Joe Pride still has faith in Terravista The self-anointed best sprinter in the world one week, barely spoken about the next. Such is life for the quick-witted Joe Pride and Terravista, seemingly consigned to a bit-part player in the showdown to crown the world's best sprinter. "I have not lost one bit of faith in him," said Pride, who cheekily declared Terravista the world's best sprinter on social media before a narrow defeat in a roughhouse Manikato Stakes. I thought his run was magic the other day ... it was a great run. Markets tend to overreact and I think everyone is disregarding the form out of the other night. They were all good horses and there's plenty of group 1 winners in there. Moonee Valley lends itself to that kind of racing the other night. We've got a very different style of race coming up on Saturday and I think there will be more than a length between more than seven or eight horses. Just how much separates the field in the $1 million Darley Classic at Flemington on Saturday is yet to be known, but it is clear Terravista has suddenly fallen out of favour with bookmakers. The early Manikato Stakes favourite can do no better than $11 and the fourth line of betting for the Darley Classic with the introduction of straight track specialist Chautauqua and Irish star Slade Power into the fold. "I've got no idea whatsoever about the Irish horse, but I don't know if I've ever seen an Irish horse win a group 1 sprint in Australia," Pride said. I've got a healthy respect for him. Chautauqua ... has the market got it right? It's probably not my place to question the market. I'm surprised he is so short as he really needs to step up to take on these other horses now. The same could be said about Pride's budding superstar, which endured a rocky build-up to the Manikato in his first trip away from Sydney. He was unsettled in his new surroundings, and Pride whisked him back north, but the Darley Classic riches proved too big a lure not to return to Melbourne. It's a million-dollar sprint and we've got a chance to give him a break before the autumn. He's only had three runs [this campaign], so we might as well test the water down the straight and see how he reacts to it," he said. He travelled super [before the Manikato], but I thought he settled in a little ordinary and was a little nervy in his new surroundings. You've got to do it for the first time sometime and now that he's done that, I think it will hold him in good stead. You get this question every time you put one down the straight [at Flemington], but honestly there are no indications whether he will handle it. It's one of these things [of] if they're adaptable, then go for it. The answer is take them to the races and find out.