Cambridge trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman have a smart galloper on their hands in the form of lightly-tried four-year-old Rhinestone Cowboy.

The Teofilo gelding made it three wins from four starts when successful in the Paul Ireland Digger Hire 1600m at Otaki on Friday, despite racing three-wide for much of the race.

“It was a very good win today,” Baker said. “I think potentially he’s a very good horse.”

Raced by Lindsay de Souza, Willie Leung and Neville Murdoch, Rhinestone Cowboy is now likely to go for a spell after a three-start spring campaign.

“He’s likely to go for a small break,” Baker said.

“He has been a work-in-progress and hopefully the patient approach will pay dividends. I think he will have no problems getting up over 2000m and even further and he is an exciting prospect.”