Trim Villa Verde fit for Golden Slipper Trainer Shaun Dwyer has reassured Villa Verde's owners that their filly has an undeniable winning chance. Photo: Sebastian Costanzo A leaner Villa Verde is ready to turn the tables on Golden Slipper favourite Overreach in Saturday's $3.5 million race, and neither an outside barrier draw nor the might of Gai Waterhouse may be enough to stop her, according to trainer Shaun Dwyer. After the initial disappointment of a seemingly horrible barrier had subsided, Dwyer spent Tuesday reassuring Villa Verde's owners that their filly had an undeniable winning chance, despite having come up with gate 17 of 18 at the draw. "We've made up the ground in fitness and I'm confident that I send her to the races at the absolute top of her game," Dwyer said. I've trained my horse to be 100 per cent for this race and I'm confident that I've done it. Villa Verde, former favourite for the Golden Slipper but now widely quoted as a $15 chance after Overreach defeated her with ease first-up, will jump from gate 15 in the final field of 16 on Saturday, but Dwyer remains staunch that the wide barrier means little in a high-pressure race. I'm not overly concerned [with the barrier]. This is a Golden Slipper, it's a high-pressure race and four or five will go forward and the speed will be on," he said. If we end up three deep with cover, I'd be pretty happy with that, and she'd have every chance to win the race with that sort of run. Accomplished group 1-winning rider Michael Rodd renews his association with Villa Verde after missing the ride through suspension on the filly in her first-up run in the Reisling Slipper Trial, and Dwyer said his jockey shared his confidence ahead of Saturday's race after partnering her to two dominant wins during the spring and in the majority of her recent trackwork gallops. "Michael will need a little luck, but there's no one better to have on in this situation," Dwyer said. Her work on Saturday morning was scintillating and he [Rodd] came in again this morning and said she is just unbelievable, her work was that good again. He's a believer and says that she is the best two-year-old he has ridden. Dwyer is one of just three Victorian trainers to be represented in the Slipper this year, the same number of contestants that champion trainer Gai Waterhouse will saddle up for the race. Neither Dwyer nor his colleagues fared favourably with the announcement of the final field and subsequent barrier draw. David Hayes' Fastnet Rock colt Fast 'N' Rocking also drew wide in barrier 15, while Peter Moody's track record-breaking colt Il Cavallo is second emergency and must sweat on two scratchings in order to force his way into the field.