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Will Clarken is poised to roll the dice and run Noname Lane in Saturday’s $1m Toorak Handicap (1600m) at Caulfield.

Noname Lane made it consecutive Country Cup victories when he led throughout to win Sunday's $200,000 Seymour Cup at Bendigo and make it five wins from his past six starts.

"I'm seriously considering it,'' Will Clarken said.

"It's obviously a big class rise, but he's come through the run really well and I think I'll accept.

"He's having a couple of days at Warrnambool at the beach and on the water walker and history shows when you have horses on a quick turnaround, they can either find again or go backwards.

"It's a roll of the dice but worth a shot,'' he said.

Clarken said going to Caulfield was a preferred option for Noname Lane who won the Balaklava Cup before his Seymour Cup success given the other race he had in mind would be at Moonee Valley on Cox Plate Day.

"The other option for him could be the Crystal Mile at the Valley, but I like him on a bigger, more spacious track,'' Clarken said.

"The Toorak is an interesting race, you're going to have a short-priced favourite (Peter Moody's I Wish I Win) and then a lot of horses at the double figure odds,'' he said.

Noname Lane will be joined in the Toorak by fellow local Dalasan, while Clarken will be also represented in Melbourne by Second Slip who will return to racing in the in a Stakes race over 1200m.

Dalasan's trainers Leon Macdonald and Andrew Gluyas will also have talented mare Another Award in the $200,000 Group 3 Northwood Plume Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield.

Peter Jolly also has Morvada nominated in the $175,000 Weekend Hussler Stakes over the 1400m while Richard and Chantelle Jolly have classy filly See You In Heaven in the $200,000 Group 3 Thoroughbred Club Stakes (1200m).

The other big interest will be SA-owned galloper Berkeley Square who will jump one of the favourites in the $3m Caulfield Guineas for Ballarat trainer Dan O'Sullivan.