Young guns fuel Baker's delight Stable find: Twilight Royale (on rails) wins at the Farm in December for Kerrin McEvoy. Bjorn Baker might be the new boy at Warwick Farm but he could be at the forefront of a home-turf sweep of the features at the spring opening meeting on Saturday. Warwick Farm trainers have a history of getting the better of their rivals on their patch and this looks likely to continue. Joe Pride has Rain Affair, the favourite for the Warwick Stakes, while the Gary Portelli-trained Rebel Dane is top elect for the Show County Quality. Baker will look to follow in the tradition of home-trackers causing a surprise in the three-year-olds' features. Twilight Royale and Killcareless, Baker's first horse for John Singleton, will run in the Silver Shadow Stakes coming from different form angles, while maiden Fuerza is a $9.50 hope in the Up And Coming. "Killcareless is a last-start winner over the same course, stepping up," Baker said. She is a nice filly and we will see if she is up to this grade. She has fitness on her side, which is a positive. The More Than Ready filly scored at her third career start after she made her debut in July, showing a good turn of foot. In contrast, Twilight Royale had campaigned strongly as a two-year-old, banking $487,000 from her three wins and two seconds in five starts. She made a habit on big days, taking out the Inglis Nursery at her first start, adding another $250,000 race restricted to Inglis graduates, before winning the Sires' Produce Stakes at Flemington. "We have set her for the Princess Series because she has always looked to be a filly that will get over a bit of ground," Baker said. However, Baker remains mindful Twilight Royale is in line for a $2.4 million bonus should she win next May's Scone Guineas. "That is a long way in the future and she is a very good filly and should be competitive on Saturday, which what we are concentrating on at the moment," Baker said. While Twilight Royale has proven a winner, Snippetson colt Fuerza has proven a little more frustrating. He is a maiden after eight runs, despite banking more than $220,000 and the narrowest of defeats to Guelph in the Champagne Stakes in the autumn. His four seconds have come in the Inglis Nursery, Inglis Classic, Fernhill Handicap and Champagne and, with the exception of the Fernhill, have been by small margins. "He has had a run back and I would like to see him finally get a win," Baker said. The 1300 metres will suit him better than 1100m at Canterbury [when he ran fourth first-up]. He gets his chance. Baker also has Follonica in the Toy Show and Burbero (second).