Victoria Derby day could be the biggest in Brent Stanley's short training career with Royal Standing to line up in the Classic race over 2500m.

Less than two years after he started training, Brent Stanley is taking on the big names in the Victoria Derby.

A Caulfield Cup-winning rider on Arctic Scent as an apprentice in 1996, the 35-year-old saddles up Royal Standing in the $1.5 million race at Flemington on Saturday.

A $61 chance, Royal Standing has the Gai Waterhouse-trained favourite Hampton Court and Preferment from the Chris Waller stable, among his 12 rivals.

But Stanley is daring to dream of his first Group One win as a trainer and rates the colt some chance.

"The adrenaline rush and the buzz about riding big-race winners is sensational," Stanley said.

"But if I train one, the satisfaction level will be completely different."

"Although you need a jockey to ride a good race and be able to do the right thing on the day, I know that the horse getting to the race and performing to the level to be able to win one, that's all my work."

Stanley pinpointed Royal Standing as a Derby colt early on. And on a bumper Derby Day card at Flemington, the emerging trainer also has Veuvelicious in the Wakeful Stakes on her way to the VRC Oaks.

While the life of a trainer can take away from time with family and a social life, Stanley says there is nothing else he would rather do.

"I love being with the horses and love watching a horse progress from an uneducated horse to competing in a race like a Derby or an Oaks," he said.

Royal Standing is related to the Mark Kavanagh-trained Super Cool who was second in the 2012 Victoria Derby.

"He'll surprise most people with how good of a race he'll run," Stanley said.