So impressed with the performance of Paul Messara's galloper in the Blue Diamond Prelude at Caulfield last Saturday, the TAB's racing experts felt they had no option but to open him at $7 ahead of Solar Charged at the top of betting in their first market for Sydney's biggest race at Rosehill Gardens on April 3.

"He is the logical favourite after winning impressively at the weekend," TAB Fixed Odds' Matt Jenkins said. "He is well bred and the favourite for the Blue Diamond also."

John O'Shea's Solar Charged, who many believed would top betting following her five-length win on debut before Christmas, is hot on the heels of Beneteau at $8.

Fairytale galloper Chance Bye, trained by knockabout horseman Mick Tubman, opened on the third line of betting at $11 with Magic Millions winner Military Rose.

"Solar Charged has not been seen since winning in dominant fashion in November," Jenkins said.

"She will be better for the break and sure to be popular being from the O'Shea stable.

"Chance Bye has won both starts by a space but they have been restricted Inglis races. She will need to win a lead-up to be competitive but it certainly will be the fairytale story if she wins the Slipper."

Paul Messara has never trained the favourite in a Group One race and now the young horseman has control of a horse who is the top of betting for Australia's two biggest juvenile races.

"I've just got to pray the horse stays out of trouble and I tell you we will be doing everything possible to keep him in one piece," he said.

Messara said Beneteau would travel back to Sydney following the Blue Diamond Stakes and was certain to line up in the Slipper.

"If the horse is OK, we will be making a beeline straight to the Slipper," he said.

"When you have a race that is worth that much and a horse like Beneteau, you don't put them in the paddock and wait for next season.

"It is going to be hard to get him to peak for both the Blue Diamond and the Golden Slipper but we haven't taxed him and he seems to be coping quite well at this stage. The plan at this stage is to have three weeks between the Blue Diamond and the Todman Stakes, which gives us two weeks before the Golden Slipper."

Newcastle filly Elimbari, who opened at $15 with Breeders Plate winner Run For Wilson, missed the Blue Diamond to focus on the Golden Slipper and trainer Kris Lees is confident he made the right decision.

"She didn't go out to the paddock but she had two light weeks off in the stable and has really thrived," he said. "I'm really glad I didn't go to Melbourne.

"She took a couple of days to get over her first run and has come on in leaps and bounds since."

Elimbari, a half-sister to one-time Golden Slipper favourite Amelia's Dream, will make her return to racing in the Kindergarten Stakes (1100m) at Warwick Farm on March 6.