A couple of juveniles with race experience will clash with a few unraced horses in Melbourne's first two-year-old stakes race of the season at Flemington.
Calvin McEvoy expects Group One winner Despatch's Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes performance will give them clarity as to the sprinter's effectiveness over 1400m.
Charlie Appleby, Tony McEvoy, Patrick Payne, Adam Trinder and Chris Waller have been announced as finalists for the 2018-19 Fred Hoysted Award in Victoria.