Joe Pride hasn’t been a major player this spring but the Warwick Farm trainer is laying the foundations for what he hopes will be a return to the big time in the autumn.

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Established stakes performers Rain Affair and Tiger Tees are enjoying some paddock time while the untapped Terravista claimed his third win from four starts at Randwick on Saturday.

The four-year old’s only defeat came when he was fifth, beaten 3-1/4 lengths in a race won by Boban at Warwick Farm in April.

The Chris Waller-trained Boban emerged from the spring carnival as a dual Group One winner of the Epsom Handicap and the Emirates Stakes.

Pride may give Terravista another run this month to cement a rise in the ratings which will enable him to get into the big autumn races where he can realise his potential.

“I’ll be surprised if he doesn’t run a mile,” Pride said.

“I don’t want want to put too much pressure on him but I do believe he will be a competitor at a high level and this latest win is another step on the way to getting his rating up.”

Rain Affair has competed at the top level and has four Group One seconds and more than $1.4 million prize money to his name.

He has been runner-up in the past two editions of the All Aged Stakes behind two now-retired stars – Atlantic Jewel in 2012 and All Too Hard earlier this year.

Pride is banking on a wet Sydney autumn to help him show his superiority.

“He needs wet tracks and he won’t run on hard ground,” he said.

“It just doesn’t help him.”

Nine of Rain Affair’s 13 wins have been on rain affected tracks while Tiger Tees has shown a little more versatility with five of his nine wins on good ground.

“Both horses have done well in the spelling paddock and I’m looking ahead to the autumn,” Pride said.