The mare is the only locally-trained starter in the $60,000 feature race at Lord’s Raceway and Eastman is confident the six-year-old will give a good account of herself in a high-quality field.

"She's just a great, little race mare - honest - never runs a bad race," he said.

"She's drawn nice for her and although she's up in class to what she has been racing in, she's mixed it with pretty much the best of her sex, as in the mares.

"This time she's in open company, but I am sure she will acquit herself well.

"She's raced in Melbourne almost every week for the last month and a half, so she's hard and fit."

Milly Perez is a previous Group 1 winner, landing the Vicbred Super Series final at Tabcorp Park, Melton, in 2015.

Her recent form has been impressive, punctuated by a win at Melton on January 6.

The mare's last start produced a third in the Group 1 Alabar Ladyship Cup (1720m) at Melton on February 4.

She has been placed at nine of her past 11 starts.

Strangely, for a trainer who has been training as long as Eastman - more than 40 years - Milly Perez is his first Bendigo Pacing Cup starter.

"It's just nice to have a good horse in the stable and good owners and in good races, that's pretty much what it's all about," he said.

Eastman rated last week's Terang Cup winner Flaming Flutter and 2014 Bendigo Pacing Cup winner I'm Corzin Terror at the pacers to beat in an open field.

Trained at Bannockburn by Geoffery Webster, Flaming Flutter has been placed twice in the Inter Dominion and has won nearly $700,000 in stakes money across his career.

There should be plenty of local support behind Milly Perez, with the pacer part-owned in Charlton by Frank McGrath.

"A lot of the locals that like to support a local horse I'm sure will be cheering for her," Eastman said.

"She'll likely back-up in the Charlton Cup next Sunday."

The mare will be driven by Chris Alford, who has partnered Milly Perez in all but one of her 14 career wins from 55 starts.

"I know she'll run a good race, whether she's quite good enough to beat that field I'm not sure," he said.

"She shouldn't be far away. She'll just need a nice track into the race.

"She's very fast when she is set up for the one run and over the long trek I don't have any fears.

"She ran second in a Group 1 over 2600m last year - she just needs the right helmet to follow and she'll be dangerous late."