Whobegotyou confirmed he was the horse to beat in the $3 million Cox Plate at Moonee Valley in two weeks when he scored a comfortable victory in the Yalumba Stakes at Caulfield, giving Damien Oliver his 2,000th winner.The Street Cry four-year-old firmed from $3.80 favouritism to $3 in the Cox Plate (2040m) with TAB Sportsbet fixed odds, winning his second Group One race exactly a year since his first in the Caulfield Guineas (1600m).But it wasn't without some anxious moments as Whobegotyou, sent

Whobegotyou confirmed he was the horse to beat in the $3 million Cox Plate at Moonee Valley in two weeks when he scored a comfortable victory in the Yalumba Stakes at Caulfield, giving Damien Oliver his 2,000th winner.

The Street Cry four-year-old firmed from $3.80 favouritism to $3 in the Cox Plate (2040m) with TAB Sportsbet fixed odds, winning his second Group One race exactly a year since his first in the Caulfield Guineas (1600m).

But it wasn't without some anxious moments as Whobegotyou, sent out $2.15 favourite in the 2000m weight-for-age feature, was strung up on the inside in the small field of eight runners before Oliver got him into the clear at the 300m.

The chestnut forged clear to win by three-quarters of a length from the closing Heart Of Dreams ($3.70) with Vision And Power ($20) working home well from last to finish the same margin away third.

"He does his best on the outside so I was pretty anxious," trainer Mark Kavanagh said.

Kavanagh said he was hoping Whobegotyou was the right horse for the Cox Plate, a race he won with Maldivian last year.

"Let's hope so, he's got a good record at Moonee Valley so he looks right on track," Kavanagh said of Whobegotyou who is unbeaten in four starts at the Valley including the Group Two Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes (1600m) three starts back.

"It's really exciting to have a headline act."

Maldivian, who won the Yalumba in 2007, is the second pick in Cox Plate markets at $7.50 and will run in next Saturday's Caulfield Cup, as he did last year, before tackling Australasia's weight-for-age championship.

Apart from bringing up his 2,000th career victory with a double at Caulfield, it was Oliver's fourth Yalumba success and 86th Group One victory.

"It's quite emotional. It's great to win my 2,000th race on such a good horse in a big race," he said.

Oliver said he was caught in a precarious position with horses around him when nothing wanted to go inside him in the early stages.

"I'm quite fortunate, he's got great acceleration this horse and he kept taking the gaps when they came," he said.

"He has a great turn of foot and he has an undeniable chance (in the Cox Plate)."

Mick Price said Heart Of Dreams, who beat Whobegotyou in the Underwood Stakes (1800m) at Caulfield at their previous meeting, would go to the Cox Plate for a rematch.

"The horse ended up in the wrong spot and at weight-for-age in small fields there is not enough between them to give away an advantage," Price said.

"But I'm really happy with the horse, he found the line and pulled ground off the favourite so we'll have another go."