Leading Sydney apprentice Daniel Ganderton hopes to be in the spotlight for the right reasons when he rides in Queensland for the first time at Eagle Farm on Saturday.Ganderton has seven rides including promising sprinter Battlefield in the Listed Ascot Handicap (1200m) and the Danny Williams-trained Cape Breton in the $150,000 Queensland Cup (3200m).Ganderton was slapped with a $500 fine and a one-month suspended ban by Racing NSW stewards after being found guilty of behaving in an improper man

Leading Sydney apprentice Daniel Ganderton hopes to be in the spotlight for the right reasons when he rides in Queensland for the first time at Eagle Farm on Saturday.

Ganderton has seven rides including promising sprinter Battlefield in the Listed Ascot Handicap (1200m) and the Danny Williams-trained Cape Breton in the $150,000 Queensland Cup (3200m).

Ganderton was slapped with a $500 fine and a one-month suspended ban by Racing NSW stewards after being found guilty of behaving in an improper manner in a recent careless riding inquiry at Rosehill.

Racing NSW chief steward Ray Murrihy labelled Ganderton's attitude as "quite demeaning and poor" before handing down his penalty.

Ganderton, who has vowed to mend his ways, racked up his 50th metropolitan winner when he steered Strat's Flyer to victory in the $100,000 Takeover Target Stakes (1200m) at Gosford last month.

However, the win was soured when he again fell foul of stewards by incurring a $200 fine for returning to scale a kilogram overweight.

The 20-year-old former Tasmanian was lured north last year by Gai Waterhouse and is looking forward to riding in Queensland.

He is no newcomer to Battlefield having ridden the three-year-old in his maiden victory at Warwick Farm in February.

"I've copped some flak from stewards lately and the best way to turn that around is to ride a few winners," Ganderton said.

"I've got four rides for Paul Messara and I'm riding Cape Breton in the Queensland Cup.

"I've got a good opinion of Battlefield and hopefully he can step up again."

Battlefield's record is now three wins from five starts after he won on the cushion track at Caloundra on June 6 before strolling to a four-length victory against his own age over 1200 metres at Eagle Farm on June 20.

Messara believes Battlefield has a bright future and is considering starting the son of Choisir in the Listed Ramornie Handicap (1200m) at Grafton on Wednesday week.

"He continues to improve and is spot-on for this race," Messara said.

"He's been working well and came through his last race in good order.

"It was a quite a convincing win last time but he's still got a lot to learn.

"He looks a good horse in the making but he doesn't know what it's all about yet."

Messara is not worried about using an apprentice in the $75,000 feature but does concede Battlefield faces a tough assignment in his first open company start.

"This is a huge step up for a three-year-old to a Listed race and he's up against older horses," Messara said.

"I might take him to the Ramornie on the way home then give him an ease-up before taking him to Melbourne for the spring."