Young trainer Steven O'Dea has been a revelation since moving to Brisbane and now has his sights set on plundering Sydney's carnival riches.O'Dea will start promising filly Kiss Me Katy in the Group Three San Domenico Stakes (1000m) at Randwick on Saturday while stablemate Go Cart will return to his former home town in a 1200m Open Handicap.It will be the first time the 32-year-old O'Dea has had runners in Sydney and he is looking forward to the challenge."I'm going into it with a lot of anticip

Young trainer Steven O'Dea has been a revelation since moving to Brisbane and now has his sights set on plundering Sydney's carnival riches.

O'Dea will start promising filly Kiss Me Katy in the Group Three San Domenico Stakes (1000m) at Randwick on Saturday while stablemate Go Cart will return to his former home town in a 1200m Open Handicap.

It will be the first time the 32-year-old O'Dea has had runners in Sydney and he is looking forward to the challenge.

"I'm going into it with a lot of anticipation," O'Dea said.

"It's pretty exciting to have a filly of Kiss Me Katy's quality.

"I would have to say it is the most forward I have had her for a first-up race.

"She's been superior to what she's raced in Brisbane and it's a nice step up in grade so we can see how she measures up."

Kiss Me Katy has won four of her five starts including the Listed Sir Douglas Wadley (1200m) at Eagle Farm in June.

While the San Domenico is a jump in grade it isn't without precedence as two Queensland-trained fillies - Regimental Gal in 2003 and Gold Edition in 2006 - have won the feature sprint in recent years.

O'Dea isn't afraid to take on the Sydney three-year-olds headed by exciting colt Rothesay and the in-form Winter King.

"Smart horses are smart horses no matter where they race," O'Dea said.

O'Dea originally hails from Townsville in north Queensland and his father Graham trained Kiss Me Katy's dam St. Covet Girl who won four consecutive races in Townsville in 1999.

He worked for his father then left the fold for "six or seven years" to hone his craft under some of the best horsemen and women in the country including Gai Waterhouse and Kevin Moses at Randwick and Alan Bailey and Gillian Heinrich in Queensland.

O'Dea eventually returned to Townsville and took over from his father before his fateful decision to take a small team to Brisbane last summer.

"I moved to Brisbane at the start of the year with the intention of campaigning a few horses over the summer months," O'Dea said.

"It went along great so I made the decision to stay in Brisbane."

Go Cart was one of the horses who helped O'Dea establish himself in Brisbane when he won three Listed races in March and April.

He will run on Saturday before contesting the Warwick and Chelmsford Stakes in the coming weeks en route to races like the Craven Plate while Kiss Me Katy will be aimed at the Princess Series provided she performs well at Randwick.

Both gallopers will be ridden by O'Dea's stable rider, former Sydney jockey Ryan Wiggins.