Darley colt Safeguard will be saved for a Golden Slipper campaign on the back of a first-up win rated as convincing as any two-year-old victory so far this season.

Trainer Peter Snowden inspected the Flemington winner at Darley's Melbourne stable on Thursday and decided Safeguard will return to Sydney where he'll spend at least three weeks in a paddock.

"He won't go to the Blue Diamond. I'll take the opportunity to give him three to four weeks in the paddock and then get him back to prepare for the Golden Slipper," Snowden said.

"I haven't worked out a program for him yet but I'd like to only give him two runs before the Golden Slipper if he's good enough."

Safeguard stamped himself as one of the most promising two-year-olds produced so far in 2012-2013 season with a convincing two-length win last Saturday.

Snowden used the Black Opal Stakes as the race to qualify Epaulette for the Golden Slipper earlier this year and said that was one option as a lead-up race for Safeguard.

"He's got $48,000 prizemoney and needs one more win. It will be about picking your mark and trying to get it," Snowden said.

Safeguard's win was followed up on Boxing Day by stablemate Montsegur who also produced a brilliant debut at Caulfield.

Montsegur has remained in Melbourne with her next run to be in the Listed Blue Diamond Preview for fillies at Caulfield on January 26.

"Montsegur has gone to the farm for a few days and will have a tilt at the Blue Diamond Preview," Snowden said.

"She'll then hopefully progress to the Prelude which is over 1100 metres and then we'll see if we go further than that.

"She looks in great order. The run on Wednesday hasn't hurt her."

Snowden said Gimcrack Stakes runner-up Guelph would head to Melbourne on a Blue Diamond campaign while early-season winner Kuroshio was set to reappear in the Blue Diamond lead-up races for colts and geldings.

Snowden will start two-year-old Environmental in the ATC Membership On Sale Now Plate (1200m) at Canterbury on Saturday.

"He's a nice horse but he's struck a pretty solid race," Snowden said.

"Even though he's bred to be really quick, I think the 1200 metres is actually what he needs first-up.

"In his two trials his best work has been late and I'd like to see the same from him tomorrow."