Trainer Will Savage maintains Savatoxl is showing enthusiasm and a zest for racing as he prepares for a first up tilt at the Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) at Ascot on Saturday.

2021 Group 1 Goodwood winner Savatoxl headlines nominations for Saturday’s $150,000 Group 3 Behemoth (formerly Spring) Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville.

Already a winner of The Goodwood, Savatoxl will now try win the Group 1 sprint for his original trainer.

Former Northern Territory galloper Savatoxl has shown his class with a first-up win at Caulfield.

Savatoxl outgrew racing in the Northern Territory and is now a Group 1 winner of The Goodwood at Morphettville.