Trainer Brad Widdup is confident Owen County has a decent future as a stayer but he won’t be throwing the gelding in the deep end regardless of his performance at Warwick Farm on Wednesday.

The ATC Australian Derby remains on the table for Owen County, if he can recapture his early promise.

There are Group 1 ambitions this spring for lightly raced three-year-old Owen County but trainer John Sargent is keeping first-up expectations on the low side for his return at Kensington on Wednesday.

Jockey Keagan Latham will get a rare Group 1 opportunity aboard Owen County.

The addition of blinkers has produced the desired effect for talented youngster Owen County.