Joe Pride has been looking for a reason not to back-up Terravista in the Listed Festival Stakes but so far he can’t find one.

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The rising talent posted his fourth win from five starts on the Kensington circuit last weekend, the victory prompting Pride to entertain a seven-day turnaround to try to build on the gelding’s rating and race experience.

“At this stage I’m more in favour of running than not,” he said.

“I’m really happy with him, he’s had a great week, and on what I’ve seen so far we’ll be taking him to the races,” Pride said.

“What I needed to happen this week was for everything to fall into place and it has so far. It’s a long week in racing but everything, at this stage, is in place.”

Terravista’s good draw in gate two has done nothing to change that view of Saturday’s race at Rosehill.

Some of the other leading contenders in the Festival field weren’t as fortunate with last year’s winner Malavio drawing 12, the Chris Waller-trained She’s Clean in barrier 14 and undefeated filly White Sage coming up with 18 in the field of 15 plus three emergencies.

The Festival will be unchartered territory for Terravista on several fronts.

It will be his first test in stakes company, his first start beyond 1400 metres and the first time he has raced on consecutive weekends.

His half-brother and Group performer Tiger Tees, also trained by Pride, has failed to back-up but Pride feels that won’t be the case with Terravista.

“He’s (Tiger Tees) a much more high-energy horse, this bloke conserves more, leaves more in the tank and for that reason I think he’s a more likely candidate to handle runs close together – without knowing,” Pride said.

Stablemate Destiny’s Kiss will be having his second run from a break in the Festival Stakes with the Villiers Stakes-Summer Cup double his goal this campaign.