Rawiller spurred on by Golden memories "It will take some beating, that day last year": Rawiller. Nash Rawiller has his superstars on Saturday - Pierro and More Joyous - but he also hopes the Golden Slipper will fit again as he rides Whittington in the 1200-metre dash at Rosehill. A year on from his finest day on a racecourse, when More Joyous' second consecutive Queen Of The Turf victory added the cream to Pierro's Golden Slipper win, Rawiller hopes for another red-letter day with the pair. "It will take some beating, that day last year," he said. Those two horses have proven to be among the best [horses] I have ridden and given me plenty of great memories but that day stands out. When you're going to the races to ride them you can't help but be confident. You know that people are coming to watch them. Once you get on their backs you get even more confident. It's just a great feeling when you're out there because it feels like it is just you and them. However, the Slipper is the focus of the afternoon and Rawiller, Gai Waterhouse's No.1 stable rider, will be on Whittington, which is the outsider of her trio of runners at $19. "Gai wanted me to ride the colt, so I would be strong and not have to waste," Rawiller said. He has not done that much wrong. Whittington won the Breeders Plate in the spring, as Pierro did a year earlier, before being beaten in the Canonbury Stakes on his return then winning the Lonhro Plate. "He wasn't quite ready first-up this time but he made good improvement from that run to the second-up run and has improved again since," Rawiller said. He will run a race. Punters expect the Waterhouse yard to have the Slipper winner but are looking to her fillies rather than Whittington. "Overreach remains favourite at $2.30 but punters have broadened the base of horses they have been backing in the past 24 hours," TAB.com.au's Glenn Munsie said. Sweet Idea was the best-supported runner [on Thursday] and is $15 to $10 since the draw. However, Ruud Awakening and Villa Verde remain our worst ways. They continue to back both of them and the biggest bet we have written since the draw was $10,000 on Villa Verde at $17. Elsewhere, TAB.com.au took $20,000 on Pierro at $1.50 in the George Ryder Stakes, where Rawiller believes he will be at a career peak. "I rode him back from the track [on Thursday morning], he felt fantastic," he said. We know what he is capable of doing and I am sure he is just going to make me look good again [on Saturday]. Rawiller rounds out his group 1 book of rides with Driefontein in the Vinery Stud Stakes and Kelinni in The BMW. Australian Turf Club racecourses manager Lindsay Murphy expects Rosehill to be rated slow for Slipper day on Saturday. "We have dodged most of the real heavy stuff but the track is still a slow seven," Murphy said. We have only had 23 millimetres of rain at Rosehill, whereas Randwick had 83mm in the same time. We are expecting showers until Saturday, so I don't think it will be any better than slow.