Trainer Dean Binaisse believes Moonee Valley will suit stable star Carnero who will have his first start at the track in Friday night's Bill Stutt Stakes.Carnero is backing up after running sixth to Fernandina in the Caulfield Guineas Prelude (1400m) last Saturday and the Group Two Stutt (1600m) will be his last outing before the $1 million Caulfield Guineas (1600m) on October 11."I think Moonee Valley will suit him and that the surface will suit him as well," said Binaisse who is based at Morni
Trainer Dean Binaisse believes Moonee Valley will suit stable star Carnero who will have his first start at the track in Friday night's Bill Stutt Stakes.
Carnero is backing up after running sixth to Fernandina in the Caulfield Guineas Prelude (1400m) last Saturday and the Group Two Stutt (1600m) will be his last outing before the $1 million Caulfield Guineas (1600m) on October 11.
"I think Moonee Valley will suit him and that the surface will suit him as well," said Binaisse who is based at Mornington.
"I think there is a bit of rain forecast late in the day on Friday and he has won on a heavy (10) at Sale so I don't think the track is going to worry him at all.
"I think it will be against the others more than anything."
By the same sire, Carnegie, as highly-rated Melbourne Cup prospect Tuesday Joy, Carnero will be ridden quietly in the Stutt.
"I want to ride him back and let him have a really solid last 800 metres, let him go through his gears and hit the line hard," Binaisse said.
"He is a stayer and he is bred to be that and I think he has a fair bit of ability to sprint the way he does."
Among Carnero's rivals in the Stutt will be the Mark Kavanagh-trained Whobegotyou and the Tom Hughes-prepared Minnesota Shark who are both also backing up from the Guineas Prelude in which they finished seventh and ninth respectively.
Stewards reported that both Carnero and Whobegotyou were held up for clear running in the Guineas Prelude, Carnero rounding the home turn and Whobegotyou in the early part of the straight.
"He (Carnero) got turned sideways when he got that interference. It really knocked the stuffing out of him and took his momentum," Binaisse said.
"He can't sit and sprint. He really needs to be out and winding up."
Binaisse said Carnero pulled up extremely well after the race and he had no hesitation in backing him up.
"By the time he got back to the stalls he wouldn't have blown a candle out and on Sunday morning he was bucking his brands off," he said.
The colt drew barrier five in the field of 14 plus one emergency and will again be ridden by Brad Rawiller who has been aboard in all of his six starts bar his debut when third at Mornington.
Carnero has won two races including the rich Inglis Premier (1200m) at Caulfield and backed up a week later to finish a short half-head second to Von Costa De Hero in the Group Two VRC Sires' Produce Stakes (1400m) at Flemington.
All Stutt runners are second acceptors for the Caulfield Guineas except for the only filly in the race, the Lee Freedman-trained Fly Higher who is still in the Thousand Guineas (1600m) at Caulfield on October 15.
The David Hayes-trained pair All American (Craig Williams) and Wookah (Corey Brown) both drew wide in barriers 11 and 14 respectively.
The track rating was on Wednesday a dead (4) and the rail will be in the true position.