Jockey Tommy Berry rates Echo Gal a Magic power, the best he's ridden in the $2m Classic Tommy Berry wins on Echo Gal for trainer Gai Waterhouse at Warwick Farm. STAR jockey Tommy Berry rates Echo Gal as his best-ever chance in the $2 million Magic Millions Classic after partnering the filly in a brilliant track gallop at Doomben last Saturday. This is some statement as Berry has already won the glamour Gold Coast juvenile race twice on Karuta Queen (2011) and Driefontein (2012) and is indicative of how highly he rates Echo Gal. "She worked wide out on the course proper at Doomben and it was an outstanding gallop," Berry revealed. Doomben can be a difficult track for horses with no experience there but she is a push-button filly and had no problems. She wore blinkers and worked on her own but ran fast time and hardly had a blow after the gallop, which shows she is in great order. Berry rode Echo Gal in the filly's dominant debut win at Warwick Farm earlier this month and is convinced the filly has the natural talent to win the Magic Millions at the Gold Coast on January 11. "Echo Gal is a little sharper than Driefontein," Berry said. She is probably not as sharp as Karuta Queen but that filly was a real runner while Echo Gal is more versatile. Berry is currently suspended and will miss the ride on Echo Gal in her final Magic Millions lead-up, the Group 3 $150,000 B.J. McLachlan Stakes at Doomben next Saturday. This race will bring together unbeaten fillies Echo Gal and Oakleigh Girl, and the impressive Sydney colt Unencumbered, with the winner certain to be Magic Millions favourite. "The McLachlan Stakes will be a test for Echo Gal as she is up against two very good two-year-olds," Berry said. But I'm sure she is up to it. I'll have a chat with (substitute rider) Chris Munce about the filly but he is an experienced jockey and he won't have an issue riding her. Trainer Bjorn Baker has entered last start Wyong Magic Millions winner Unencumbered for Canterbury and Doomben on Saturday but confirmed his colt is heading to Brisbane. "It will be a hot race," Baker said. But Unencumbered has done so well since Wyong, he's going to need to have another run before the Magic Millions and the McLachlan Stakes fits in perfectly. He's a bomb-proof two-year-old, he has a great attitude, and is the sort of horse that will handle the trip and cope with the pressure and hype on Magic Millions Day. Nordic Empire, easy winner of his only start at Caulfield back in November, is set to continue his Magic Millions campaign at Canterbury next Saturday with Hall of Fame jockey Damien Oliver retaining the ride. Trainer Mick Price is keen to give Nordic Empire some experience racing in the clockwise direction before the Magic Millions. $4.50 Oakleigh Girl $5 Echo Gal $6.50 Nordic Empire, Unencumbered $14 Chivalry, Geromayo, I Am The General $16 Sheer Style $18 Divine Servie $21 Francesco, Jetwings, Ruby Soho Market supplied by TAB Fixed Odds