Time will benefit the well-related Sahar, who will make his debut at Matamata today.
The son of Iffraaj and Valpolicella is a half-brother to the Group Two winners Vavasour and Catalonia, who raced in Australia as Vilanova, and will step out for the first time in the Paul Jones 1200m.
"He's a nice horse who trialled really well," said Andrew Forsman, who trains the colt with Murray Baker.
"If he wins it will be on sheer ability. He'll be a much nicer three-year-old, but we like to give them a run at two and I'm sure he'll perform very well."
Sahar has had two trials and finished third at Matamata in the spring and more recently he won a 1000m heat at Taupo in the hands of Jonathan Riddell, who will take the reins today.