Ananz will enter this Sunday's Australasian Breeders Crown two-year-old fillies final the horse to beat following a gutsy win in her semi final at Bendigo on Saturday night.

Not even the outside-front-row draw and a torrid run could deny the Peter Manning-trained star, who proved too tough for some of Australasia's best fillies in the 2150-metre event.

She recorded her 17th win from 19 starts when she got home by a metre at $2.70 from Ay Tee Em ($7) with For Dear Life ($2.60) a further metre back in third spot.

It was a typically gritty display from the daughter of Aces N Sevens. Chris Alford, filling in for the suspended Kerryn Manning, attempted to slot into the running line from the start but when he couldn't do that he was planted three wide.

Ananz wasn't there for long, though, with Alford sooling her around the field to find the spot outside early leader For Dear Life a lap and a half from home.

After a 63.5-second first half of the last mile was followed up by a 29.4-second third quarter, For Dear Life looked the horse to beat, but Ananz dug deep in the straight, grabbing the lead 100m out before holding off the fast finishing Ay Tee Em.

It's a good thing she proved she could win from the outside of the front row as that's where she will be starting from in the $301,000 Group 1 final, to be run at Bendigo on what is Australia's richest country raceday of any code.

Final Field(front) Miss Athens, Life Inthefastlane, Broadways Best, Keppel Bay, For Dear Life, Ay Tee Em, Ananz; (back) Golden Showgirl (emerg), Karalta Crown, Dreams Of Heaven, Twist N Shout.