Exciting four-year-old Taunting can book a ticket to Melbourne and his place in next month’s Gytrash Series Final at Morphettville on Saturday.
A strong performance tomorrow could see the Michael Hickmott galloper look ahead to races during Melbourne Cup week as the gelding's next task.
Taunting comes off his first defeat of the campaign when he was run down by Shamino in the Listed W H Wylie Stakes after setting a blistering tempo in the lead.
Taunting faces a tricky wide barrier in a race that also sees the return to racing of Champagne Dreams who hasn’t raced since the Group 1 Sangster Stakes at Morphettville in May.
Trainers Glen Kent and Wayne Francis opted to stay in Adelaide for her return to racing after nominating for the Group 2 Caulfield Sprint in Melbourne.
Michael Hickmott also has up and coming stayer Oath Of Omerta in a heat of the Skybeau Series over the 1950m, a host of progressive three-year-old’s tackle a heat of the Rebel Raider Series early in the day while Lightning Stakes runner-up Calla Dreams resumes a heat of the Viddora Series over 1000m for the fillies and mares.