Almost eight years to the day since Paul Perry won over Royal Ascot and met the Queen, the Novacastrian trainer will head to Randwick with a Prince.It was June 17, 2003 when the Perry-trained Choisir scored a memorable win in the King's Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot before backing up to snare the Golden Jubilee four days later.His feats blazed a trail for Australian sprinters who in the years since have made the English carnival a largely successful target.Perry won't be donning his top hat and he

Almost eight years to the day since Paul Perry won over Royal Ascot and met the Queen, the Novacastrian trainer will head to Randwick with a Prince.

It was June 17, 2003 when the Perry-trained Choisir scored a memorable win in the King's Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot before backing up to snare the Golden Jubilee four days later.

His feats blazed a trail for Australian sprinters who in the years since have made the English carnival a largely successful target.

Perry won't be donning his top hat and heading to Royal Ascot this weekend but he will try his luck at Royal Randwick where he will attempt to plunder the feature winter sprint with Prince Braeman.

The versatile gelding has mixed his distances in recent seasons but Perry believes he is sharp enough to be a force in the Listed June Stakes (1100m).

The six-year-old has won from 1100m to 1500m and last campaign was effective up to a mile, finishing fifth in Captain Sonador's Epsom Hcp (1600m).

This time around he has been kept to sprints and his last-start third to June Stakes rival Jest Crewsin' convinced Perry that Prince Braeman was ready to produce.

"We probably took a bit of time with him this campaign and I thought his run the other day was good," Perry said.

"He needed that and it should have improved him. He looks great, the horse."

Prince Braeman is proven at stakes level, winning the Listed Chief De Beers Quality (1100m) at Doomben in May last year.

He was competitive at Group level during the spring when his best efforts included a fourth to Doncaster Mile and Doomben 10,000 runner-up Love Conquers All in the Missile Stakes (1200m) and a second to Kenny's World in the Cameron Hcp (1300m) at Newcastle.

"I think he's still fresh enough for Saturday and the 1100 should suit him," Perry said.

"He's way up to that class, he's an honest horse and he never runs a bad race."

Prince Braeman was an $8.50 chance with TAB Sportsbet on Friday with markets headed by the Gai Waterhouse-trained Squamosa, who will be first-up from a lengthy spell.

Perry will also start juvenile filly Diva Dior, winner of her only start at Newcastle, in the Bates Bikes Hcp (1200m).

"She's a real nice little filly, I thought she'd be hard to beat when she won the other day," Perry said.

"It was a good win, a soft win.

"We'll know more after tomorrow but she's always shown us something."