Bush trainer Denis Daffy will try to qualify improved galloper Miles Above for the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups after he charged around the field from last for an impressive Flemington win.Daffy, who has been training for 40 years, said he never lost faith in Miles Above developing into a good horse and he is now racing in the best form of his career.The five-year-old made it three wins from five runs this campaign in Saturday's Roland Walker and David Webb Handicap (2000m) and such has been his

Bush trainer Denis Daffy will try to qualify improved galloper Miles Above for the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups after he charged around the field from last for an impressive Flemington win.

Daffy, who has been training for 40 years, said he never lost faith in Miles Above developing into a good horse and he is now racing in the best form of his career.

The five-year-old made it three wins from five runs this campaign in Saturday's Roland Walker and David Webb Handicap (2000m) and such has been his improvement that Daffy entered for the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups last week.

"We threw him in the Cups because we just don't know much he will keep improving," Daffy said.

"We will concentrate now on looking at trying to qualify him."

Champion jockey Damien Oliver rode Miles Above for the first time three starts ago when the gelding finished third at Caulfield.

He was so impressed with the run that when he saw him win his next start over 2250m in Adelaide he rang Daffy to recommend Saturday's event as a target for the Good Journey gelding.

Daffy said Miles Above's work had been "superb" since the Caulfield run and that he derived extra benefit from his trip to Adelaide.

"We took him to Adelaide thinking we would get an easy kill and the trip over there I think has made him grow up," Daffy said.

Miles Above settled at the tail of the Flemington field but joined the leading group at the top of the straight before surging to the front at the 150 metres and streaking away to a 3-3/4 length win over Chase The Sun and Spontaneous.

A $20,000 yearling, Miles Above has won six of his 27 starts but while he promised much as a three-year-old he continually disappointed.

"He has been one of those big, dopey, immature horses but always showed ability from the first day we galloped him," Daffy said.

"I think this time in he's a more mature horse whereas before he would just look around and do things wrong rather than concentrate on winning.

"I just feel now he is putting it all together and I'm hoping he goes on from here."