A trip to Melbourne for the Group One Australian Guineas awaits Centennial Park if he performs as well as trainer David Payne expects at Rosehill on Saturday.The three-year-old will run in a two metropolitan win race over 1500 metres and goes into the race off a first-up win on February 7."He has to perform to warrant taking him to Melbourne but the way he went last time suggests he will," Payne said."The Guineas might not be the strongest field this year and it looks like a nice race for him."T

A trip to Melbourne for the Group One Australian Guineas awaits Centennial Park if he performs as well as trainer David Payne expects at Rosehill on Saturday.

The three-year-old will run in a two metropolitan win race over 1500 metres and goes into the race off a first-up win on February 7.

"He has to perform to warrant taking him to Melbourne but the way he went last time suggests he will," Payne said.

"The Guineas might not be the strongest field this year and it looks like a nice race for him."

The Australian Guineas (1600m) is at Flemington on March 7 with the classy Whobegotyou still in doubt for the race, opening it up for others.

Centennial Park is raced by John Cordina and his partner Sandy Ward who are also hoping to snare the feature race, the Apollo Stakes (1400m) with Gallant Tess.

The consistent stakes performer and three times Group One placegetter will be joined in the race by stablemate Hurried Choice.

Both mares ran in the Expressway Stakes (1200m) last Saturday week and Payne is counting on a fitness edge over some of the stayers resuming such as Melbourne Cup winner Viewed, his stablemate Moatize and Tuesday Joy.

The strategy worked at Randwick on Saturday when the Payne-trained Rock Me Baby held off star filly Samantha Miss by a half head to win the Light Fingers Stakes.

"It's going to be wet which suits both horses and they will both go around," Payne said.

"The Expressway was probably too short for Gallant Tess, she has lost that dash.

"Hurried Choice is also going over more ground now and they have both got fitness on their side and the prospect of a bog track.

"I thought Hurried Choice should have finished second in the Expressway and would love to see both of them go well.

"It's possibly the last campaign for both of them before they go to stud."

The mare finished third in the race won by Burdekin Blues from Gold Trail after getting tightened up at a vital time while Gallant Tess was fifth after a slow start.

Speedy mare Hairy will back up in the Triscay Stakes after an unlucky fifth in Saturday's Clissold Stakes.

"She never got a crack at them on Saturday and never really had a run," Payne said.

"She will definitely back up but we will save Sequinella for something a bit easier."

There were 22 fillies and mares entered for the Listed race including Absolutelyfabulous and Ugly Betty from the Kris Lees yard.

The Listed Parramatta Cup (2000m) attracted 11 entries headed by the in-form Vision And Power who has three wins and a second from his past four starts.