 72 (1550m) for three-year-olds after which she is likely to have a freshen-up to prepare for the autumn.

"She is a lovely big, strong filly," Payne said.

"I think she will get up to 2000 metres. She has done well since her last start so will race at Canterbury."

The filly is by champion sire Redoute's Choice out of dual Group One winner Regimental Gal and gave her dam the second leg of city double with her Rosehill win.

Stablemate Regimental Pride started the ball rolling with his win in a two-year-old sprint but plans to run him in the Magic Millions were shelved after he failed in his lead-up at Wyong last week.

Payne said the tight turns at Wyong put paid to his chances and it was futile to send him to a similar circuit at the Gold Coast on January 12 even for the $2 million race which his mother won in 2003.

"There's no point going up there if he can't win it," Payne said.

"He's in the paddock for a couple of weeks and he will go to the Golden Slipper instead."

Lilliburlero was retained for racing by her breeder Cressfield Stud because of her conformation.

"She doesn't have the best looking legs but she has a lot of ability," Payne said.

"She and the colt are very different.

"She is a big gross horse, more like Redoute's Choice while the other one is little while the colt is by More Than Ready and they are not big horses."