Golden Slipper favourite More Joyous came through her crucial barrier trial in fine style and kept her autumn campaign on track but Friday the 13th didn't start so well for her prominent owner John Singleton.The advertising guru took his favourite mode of transport, the helicopter, from his NSW Central Coast property to Randwick, only to encounter a few problems in the eastern Sydney airspace."It took us 10 minutes to get here but then we circled the place for half an hour waiting for permission

Golden Slipper favourite More Joyous came through her crucial barrier trial in fine style and kept her autumn campaign on track but Friday the 13th didn't start so well for her prominent owner John Singleton.

The advertising guru took his favourite mode of transport, the helicopter, from his NSW Central Coast property to Randwick, only to encounter a few problems in the eastern Sydney airspace.

"It took us 10 minutes to get here but then we circled the place for half an hour waiting for permission to land," Singleton said.

"We just kept going around and around and I thought `here we go, the luck's against us again and I won't even see her run and something's going to go wrong'."

Singleton's chopper was eventually cleared to land about 10 minutes before the trial, and soon after any fears he had about More Joyous were allayed.

Stewards ordered trainer Gai Waterhouse to trial the filly after her buckjumping display when odds-on favourite in the Silver Slipper Stakes at Rosehill on February 28.

It was thought jockey Nash Rawiller's lightweight saddle had pinched the filly's wither, leading to her antics.

Ridden by champion jockey Darren Beadman, who arrived from Hong Kong on Thursday night to ride the filly, More Joyous jumped well and settled in second place behind No Comment early in the 800-metre trial.

Beadman pushed More Joyous to the lead near the 300 metres before she went to the line under a good hold to beat Magic Millions Classic winner Phelan Ready.

"Relief, that's what I'm feeling," Singleton said.

"She did everything right and I'm so glad Darren's had a ride on her now, it was his idea to ride her today and I'm very happy he's done it."

Beadman, who will ride More Joyous for the remainder of her Golden Slipper campaign, brought his own gear from Hong Kong.

"I had a slightly bigger saddle, double elastic girth and a breastplate with webbing," Beadman said.

"The saddle never slipped one bit and that's the gear she will race with next start."

While he was pleased with the trial, Beadman said the filly did have a few minor issues in the barriers.

"Because she's so fine you can fit another horse in the gate with her, she's got that much room it causes her to get fractious," Beadman said.

"But I got the barrier attendant to put her nose right up to the gates and that helped her begin better."

Waterhouse came charging up the stairs into the members' grandstand before embracing Singleton after the trial.

"I told you what she did the other day was freakish," Waterhouse said.

"What you saw today, that was her, she's very good and she couldn't have been more impressive."

Beadman will ride More Joyous in the Group Two Reisling Stakes, a traditional lead-up to next month's $3.5 million Golden Slipper (1200m), at Rosehill on March 21.

More Joyous scored brilliantly on debut at Rosehill in January to earn Slipper favouritism before her rodeo display.

Beadman will also partner the Singleton-owned Tuesday Joy in the Group One Dubai Duty Free (1777m) at Nad Al Sheba on March 28.