Better Than Ready heading to Rosehill in search of a dry track Better Than Ready will face some tough competition at Rosehill on Saturday. BETTER Than Ready, holder of Royal Randwick's 1200m track record, is still a touch soft according to trainer Kelly Schweida ahead of his return at Rosehill tomorrow. But even despite fitness concerns, the class of the Queenslander has bookmakers clearly worried, given his position as a clear $3.60 favourite in the toughest race of the day. Better Than Ready was due to run at Doomben on Monday until the meeting was abandoned because of rain, forcing Schweida to come to Sydney. "I'm a bit worried the 59kg might take something out of his finishing sprint," he said. He's done as much work as he can without killing him, but he's still a bit soft going into his first-up run. This will take some weight off him. He's not an overly big horse, but he gets fat quickly. It's not ideal to miss the run last week (at Doomben) and if we miss out again on Saturday we will be starting to get a bit desperate. I wouldn't run him if it came up heavy 10. He's won on the slow but I wouldn't want to risk him on a bog track first up. After netting four wins and a third from six starts in his first two preparations, Schweida is keen to see if his top colt can go to the elite level over the coming months. I want to get Saturday out of the way and then assess where we go after that. The two obvious options are the Royal Sovereign in Sydney or the Oakleigh Plate in Melbourne," he said. The whole operation is about winning a Group 1 race. He's worth something now, but if he can win a Group 1 you can multiply that figure many times. The Newmarket Handicap is also on the radar and several punters have taken the early odds with the TAB. One-time Golden Slipper favourite Raceway is set to be one of Better Than Ready's toughest opponents tomorrow and jockey Tommy Berry believes he is a different horse now he has been gelded. "It has just made him settle so much better and he is an improved horse to deal with," Berry said. Both his trials had been good and his work has been sharp but he was just going a bit keen so the decision was made to take the blinkers off and I think it is a good move. Raceway was turned out after only one run in the spring and was tested against the best two-year-olds last season, finishing a credible fifth in the Golden Slipper behind stablemate Pierro. Ichihara is the third of the high-profile three-year-olds who sit at the top of betting and the Allan Denham-trained filly is resuming on the back of one soft trial at Gosford.She hasn't raced since finishing fourth to Better Than Ready in the Brian Crowley Stakes, the quickest ever 1200m run at Randwick. The form out of the race was enhanced during the Melbourne spring carnival with Jolie Bay finishing second to Nechita in the Coolmore Stud Stakes at Flemington.