"I always thought if he would win a stakes race it would be on a wet track," the Gosford trainer said. "I do think he will win a stakes – it won't be a great one – but it will be good enough for us to take."

If it happens to be the $150,000 listed Ramornie Handicap at Grafton on Wednesday, then Newing will be even more ecstatic. Timeless Prince's June Stakes success on a Randwick bog a fortnight ago convinced Newing to alter plans to include the Ramornie, which is likely to lose some of its lustre with Dothraki, Brook Road and former champion Howmuchdoyouloveme all running over the weekend.

"He's done everything right this horse and he has nothing to prove to us so we're going to have a throw at the stumps and see where we finish up," Newing said.

"He could have filled 12 boxes that would have been empty otherwise. We've got a syndication company that have come on board and they bought five yearlings the other day and mentioned to me, 'if we didn't see Timeless Prince racing we wouldn't have approached you'. That's a huge thing for me."