The first jockey to win on Dissident is hoping he can upset the Futurity Stakes favourite when he reunites with Group One winner Driefontein.

Vlad Duric partners the Gai Waterhouse-trained Driefontein in Saturday's 1400m weight-for-age race at Caulfield in which the Peter Moody-trained Dissident - who Duric won a Blue Diamond Preview on two years ago - is the $1.60 favourite to notch his fifth Group One.

Driefontein is second favourite at $6 and Duric believes the on-speed mare gets an opportunity from barrier one to control the race.

Waterhouse has won the Futurity twice with Aqua D'Amore (2007) and More Joyous (2011), although Driefontein has yet to win at 1400 metres from seven attempts.

Duric rode Driefontein in six races last year for two wins including the Group One Robert Sangster Stakes and has been impressed by the mare's two Sydney runs this campaign for seconds in the Expressway Stakes and Southern Cross Stakes under Blake Shinn.

"I've ridden her through the week and she just feels as good as ever and I'm really looking forward from a good draw tomorrow to hopefully go close to winning the race," Duric said.

Since Duric rode Dissident in two of his first three starts, the horse has gone on to win the Randwick Guineas and added three weight-for-age wins this season including the Memsie Stakes and CF Orr Stakes over the Caulfield 1400m.

"I haven't ridden him in a race since he was a young horse but he's just developed into a fantastic weight-for-age horse," Duric said.

He acknowledges Dissident is the one to beat but does not believe the odds-on favourite has a mortgage on the race.

"I know he'll be the horse that will be getting home strongly and I'm definitely going to be mindful that he's tracking me up," Duric said.

"But I've also got a lot of respect for Entirely Platinum. He ran super behind Dissident the other day (in the Orr) and he'll probably end up outside me in the run and he's a well-performed horse.

"There's other horses like Bull Point as well, so I don't think it's just a one-horse race.

"My mare is in great form and I'm really confident with her, so we'll see how we go."