Last year’s runner-up Will Trapper and beaten favourite One Over Kenny might be among the Kiwi’s rivals at Moonee Valley, but they only have one Inter Dominion Final behind them.

Whatsundermykilt, a veteran of five Inter Dominion series, is gearing up for his fourth final. And he hasn’t just been making up the numbers in the finals he has contested.

After finishing third to Delft in Melbourne in 2006, he finished in the same spot behind Uncle Petrika in Adelaide the following year before running fourth in the final won by Galleons Sunset at Moonee Valley last year.

But even though his stable star is 10 years of age, Fairbairn thinks this is his best chance yet of adding his name to the Inter Dominion honour roll.

“I think this is just about the best preparation he’s ever had going into one (Inter Dominion),” Fairbairn said. “Every other time he’s gone in one he’s come off a plane just before it.

“Last year he came off the plane about two days before the Grand Prix (in December 2007) and never really thickened up, but he’s been here ever since.

“I’ve been over here with him now for about five or six weeks and I’ve been really pleased with the way he’s come along.”

Whatsundermykilt, who has called Merv Williamson’s Melton property home for the past 14 months, proved how well he is going with a fast-finishing equal second behind One Over Kenny in his semi final last weekend at Ballarat after copping severe interference 400m from home.

The start before he upstaged an Inter Dominion-quality field in the Group 2 Cochran Cup at Shepparton.

If Whatsundermykilt does win tomorrow night’s race at 8.30pm he will equal history as only the third 10-year-old winner of the event. The first was Precocious in 1973, while the most recent was Tussle in 1987.

“As long as I keep him away from the television set and the papers, he doesn’t know how old he is,” Fairbairn said.

“His legs are beautiful, you wouldn’t get a horse with better legs on him, and the way he’s going shows he doesn’t know how old he is. He’s going like a five-year-old at the moment.”

The other 10-year-old in tonight’s race is the Jenni Lewis-trained Billy Royle. The veterans will start alongside each other in barriers three and four in the 2575-metre mobile event.