Daunting Princess - an Adam Spinks mount – was set to head to the paddock before Mary Hassam's late call to start the five-year-old in the Battle Of The Bush qualifier over 1212 metres.

"I was going to send her to the paddock after her last run but I didn't realise this Bundy meeting was so close so I thought she might as well have a go at it," Hassam said.

"I don't like backing horses up but she's on her home track and I thought we might as well have a go.

"If she happens to win we might go for the Final but it's a bloomin' hard race and some good horses are in it."

The $200,000 Battle Of The Bush Final will be run on Tatt's Tiara day at Eagle Farm on June 29.

Daunting Princess was beaten half-a-length when second to the Kym Afford-trained Amphawa in an 850 metre Benchmark 60 race at Gympie last Saturday.

"She goes too hard in her races and I need someone like Adam (Spinks) to hold her up and get her to settle," Hassam said.

"If Adam can do that she'll be right in the finish."

Daunting Princess is a full-sister to Daunting Queen who Hassam also trained.

Daunting Queen was a stable star for Hassam a few years back starting 53 times for 12 wins and 23 placings with prize money earnings of $178,000.

"Daunting Queen used to love racing at Rockhampton and won a few times there unlike this mare who hates going there," Hassam said.

The 75-year-old Hassam has been training for four decades and has two horses currently in work.