Inside barriers are not always a blessing in the Caulfield Cup, but the Johannes Vermeer team would not swap theirs for any other in Saturdays A$3 million race.
The Aidan OBrien-trained galloper claimed favouritism for the 2400m handicap after drawing barrier two at Tuesday nights allocation of starting positions.
Drawing low has been the undoing of many Northern Hemisphere-trained visitors in the charge to the first turn, but OBriens travelling foreman T.J. Comerford said it was ideal for the son of Galileo, who will be ridden by Ben Melham.
I texted him [OBrien] straight away and he was very happy with it, Comerford said from Werribee yesterday morning.
When you see how well he jumped out the last start at Caulfield, he was smart out, so all he has to do is be as smart out and then he can just slot in wherever we want and we can take our time on him.