Jockey Michael Rodd was thrilled to see Whobegotyou end an 11-month losing streak last weekend and even more excited to learn he will be reuniting with the four-year-old in the Underwood Stakes.After the Cox Plate favourite completed pacework at Flemington on Tuesday, trainer Mark Kavanagh decided Whobegotyou would back up from his Moonee Valley win in the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes and clash with Cox Plate winning stablemate Maldivian in Saturday's Group One feature.Rodd got the call to ride Whob

Jockey Michael Rodd was thrilled to see Whobegotyou end an 11-month losing streak last weekend and even more excited to learn he will be reuniting with the four-year-old in the Underwood Stakes.

After the Cox Plate favourite completed pacework at Flemington on Tuesday, trainer Mark Kavanagh decided Whobegotyou would back up from his Moonee Valley win in the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes and clash with Cox Plate winning stablemate Maldivian in Saturday's Group One feature.

Rodd got the call to ride Whobegotyou in the Underwood (1800m) when Damien Oliver was unable to break a commitment to ride Makybe Diva Stakes winner Vigor.

Oliver has ridden Whobegotyou at two of his three runs this campaign, including the Dato Tan Chin Nam, while Rodd has been sidelined for the past two months with a broken wrist.

Craig Williams will ride Maldivian who was unplaced first-up in the Group Three Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes (1200m) at Flemington.

Rodd watched with interest as Whobegotyou posted seconds in the Liston and Memsie Stakes at his first two runs this campaign and then win at the Valley.

"I am really looking forward to riding him on Saturday," Rodd said.

"He has been a very good horse to me in the past and it was very exciting seeing him win the Dato Tan Chin Nam," Rodd said.

"I know how good he is but it was good to see him with the blinkers on come out and win like that.

"He looks like he is in for a pretty big spring carnival."

Whobegotyou has won six of his 16 starts and four of 11 starts with Rodd steering him, including last year's Group One Caulfield Guineas.

Rodd has occasionally ridden him work this preparation but said it was hard to detect much difference because he was such a nonchalant type of horse.

"He is probably the quietest horse I ride trackwork or in a race," Rodd said.

"He doesn't give you much until you switch him on in a gallop but he is obviously ticking over well."

Rodd will be aiming for a Group One double for the Kavanagh stable on Saturday with exciting galloper Raffaello in Saturday's Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m).

The five-year-old has found another gear this campaign and Kavanagh is happy to test his explosive turn of foot against the best after he was a shock winner first-up at Caulfield on August 15.

"It is a massive class rise but he has trained on terrific," Kavanagh said.

Rodd's other rides for the Kavanagh stable on Saturday are Champagne Harmony in the How Now Stakes (1200m) and possibly Shamoline Warrior in the New Litho Plate (1700m).