Newmarket-born Harry Davies will have his first ride in a Classic when he partners Wimbledon Hawkeye in Saturday’s Betfred 2,000 Guineas (3.35 ), just more than four years since he left the local state academy to pursue his dream as a jockey. The 20-year-old has had some experience of 2,000 Guineas winners in the past, having spent his early years with Hugo Palmer when he won the Classic with Galileo Gold in 2016 and later when apprenticed to Andrew Balding, trainer of 2020 winner Kameko. Now back living close to Newmarket, Davies has memories of watching an even earlier 2,000 Guineas. “I was very young when Frankel won it and remember watching it on the TV sat on the floor. It’s a dream for a local lad like me to have a ride in the 2,000 Guineas.” A link-up with Wimbledon Hawkeye's trainer James Owen and owners the Gredleys is flourishing, and Davies had his first sit on the three-year-old in the Group 3 Craven Stakes on the Rowley Mile last month when finishing second to Saturday's big-race favourite Field Of Gold. Harry Davies meets the press at the Jockey Club Rooms in Newmarket Runner up in the apprentice title in 2022, Davies said: “I’ve never been nervous about a race in my life but if I don’t have butterflies on Saturday I'll be surprised. "I'm just trying to enjoy it as much as I can. You do pinch yourself and you can’t think it’s the Guineas – you have to go out and ride it like any other race as otherwise you would ride it wrong.“ Wimbledon Hawkeye is not short on experience of the track, having won the Group 2 Autumn Stakes last year before his Craven second. Davies said: “He has to find a little on form and I would say that a mile is his minimum trip now as we would be looking to go a mile and a quarter at some stage and he has an entry in the Derby.” “He has to take a step forward from the Craven but hopefully he’s not out of it. As much as it is a Guineas, it’s a stepping stone to what’s to come and the track will suit him. He hit a flat spot in the Craven but when he hit the rising ground he came home well and I’ll probably be riding him nice and handy.” Wimbledon Hawkeye is a 25-1 chance to land the first Classic of the season on Saturday. Wimbledon Hawkeye on the Newmarket gallops Credit: John Grossick (racingpost.com/photos) Davies rode 60 winners last year and had his biggest success to date on Arabian Dusk in the Group 2 Duchess of Cambridge Stakes at Newmarket for the Crisfords. He said of his riding commitments: “The Crisfords have put me on the map and they are my main team and come before everyone. "James is a growing team and he seems to be going places. He trains a lot of winners and a lot of horses of different calibres. He has winners every day of the week and it’s important as a jockey to get momentum of riding winners as often as you can. "I try to balance James with the Crisfords as well as Hugo Palmer and David Menuisier – they're my four main stables." Davies will have plenty in his corner on Saturday, not least his mother Angie, who recently returned to the area as a pre-trainer. He said : “My mother will be there at Newmarket. She was always ambitious for me to go on to be a jockey. She gave me a great opportunity as a kid with some nice ponies and she put a lot in. "My family always pushed me to do what I loved. For me, it’s not work, it’s my hobby that I get paid to do.” Betfred 2,000 Guineas, 3.35 Newmarket, Saturday Ladbrokes: 7-4 Field Of Gold, 4 Ruling Court, 5 Expanded, 8 Scorthy Champ, Shadow Of Light, 14 Green Impact, 20 Wimbledon Hawkeye, 33 bar. Read these next: Confirmed runners and riders for the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket John Gosden: 'Not winning the 2,000 Guineas is not the glaring omission that everyone else thinks it is' Who will win the 2,000 Guineas based on previous trends? Looking for free bets? Racing Post have got the best offers, all in one place. Visit racingpost.com/freebets to find out more.