Clive Cox believes Electrolyser is still improving ahead of his assignment in the Doncaster Cup on Friday.
The five-year-old progressed through the handicap ranks last season and has proved this year that he is not out of his depth in Pattern company, with solid efforts in the Sagaro Stakes, Goodwood Cup and Lonsdale Cup.
"Electrolyser is very much on course for the Doncaster Cup. He has come out of the York race very well and we have been thrilled with his performances so far this year. Hopefully, it won't be long before he takes one of these big staying races," said Cox.
"He improved on his form with Illustrious Blue, who beat him at Goodwood, in the Lonsdale and I would be hopeful he is still on an upward curve.
"The only time he has previously raced over two and a quarter miles was in last year's Cesarewitch, but that was a non-event. He got very badly hampered coming round the bend at Newmarket and was very lucky not to fall, which was the end of the race for him.
"He has been running really well over two miles so far this season and I am hopeful he will get the trip."
Clive Cox still has faith in Balthazaar's Gift ahead of the Eddie Stobart Park Stakes at Doncaster on Saturday.
The seven-year-old entire has just come up short in top-class races this season but Cox thinks when conditions are in his favour he is still a force to be reckoned with.
"We are hoping to send up Balthazaar's Gift for the Park Stakes. He missed the Hungerford Stakes at Newbury after the ground came up too easy, but the weather forecast looks promising for Doncaster," said Cox.
"He didn't get the best of luck in running in this year's Betfair Cup (when finishing fifth) but that's the rub of the green. He is still a high-class performer and, given his best conditions, we are very much looking forward to seeing how he gets on."
Cox will also run the consistent Polly's Mark in the DFS Park Hill Stakes on Thursday, adding: "The ground was very, very soft on her latest start at Deauville and it turned into a bit of a sprint, which didn't suit her.
"Her second in the Lancashire Oaks would very much put her on the premises and she goes to Doncaster in very good nick."
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