The Golden Eagle at Rosehill is still two months away but that is the direction Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young would like to head with imported galloper Craig.

The three-time winner from six starts collected the Stow Robotics Handicap (1400m) coming off a short break and following a jump-out at Cranbourne on Monday.

Busuttin admitted it was not usual practise for the team to trial their gallopers so close to a race but were fearful of missing out on a run on Saturday.

“There wasn’t a lot around after this, so he did have a very, very quiet trial just hard held, and it’s obviously worked,” Busuttin said.

The stable will need to plan carefully their path to Golden Eagle with the gelding’s rating still quite low, but Bustuttin said there was 10 million reasons to head in that direction.

“We’re still a long way from that but it certainly gives you something to think about,” Busuttin said.