New Zealand trainer Jeff Lynds is glowing in his praise of Wall Street who takes on the might of the Bart Cummings-trained So You Think in Saturday's Cox Plate at Moonee Valley.The Palmerston North-based Lynds is quite confident his three-time Group One winner will acquit himself well in Saturday's $3 million event.Wall Street will be trying to become the first Kiwi-trained horse to win the weight-for-age championship of Australasia since Sunline 10 years ago.The Montjeu six-year-old has won 10

New Zealand trainer Jeff Lynds is glowing in his praise of Wall Street who takes on the might of the Bart Cummings-trained So You Think in Saturday's Cox Plate at Moonee Valley.

The Palmerston North-based Lynds is quite confident his three-time Group One winner will acquit himself well in Saturday's $3 million event.

Wall Street will be trying to become the first Kiwi-trained horse to win the weight-for-age championship of Australasia since Sunline 10 years ago.

The Montjeu six-year-old has won 10 of his 17 starts and after winning the Thorndon Mile in January and the Windsor Park Stakes in September, both over 1600m, he won the Spring Classic Stakes (2040m) at his first start over the Cox Plate trip at Hastings on October 2.

In that event Ginga Dude was runner-up and subsequently impressively won the Group Three David Jones Cup (2000m) at Caulfield last Saturday.

"We've spent the last 18 months making this horse and it's been a time thing with him," Lynds said.

"We're coming up against some very good horses but our horse is a very good horse.

"He has an international pedigree and is an outstanding-looking horse and he has all the components of a top-flight animal. I'm looking forward to the contest."

Lynds said Wall Street, who suffered a bowed tendon when with the Moroney stable before he raced, was a wilful animal and a barrier rogue who had a three-month ban on him early in his career.

"We gave him time and he's responded and he's taken New Zealand racing. They all know what he's got," he said.

"He has speed on his maternal side and a good Montjeu can take on a good High Chaparral (sire of So You Think and Shoot Out) so that's what we're here for.

"He's light on his feet, he has speed and he can be positioned anywhere in a race and his greatest quality is his turn of foot which is quite amazing when he lets down.

"He only does as much as he has to. He's won miles in 1:33 and been parked out three and four deep.

"He's done some phenomenal things on the racecourse."

Michael Coleman, who was aboard Xcellent when he ran ninth to Makybe Diva in the 2005 Cox Plate, will ride Wall Street who will jump from barrier four in the 10-horse field.

The horse pleased Lynds when Coleman rode him when he had his first look at Moonee Valley on Tuesday morning.

Lynds said Wall Street was a better horse than his previous Cox Plate runner (Mr) Marconee who finished sixth to Octagonal in 1995.

New Zealand has a proud history in the Cox Plate with champion mare Sunline winning in 1999 and 2000.

The Phantom Chance (1993), Surfers Paradise (1991), Our Poetic Prince (1988), Bonecrusher (1986), Fury's Order (1975) and Battle Heights (1974) are other New Zealand-trained winners over the past 40 years.

Kiwi Graeme Rogerson was based at Randwick when he won the race with Savabeel in 2004.

Wall Street is at $18 with TAB Sportsbet in a race dominated by last year's winner So You Think ($1.45 fav) ahead of More Joyous ($7), Shoot Out ($11) with Whobegotyou and Zipping at $16.