Darley has streamlined its Golden Slipper team to one colt and one filly ahead of acceptances for Saturday's $3.5 million race.The racing and breeding powerhouse could have had up to four horses in the race but will rely on Sepoy and Altar for a breakthrough win in the world's richest two-year-old event.Darley's head trainer Peter Snowden finalised his Golden Slipper plans after watching Helmet go through his paces in what turned out to be a not-so-crucial Warwick Farm barrier trial on Monday mo

Darley has streamlined its Golden Slipper team to one colt and one filly ahead of acceptances for Saturday's $3.5 million race.

The racing and breeding powerhouse could have had up to four horses in the race but will rely on Sepoy and Altar for a breakthrough win in the world's richest two-year-old event.

Darley's head trainer Peter Snowden finalised his Golden Slipper plans after watching Helmet go through his paces in what turned out to be a not-so-crucial Warwick Farm barrier trial on Monday morning.

Stewards cleared Helmet to race again after the youngster was loaded into the stalls without incident and jumped on terms with the field.

Helmet was scratched at the barrier before the VRC Sires' Produce earlier this month and he caused more problems before he was withdrawn from a Randwick trial last week.

"He's not a barrier rogue," jockey Kerrin McEvoy said.

"All he does is rear up to the side and he gets his leg caught in the next stall.

"He's still very new, a big baby."

In spite of shifting out slightly in the straight under the urgings of McEvoy, Helmet went on to win the trial by almost four lengths but it wasn't enough to convince Snowden the Golden Slipper was the right autumn race for the youngster.

"He'll be saved for Sires' Produce," Snowden said.

"He's always given the impression he was going to better off over 1400 metres anyway."

Snowden reported all was in order for Sepoy to add the Golden Slipper to his Group One Blue Diamond victory - providing Saturday's track wasn't a bog.

Sepoy suffered the first defeat of his career when he was beaten into second place by Smart Missile in the Todman Stakes at Rosehill on March 19.

Although the race was run on a track officially rated in the dead range, driving rain made conditions difficult.

"I just don't even want to think about the weather," Snowden said.

"A dead to slow track would be fine (for Sepoy) but not a slow to heavy."

Altar earned her place in the field after winning the Magic Night Stakes at her second start on Saturday.

Nevertheless, she will be one of the outsiders this week as a $26 chance while Sepoy remains the $2.90 favourite ahead of Tuesday's final acceptances and barrier draw.

There were no late entries paid when an 11am deadline passed on Monday, meaning the Kris Lees-trained Uate will be saved for the AJC Sires' Produce Stakes.