Trainer Nick Olive is enthusiastic about the Canterbury chances of Fullerton, but his best advice for the midweek meeting is to follow the young jockey riding the horse.

Olive will use the 3kg claim of John Kissick in the tab.com.au Handicap (1900m) on Wednesday in what he expects to be a forerunner to a lot more city appearances for the country-based apprentice.

"I've just started using John a bit and I like the way he rides," Olive said.

"He has been making a name for himself in the country for about 12 months now and expect to see more and more of him in town during the winter months with trainers taking advantage of his claim."

Fullerton will have his first middle-distance of a campaign which started three starts ago with a Canterbury sprint win with Olive convinced the five-year-old is now looking for further in his races.

His assessment is based on Fullerton's last-start Warwick Farm placing in a race which has produced a subsequent stakes winner in Mouro.

"He was left a bit flat-footed when the sprint went on in that race and he was a bit dour which says he looking for more ground now," Olive said.

Fullerton finished 1-1/2 lengths behind Mouro as they chased home Messene with the runner-up winning the Listed Rowley Mile at Hawkesbury at his next run.

"The form obviously looks good now and tomorrow's race looks the right one for my horse," Olive said.

Fullerton could be the start of a winning week for Olive as he sets Nat King Cu for a supporting race during the two-day Scone Cup carnival.

"Providing he doesn't draw off the track he'll make trip," Canberra-based Olive said.

There are few more promising country-trained horses than Nat King Cu with the handsome four-year-old boasting four wins from eight starts as well as a last-start city placing.