David and Emma Haworth fancy the chances of Balham at Tauherenikau on Sunday.

The father and daughter training combination expect the Don Eduardo six-year-old to be hard to roll in the Kuripuni Sports Bar and TAB Masterton Cup.

"We're very pleased with him," Emma Haworth said. "He went well at the trials and we're pretty confident."

Balham finished runner-up to subsequent Trentham winner Shadows Cast in a recent Foxton trial.