Confidence is rarely a problem for young gun jockey Zac Lloyd.

The 22-year-old, a two-time champion Sydney apprentice and already a three-time group 1 winner, says he never doubted his ability to establish himself in one of the toughest jockeys’ rooms in world racing.

Lloyd knows that he has to keep improving, though, and is confident he will do that as well.

Now he just hopes Linebacker can do the same on Saturday at Royal Randwick, when the pair take on a class field headed by unbeaten star Autumn Glow and the world’s best jockey, James McDonald, in Australia’s second-richest race, the $10 million Golden Eagle (1500m).

The John O’Shea and Tom Charlton-trained Linebacker, a dominant last-start winner of the Silver Eagle, was a $6 (TAB) chance in the four-year-olds feature, behind only

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