Sydney's emerging sprint star Rain Affair will take centre stage on his home track when he tackles open company and 1200 metres for the first time on Saturday.Trainer Joe Pride says he "can't wait" to see Rain Affair contest the At Sea Handicap at Warwick Farm after the rising four-year-old returned in style on July 2 with a display of raw speed at Rosehill.Corey Brown, who has been holidaying in Las Vegas, will be back to continue his association with the up-and-coming sprinter in his biggest t

Sydney's emerging sprint star Rain Affair will take centre stage on his home track when he tackles open company and 1200 metres for the first time on Saturday.

Trainer Joe Pride says he "can't wait" to see Rain Affair contest the At Sea Handicap at Warwick Farm after the rising four-year-old returned in style on July 2 with a display of raw speed at Rosehill.

Corey Brown, who has been holidaying in Las Vegas, will be back to continue his association with the up-and-coming sprinter in his biggest test yet.

"He's done really well since his last start and I can't wait to run him on Saturday," Pride said.

"I'm going to give him a go at the 1200 metres and obviously on his home track I think it's the right place to give him a go at the 1200.

"I'm confident he'll get the distance, I actually think he's looking for it."

Rain Affair has risen to prominence this season with five wins from six starts with an average winning margin of 3-3/4-lengths.

He has recorded three victories over 1100 metres and two over 1000.

Pride has been happy to take Rain Affair through his grades and Saturday's event presents the gelding with his final chance to earn more BOBS bonus prizemoney.

With five wins in his three-year-old season, Rain Affair has already earned $70,000 in BOBS bonuses.

Pride, who has trained 52-1/2 metropolitan winners in Sydney this season to be fourth in the premiership, gave Rain Affair an eight-week let-up after he won in Saturday company for the first time at Canterbury in early May.

The trainer mapped out a two-run July campaign for the sprinter as a springboard into stakes company in the early part of next season.

Rain Affair gave his supporters little cause for concern when he returned from the let-up at Rosehill on July 2, controlling the 1100m benchmark 90 from the front before sprinting away to win by 3-1/4-lengths.

Pride's position on the premiership ladder behind the big three of Chris Waller, Peter Snowden and Gai Waterhouse, sits well with his ambitions.

"It's where we have been for the past two seasons and it's realistically where I can be," he said.

"I am never going to have a team of more than 50 and that's how I like it.

"It's been a good season with a couple of Group Ones as well."

Sacred Choice was responsibile for both of those, winning the Myer Classic in the spring and the Doncaster Mile in the autumn.