Nathan Williamson is happy to open up about his drives at Forbury Park tonight - a stark contrast to the name of the horse he rates as his brightest chance in the sulky tonight.
Williamson pairs up with Nothingforthemedia in race 2 in a race which has been opened up by the wide draw of the likely favourite, the Geoff and Jude Knight-trained Imperial Ace.
Williamson drove Nothing-forthemedia two starts ago at Ascot Park, and could not fault the 4yr-old's run for fourth behind Armbro Courage.
''He's good enough to win that race if he did things right,'' Williamson said.
''Obviously the horse of the Knights is the one to beat, but he's probably as good as the rest of them. If he brings his manners, he should be there or thereabouts.''
The Doug McLachlan-trained gelding will once again start from the unruly mark, opening up the possibility of a similar run to his Ascot Park effort.
''I left him alone early and let him do his own thing and work forward, and he got parked then [had] cover, and he ran home good.
''I'll probably look to work forward again at some stage and have him handy turning for home. If he's handy, he should be in the finish.''
Williamson thought he had escaped the early nerves with Ari Gold (race 1) last week when the maiden trotter got to the lead shortly after the start.
But the 5yr-old had some tricks up his sleeve, and went into a pace in the back straight before breaking.
''He's a fast beginner but I was sort of lucky we didn't get crowded early,'' Williamson said.
''Once we got round the first bend, I thought we were going to be OK but he never really balanced up and I could feel him `going' the whole time.
''He's a horse with a bit of ability - he's definitely not the worst if he did things right.''
A shadow roll is likely to be added to Ari Gold's gear, along with some extra weight on his front shoes.
Supreme Genes (race 3) should have improved from his fresh-up run for seventh last week after last racing at Forbury Park in August.
''He probably needed that pipe-opener last week. He's a definitely each-way chance or place chance.''
Williamson is not too worried by the slightly wide draw of Tachma (race 5) in the 1200m sprint heat other. She will start from barrier 5 after the scratching of emergency Cowboy.
''She's running on not bad last week so if she continues to build on that form, she's not the worst chance.
''It tends to be that the horses that work too hard early in these 1200m races capitulate, as well, so it could be interesting to see what happens.''
He gave Veecewah a place chance in race 6 while he expected the in-form Jonny Cox and Amber Hoffman stable to have improved Killarney Guy (race 8) from his disappointing southern debut last week.








