Native Trail camp confident ahead of 2000 Guineas

William Buick hopes unbeaten Native Trail will keep "coming up with the goods" and justify short-priced favouritism in the Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket on Saturday.

The son of Oasis Dream was unbeaten in four starts as a juvenile, winning Group One races in the National Stakes and Dewhurst.

He made it five from five when scoring with ease in the Craven Stakes over course and distance on his first run as a three-year-old.

Godolphin's number one jockey Buick goes in search of his fifth British Classic success. Should Native Trail succeed, it would give both himself and trainer Charlie Appleby a first triumph in the mile colts’ Classic.

Buick feels Native Trail, who is drawn widest of all in stall 15, has answered every bell, and said: "He has done nothing wrong. He has come through this year and produced in the Craven.

"He was always a nice horse physically and when he won first time out at Sandown, you knew you had a nice horse on your hands, but he took every step that was asked of him in his stride and everything you asked of him, he just keeps coming up with the goods.

"There is no point in looking back – he has to go and do it as a three-year-old."

The 33-year-old has no qualms about the horse’s ability to handle the preliminaries and believes he is professional enough to take things in his stride on the big stage.

"He has a solid temperament," added Buick. "He is a solid professional and loves his work. He is a horse who has plenty of confidence. He is very straightforward and very professional. On the track and at home, he just goes about his business.

"He has a long stride and a very high cruising speed. He also has a turn of foot, which he showed last year and in the Craven."

However, stablemate Coroebus, who will be