He's nothing if not enthusiastic.

Not long after markets opened this week, one horse in particular was backed into favouritism in Race 10 at Randwick.

The name of the horse is Getafix who is trained by Tom Charlton and John O’Shea.

A winner of his last two starts prior to a spell, Getafix resumes in Saturday’s BM94 sprint over 1200m and there is some early interest.

Perhaps that has a bit to do with the fact that a key owner is a good friend of SENTrack - Sydney Swans livewire Tom Papley.

Godolphin’s Kerguelen opened a $4.60 favourite before Getafix was quickly turned into $5 after opening at $6.

On SENTrack & RSN’s Giddy Up, Gareth Hall eluded to Papley’s enthusiasm: “Geez, there’s a good push around for Getafix who goes around in the last.

“Do you share a few people’s confidence with Getafix there on Saturday? I don’t want to give away names…”

Co-trainer Charlton’s response: “As soon as the market opened, just bang, straight away into favourite.

“I wonder who that was.”

Hall and Charlton revelled in Papley’s passion for the game and his eagerness to tell all and sundry that Getafix is a great winning chance this weekend.

Hall: “He might be a little man who runs around for the Sydney Swans telling everybody it’s a good thing because Tommy Charlton say it’s a moral, just get on boys.”

Charlton: “Might be a bloke that plays a bit of footy on the side of his main job.”

Hall: “How many times would he ring you, that person?”

Charlton: “It’s more the texts in the WhatsApp, bang, bang, straight off.

“Nah, it’s great. I really enjoy Tom and the crew he’s brought to the stable. We have a good laugh and it’s great to see passion about racing in those guys.

“I’m sure it helps our industry no end.”

Back on the topic of the actual horse himself, Getafix will need a little luck to lob over six furlongs.

But Charlton is hoping there is enough speed from the likes of Shangri La Spring, Les Vampires, Flying For Fun and Boston Rocks to set things up for his fast-finishing son of Calyx who will jump from barrier 2 under Jason Collett.

Hall stated: “Getafix seems to be a different horse this prep, since he’s been gelded.”

Charlton replied: “He’s probably a confidence horse. He’s a horse you’ve got to ride quite neutral and not do too much on him early as he can over-race.

“He’s got a wicked turn of foot. A soft draw is excellent for him, it really helps. He wants a good speed and he’s probably one of those horses that needs a little bit of luck at some stage in the straight.

“We’re confident that he’s going to be an effective horse this campaign. Ideally he can run well on Saturday in what looks a decent race.”

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