It took only one sit on Artemex for in-form jockey Nash Rawiller to give his tick of approval for a shot at the $1 million Golden Gift (1100m) on debut at Rosehill on Saturday.

The unraced Ciaron Maher-trained colt, a $120,000 Magic Millions buy, was $3.80 with TAB and battling Breeders Plate placegetter Revengeance ($3.50) for favouritism in the feature for two-year-olds after an explosive finish to a win a 818m Warwick Farm trial on October 31.

It has been the only public hit-out for the son of Exceed And Excel, which weaved a passage between runners from back in the six-horse field under Rawiller, who then recommended he go to the Golden Gift rather than the $160,000 Max Lees Classic (900m) at Newcastle the following Saturday.

Rawiller, who put on a riding masterclass for a treble at

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