The winner of five of his 24 starts has been plugging away on the country cups circuit this season, winning the Nelson Cup in January, and not disgracing himself in the other starts.
The son of Art Major starts off 10m on the grass tomorrow, and Golding is happy with the 5yr-old's recent runs for fourth behind The Friendlyassassin at Methven and fifth behind Callenberg at Addington.
"He's actually done quite a good wee job without getting noticed too much,'' Golding said.
"He's gone some really good races against some nice horses. I've just worked him now actually and he worked good.''
Eleven runners have accepted for the 3000m pace.
The David and Catherine Butt-trained Idealindiamonds looks an obvious threat off the front, and Western Art is joined by Wick and Donegal Jimmy Dave on the 10m mark. Callenberg will aim for five straight wins when he steps away from the 20m mark.
Golding said Idealindiamonds was an interesting prospect.
"You don't know how the one of Davey's is going to go going through the grades, but [Western Art] is in with a bit of a show anyway,'' he said.
"If he's on his game, he can give them a shake-up.''
Western Art is no stranger to his grade, and Latin Lloyd is quickly becoming comfortable with the c1 grade after clearing maidens at Westport on March 4 and running sixth at Reefton two days later.
"Not many horses run on after doing a bit of work at Reefton, so I blame myself for that one really,'' Golding, who works for Woodend Beach trainers Greg and Nina Hope, said.
"But she stuck on. She's quite tough so I think she'll handle the step up to c1s. And it's not an overly strong field - the hardest one to beat is probably our other one, Lis Rulz. There's not much between our two anyway.''
BK Superstar failed to deliver on the promise she had shown at trials in her two starts on the West Coast circuit but a maiden win looks well within her reach.
"She didn't get much luck really,'' he said.
"She got skittled at Reefton, but Ricky [May, driver] said she was going to run on pretty good. If she trots and does everything right, she should be pretty hard to beat, I would imagine. She shouldn't be a maiden for long anyway."
Golding rates Unyielding Spirit (race 9) as the best of his other drives.
"She's in foal and she won last start at Methven quite easy - she should be pretty competitive again, I would imagine.''
Tips from the talent
• Brad Williamson
Franco Hammond (race 7, No 5)
• Geoff Knight
Onedin Onyx (race 7, No 7)
• Matthew Williamson
Igottastar (race 10, No 5)
• Gavin Smith
He's Like The Wind (Race 5, No 12)
• Rory McIlwrick
Fiery Ferret (race 11, No 2)
