The jockey who can't ride Panzer Division in the George Main Stakes could have just as much to gain as the one who can.

Tye Angland, who rode Panzer Division to victory in the Ming Dynasty Quality, says the three-year-old won't be out of place in the weight-for-age race.

But instead of trying to win on the colt for a second time, Angland will be out to beat him on the rank outsider Laser Hawk.

"I'm excited about the horse. Hopefully if he does win or runs a good race I can get back on him," Angland said.

Angland was physically never in the running to make Panzer Division's 50.5kg in the George Main, leaving Brenton Avdulla to answer an SOS from trainer Paul Messara.

In a campaign that is one of the more audacious in the modern era of racing, Panzer Division will step into the Group One race at only his fourth start.

It would seem a formidable challenge but Avdulla says the Arrowfield team behind the colt are taking advantage of what could be a rare window of opportunity.

Avdulla has made it clear his decision to shed 5.5kg in nine days has as much to do with the opposition as it does about Panzar Division's obvious potential.

"In any other year I would have had my doubts about a horse like him winning a George Main," Avdulla said.

"But it looks a very open race and he appears ready to go given the form around his stablemate Scissor Kick."

Scissor Kick almost won the Group One Golden Rose last week after edging out Panzer Division in the Up And Coming Stakes.

And Angland says there is enough strength in that form to give the colt a genuine shot against his older rivals.

"I think he is a Group One horse in the making. If it's not this season, it's next season," Angland said.

"The best of him is still another prep away but it would not surprise me if he came out and won the race."

Avdulla expects to be handed straightforward tactics, given Panzer Division's pull in the weights.

"We'll ride him aggressively I'm tipping and he's going to be somewhere in the first couple," he said.

Few three-year-olds have been given the chance to run in the George Main since Viscount last won for the age bracket in 2001.

But for those who have tried and failed there have been lessons well learned.

All Too Hard and Dissident are recent examples who went to win multiple Group One races after their respective unplaced runs in 2012 and 2013.

3YOs in the George Main Stakes since 2001

* 2004 - Dane Shadow (fourth)

* 2008 - Duporth (fifth)

* 2009 - Onemorenomore (third)

* 2012 - All Too Hard (fourth)

* 2013 - Dissident (fourth)