The five-year-old is rated a $41 chance with TABtouch for the Fremantle Cup and has never started longer than $23 in his previous 30 starts.

The reigning Golden Nugget winner worked his way into the field with his win in February's Lord Mayor's Cup and has performed well in four subsequent Free-For-All runs.

Despite the big quote, Justin Prentice said he felt the gelding belonged at the level.

"I think he's definitely capable of winning if things went his way," Prentice told The Trots WA.

"If it's a genuinely run race that'll suit him.

"He probably had a better four-year-old campaign than Mighty Ronaldo did the year before he won the Fremantle Cup."

Unlike Tricky Miki, Mighty Ronaldo was unable to win any of the four-year-old features in 2022, but came out to score a strong win in last year's Fremantle Cup.

Tricky Miki's chances of Fremantle Cup success weren't dented by yesterday's barrier draw, where he came up with barrier 12.

Prentice said he hoped Tricky Miki would be able to find the back of Minstrel in the early stages and get a good run throughout.

"If it was barrier 11 not 12 that would be great," he said.

"That being said, barrier 12 is better than barrier three sometimes, so I think it's handy enough for him.

"I'd say we'd drop behind Minstrel from that draw."

Minstrel is on the second line of betting with TABtouch for the $300,000 event at $4, with Lavra Joe the $2.50 favourite.

Defending champion Mighty Ronaldo was originally left out of the Fremantle Cup field, but he earned a reprieve when Diego was scratched soon after the barrier draw.

The six-year-old comes into barrier eight and will likely have a tricky task going back-to-back.

Prentice, who was disappointed Mighty Ronaldo was originally left out of the field, said his stable star would likely follow Nullarbor winner Catch A Wave.

Meanwhile, Prentice said Never Ending had pulled up well from last Friday's $1.25 million Nullarbor and would soon map out a path to the $2.1 million Eureka at Menangle.