Which is why he is not feeling much pressure with Springbank Eden as the 2yr-old has his second career start at Addington today.
Williamson bought the Angus Hall colt for $127,500 at last year's Christchurch sales for Alistair and Denise Smith, of Wendon - the highest-priced trotting yearling of the sales and third-richest yearling of either gait that year.
The colt was named Ohoka Hall when he went through the ring, but has since been renamed by the Smiths to continue the trend of naming their horses with the Springbank prefix.
Springbank Eden lost no admirers after his debut run at Addington on February 15, as he sat parked for much of the 1950m, finishing fourth behind Monbet.
Williamson took plenty of satisfaction from the colt's first outing, especially considering his lack of experience.
''I was happy with it,'' Williamson said.
''It was the first time he had other horses with him - he'd only had two trials on his own.
''We're just hoping that he will improve off that.''
The hefty price tag does not weigh too heavily on Williamson's mind.
''It didn't bother me that much. He'll either put his hand up or he won't.
''The price doesn't change what you've got, I'm afraid. You can get a champion for $1000 - it's just the racing game, isn't it?''
Today's race will give Williamson a good early guide on where the colt is at compared to his rivals. Monbet was a good winner on debut in the Addington race while Arya - also by Angus Hall - chased well in the closing stages to run second. The only debutante in today's 1950m trot is the 2yr-old filly Ygritte, who has shown glimpses of talents at the trials.
''The main goal is the 2yr-old race for the yearling sales [in late April] and whether we press on after that, we'll get a good line on where we're going tomorrow.
''He's just a nice horse - he just needs some experience. We'll get a few starts in to him and assess what sort of horse we've got after that.
''I do like him. He'll win races. It's just a matter of when rather than if.''
Springbank Sam will seek a third straight win when he takes on Stig and others in an $11,000 mobile free-for-all at the Cheviot meeting at Addington on Sunday.
The New Zealand Trotting Championship at Addington on April 11 is an obvious target for the speedy son of Sundon, particularly with the country's other trotters preparing to do battle in Australia during March.
''Hopefully they'll get stuck over there and they can't come home,'' Williamson chuckled.
Monnay starts in the same race as Springbank Sam on Sunday, while Jag's Invasion has taken a step back from raceday duties.
''He's just on a fall-back and regroup programme at the moment. He's going to trial in a wee while and see how we're going.
''We just haven't been that happy with him. He's had a few little issues and niggling problems.''
