Craig Williams says exciting three-year-old Trusting will relish the 1600 metres of the $1 million Caulfield Guineas which will be his first test at the trip.The Tale Of The Cat colt, a member of Nathan Tinkler's Patinack Farm team, staked his claim for Saturday's Group One Guineas when he came from well back on the home turn to beat older horses in the Group Two weight-for-age Warwick Stakes (1400m) at Randwick on August 22.That was only his third career start and he has looked good despite bei
Craig Williams says exciting three-year-old Trusting will relish the 1600 metres of the $1 million Caulfield Guineas which will be his first test at the trip.
The Tale Of The Cat colt, a member of Nathan Tinkler's Patinack Farm team, staked his claim for Saturday's Group One Guineas when he came from well back on the home turn to beat older horses in the Group Two weight-for-age Warwick Stakes (1400m) at Randwick on August 22.
That was only his third career start and he has looked good despite being beaten at his past two starts when running on strongly for seconds to Guineas favourite Denman in the Group One Golden Rose (1400m) at Rosehill and to Denman's stablemate Demerit in the Guineas Prelude (1400m) at Caulfield.
Williams rode Trusting for the first time in a race when he was beaten a short half-head in the Guineas Prelude on September 19.
"One thing about him, he can crunch high gears and he can maintain that gallop where most three-year-olds seem to be very brilliant," Williams said.
"Him getting out to the mile (1600m), he's going to relish that."
Williams said the colt, who is stoutly bred on the dam's side being out of the Zabeel mare and Group Two Sandown Classic winner Legible, had improved since his last start.
"He's really come on well since the Prelude. He's full of zest and he feels like he's on the upward spiral, not like he's at the end of a preparation," said the jockey who rode him in a track gallop at Caulfield on Tuesday morning when he defeated stablemate Danehill Smile.
"I'll be better for the experience of having had one ride in a race on him and also him having had a run at Caulfield.
"He's had a great preparation for the Guineas."
Guineas success would cap a meteoric rise by Patinack Farm's new trainer John Thompson who took over the big Warwick Farm-based team from Jason Coyle five weeks ago, with Trusting having had just the one run for him.
Thompson spent many years working for master trainer Bart Cummings who will be out to win the Guineas for a sixth time with the highly-promising colt So You Think.
So You Think is the least experienced runner in the 11-horse field having had only three starts for two wins, his latest in the Gloaming Stakes (1800m) at Rosehill on September 19.
The son of Epsom Derby winner High Chaparral will race in blinkers for the first time on Saturday.
David Hayes has a good opinion of his runner Extra Zero ($15) and gives him some chance of causing an upset.
The Danzero colt failed by a short half-head to pick up Guineas rival Carrara when runner-up in the Group Two Bill Stutt Stakes (1600m) at Moonee Valley on September 25.
"Whobegotyou came through it last year," Hayes said of the gelding who won both the 2008 Stutt and Guineas.
"I think the Bill Stutt is always an underrated race."
The Peter Snowden-trained Denman, chasing his seventh successive win, is at $2.60 with TAB Sportsbet fixed odds ahead of Trusting ($4.50), Manhattan Rain ($6.50) with So You Think next best at $8.50.