Shoot Out's Randwick Guineas win stamped his star quality and elevated him as the one to beat in the Rosehill Guineas.One person who knows just how good he is and what his rivals have to fear is the gelding's trackwork rider and constant companion Dan Wheeler who won't hear of him being beaten in Saturday's Group One feature at Rosehill.An accomplished jockey before giving in to the constant battle with weight, Wheeler has been working for Gold Coast trainer John Wallace for 2-1/2 years and over

Shoot Out's Randwick Guineas win stamped his star quality and elevated him as the one to beat in the Rosehill Guineas.

One person who knows just how good he is and what his rivals have to fear is the gelding's trackwork rider and constant companion Dan Wheeler who won't hear of him being beaten in Saturday's Group One feature at Rosehill.

An accomplished jockey before giving in to the constant battle with weight, Wheeler has been working for Gold Coast trainer John Wallace for 2-1/2 years and over the past 18 months has developed a close rapport with Shoot Out.

"From day one we knew he could gallop," Wheeler said.

"Then later we gave him a gallop with Mitanni who was going really well at the time and Shoot Out was jog-trotting beside him.

"After I got off I said to John `this is the best horse you'll ever train and best horse I'll ever ride'.

"It sounded a bit stupid at the time but not now."

Although his career as a jockey was a short one, 26 year-old Wheeler had the opportunity to ride some pretty good horses.

"I rode a lot of winners for John Hawkes and the Inghams when they had Tenor Lodge in Brisbane," he said.

"It was great to ride those good horses and I had a double for John Hawkes at Eagle Farm which was a highlight.

"But I was always going to get too big so I made the most of it while I could."

Wheeler says Shoot Out is thriving in Sydney and has turned the corner from being a somewhat immature and headstrong three-year-old to a professional racehorse.

His three starts have netted a win in the Royal Sovereign Stakes, second to Monton in the Hobartville Stakes and his Group One triumph in the Randwick Guineas.

"Something has clicked with him in Sydney," he said.

"On the way down here we stopped at Coffs Harbour for about four hours and he ate up all his feed and hay and drank his water and I thought then how well he was handling things.

"This trip has made him a racehorse and there is still improvement in him.

"He's the quietest horse you'd ever find around the stables at home and is the same here.

"He goes out with Kevin Moses' pony each day. They call him Tony the Pony and he trots out and keeps him company.

"It has helped him a lot settling in.

"He's in unbelievable condition and is 110 per cent going into the race."

That is ominous for his rivals who include Australian Guineas winner Rock Classic but the race will be without Kidnapped who has been withdrawn due to an elevated temperature.

TAB Sportsbet's fixed odds market on Friday had Shoot Out at $2.90 with the Bart Cummings-trained Rock Classic a $3.20 chance.

Wallace and Shoot Out's owners will make a decision after the Guineas whether Shoot Out drops back to the 1600 metres of the Doncaster or continues on the path to the AJC Australian Derby (2400m).

Whatever the decision, Wheeler is convinced Shoot Out will do what he has to do.

"After the Royal Sovereign I thought the Doncaster, after the Randwick Guineas I thought the Derby," he said.

"He's bred to run the distance of the Derby and he could be anything.

"The sky's the limit."