Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr are preparing two colts for the Poseidon Stakes at Flemington, with aspirations for more significant spring races ahead.

Saturday’s 1100-metre sprint down the straight at Flemington is anticipated to be a stepping stone towards the Danehill Stakes (1100m) on October 3, the Blue Sapphire Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on October 17, and the prestigious Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) at Flemington two weeks later.

Price indicated that while Big Sky possesses a class advantage over his stablemate Buggsy, the latter’s fighting spirit could prove to be a significant asset.

“My man, Henry Jaggard, who rides a lot of my good ones and a lot of the Freedman’s good ones, he’s a very good judge,” Price remarked.

“He rides Buggsy and he rides Big Sky and he said he would go Big Sky, on class.”

Big Sky remains undefeated after two starts, securing a win on debut down the Flemington straight in January before claiming the Chairman’s Stakes at Caulfield.

His campaign was interrupted by surgery on a knee, leading to his withdrawal from Melbourne’s premier juvenile race, the Blue Diamond Stakes.

In readiness for his return, Price and Kent Jnr have guided Big Sky through three jump-outs.

“Big Sky has had three trials knowing that he’s a colt and I want to keep his form good in case someone likes him as a colt,” Price stated.

“His job, all being well will be the Poseidon, the Danehill, the Blue Sapphire and the Coolmore, being a sprinting Bivouac that he is.

“I think it’s a better race for him (than Buggsy) on class and I think Big Sky has improved as a horse.

“As a young horse he wasn’t getting it right but still winning well.”

While Price acknowledges Big Sky’s superior class, he is certain that Buggsy will display considerable grit.

Buggsy made a winning debut at Sandown before finishing third in the Redoute’s Choice Stakes at Caulfield in April.

He returned to racing last month with a victory at Sandown over 1000m.

“The Redoute’s Choice caught him on the way down,” Price explained.

“I was in two minds whether to run him, and I know he ran third, on paper, but it was not the right Buggsy that ran in that race.

“His tenacity, his fitness, his soundness, his desire, it may get him there.”

For those looking to get involved, the racing odds for the Poseidon Stakes are already shaping up to be competitive.