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Gold Coast trainer Scott Morrisey’s good run of form came to an abrupt end on Saturday but he’s hopeful of getting back on track at Eagle Farm on Wednesday.

Morrisey has his fingers crossed he can land the quinella in the Benchmark 68 Handicap over 1000 metre with a two-pronged attack from Tikka Ready and Campai.

"I've been having a terrific run lately with three Wednesday city winners in a row but it all came to a halt last Saturday," Morrisey said.

"I had three runners at Eagle Farm and two at Ipswich and they were all in the market but it wasn't a good day.

"Hopefully, we can get a win on Wednesday."

Tikka Ready was about to be moved on to Roma trainer Wayne Baker before striking form with three wins from his last four starts.

The five-year-old is part-owned by Morrisey's father, John, and completed a hat-trick of wins over 1110 metres at Doomben last month .

"We got him at the Magic Millions QTIS sales and he's now doing a good job," Morrisey said.

"He was nearly out the door and we were going to move him on to Wayne Baker.

"He wasn't competing in his races so I gave him one last chance and changed his work around and he's a different horse now."

Morrisey, 49, has been training for 28 years and is helped around the stable by his semi-retired father, John.

John Morrisey won 20 straight premierships in Canberra and was a multiple NSW trainers' premiership winner training against the might of the Gai Waterhouse and the late Bart Cummings stables before moving to the Gold Coast.

He claimed a host of feature races in Queensland including three Group 1's with Queensland Derby winners Camarena and Lachlan River while Rockdale won a TJ Smith (now J J Atkins).

Morrisey also gives Campai a big show on her last start fifth in a 1000-metre Benchmark race at Eagle Farm on January 20.

"Campai loves to lead and if she can lead this field she'll give it a big shake," Morrisey said.

"Her last run was very good as her rider, Yvette Lewis, had to give her a dig up from her wide gate."