Star colts Sepoy and Helmet have rightly received the accolades over the spring carnival and it could be stablemate Galah's moment in the sun in Saturday's Group Two Sandown Guineas.Sepoy has won 10 of 11 starts and added the Manikato Stakes and Coolmore Stud Stakes to his Group One tally which now stands at four, while Helmet has won six of 10 and made it three wins at the highest level with his Caulfield Guineas victory.The Peter Snowden stable hasa big opinion of Galah who has won the past fo

Star colts Sepoy and Helmet have rightly received the accolades over the spring carnival and it could be stablemate Galah's moment in the sun in Saturday's Group Two Sandown Guineas.

Sepoy has won 10 of 11 starts and added the Manikato Stakes and Coolmore Stud Stakes to his Group One tally which now stands at four, while Helmet has won six of 10 and made it three wins at the highest level with his Caulfield Guineas victory.

The Peter Snowden stable hasa big opinion of Galah who has won the past four of his five starts, but is looking at him more as a long-term project.

"I think in the autumn and even further down the track he's going to be a better horse," assistant trainer Paul Snowden, who is in charge of Darley's Flemington stables, said.

"He's still learning, he's a bit dumb but he's a lovely horse to look at and whatever he does this preparation is just a stepping stone for him I feel."

Snowden said he was surprised at how Galah was able to keep winning despite not handling softish ground in some of his races and that may come in handy with the track rated a heavy (8) after 44mm of rainfall for the week at Sandown including 28mm overnight on Wednesday.

But the track is tipped to be better than that come Saturday with no more rain predicted.

Snowden expects improvement from Galah in the Guineas after the removal of the winkers from the colt who wore them for the first time when he got up in the last stride to win the Group Three Carbine Club Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on Derby Day.

The beautifully-bred colt, by Redoute's Choice from Australasian Oaks winner Rinky Dink, began his sequence when he won with Christian Reith aboard over 1400m at Rosehill in June before a spell.

He returned in early October with a first-up win over 1300m at Warwick Farm and followed up with an impressive last-to-first in the Listed Gothic Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield.

Galah was sent out $1.50 favourite but only narrowly won the Carbine Club Stakes from Guineas rivals Highly Recommended, Saint Etienne and First Course.

"We'll just go back to the way he was at Caulfield and hope that we can get a good win on Saturday," Snowden said.

"We've changed his work load around a little bit. We haven't worked him as hard (as) he was a little bit dour in the Carbine Club and I think you will see an improved horse on Saturday."

The Snowden stable won the Guineas (1600m) with Caymans in 2008 and Kidnapped in 2009 but missed the hat-trick last year when Chasse was runner-up to Pressday.

Kerrin McEvoy, who guided Caymans and Kidnapped in their wins, stays with Galah having ridden him at his past three starts while Mark Zahra rides his lesser-fancied stablemate Mental.

Snowden described Galah's gate four as perfect while Lonhro gelding Mental came up with 11 in the 16-horse field.