But in a bid to extract that extra 'one per cent', the blinkers will be worn in the Group 1 race over 1600m at Flemington on Saturday.
Jack Turnbull, an assistant trainer with Ciaron Maher Racing, said King Colorado had been set for Saturday's race and would relish the rise in trip to 1600m.
"He's a miler for sure," Turnbull said.
"He's run well fresh but now that we've got to the mile and with the blinkers going back on, that will hold him in very good stead.
"The wide alley is not an issue. He'll drift back anyway. It's more or less how the race will be run in terms of speed.
"You can't fault his form. He was beaten by Riff Rocket, who was super first-up, and hopefully that may have taken a bit of the edge off him."
King Colorado was beaten three-quarters-of-a-length by Riff Rocket in the C S Hayes Stakes (1400m) on February 17.
Turnbull said it was scary to think what may happen if Riff Rocket has taken improvement out of that first-up win.
"Our colt has been set for the race, he's a better racehorse at a mile and he could go to another level with the shades on," Turnbull said.
