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South Australian owners will converge on Melbourne including a big group to cheer on Seradess in the $200,000 Group 3 Northwood Plume (1200m) for mares.

The Mark and Levi Kavanagh-trained Seradess, who is majority SA-owned and will be ridden by Blake Shinn in the Caulfield feature as she chases a second Group 2 victory having claimed her first in the Tobin Bronze in Adelaide back in 2022.

The daughter of former local speedster Obsidian Dragon, who won $419,600 winning nine of her 27 starts in Adelaide for the late David Balfour, will line up against half-sister Rose Quartz from the Graeme Begg stable.

Seradess, a $50,000 purchase from the 2020 Magic Millions Adelaide Sale has banked her connections $558,020 having won five of her 18 starts, Rose Quartz having earnt $359,100 in prizemoney from just 15 starts after she made $300,000 on the Gold Coast a year earlier.

Added intrigue in the mare's feature will come in the form of last start Wylie Handicap winner Grey River from the Jon O'Connor stable who has booked Damien Oliver booked to ride.

And Adelaide mates Neil Anderson, Adam Rattley, Michael Krollig and Max Bourke will also be nervous trackside.

After dipping their toes into ownership water with tried galloper Litchfield County in Adelaide they took the plunge into a Justify colt with the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable.

The $125,000 purchase from the 2022 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale - Scentify - tackles the $2m Group 1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) after finishing third behind Steparty in the Group 3 Guineas Prelude.

"Ben Allen was very taken by (his gallop), he said he felt amazing,'' co-trainer Ciaron Maher said following a gallop at Caulfield on Tuesday.