Scratched from a straight race at Flemington, Generation will head to Caulfield on Boxing Day.

Taunting runs strong field off their feet in Cranbourne sprint feature.

Midwest will line up in his second Apache Cat Classic at Cranbourne, looking to improve on his third-place finish last year.

Acromantula represents the Pearce stable in the Listed Carlyon Stakes (1000m) at Moonee Valley on Saturday and the confidence levels are high that their speedy sprinter has made improvement from a top Melbourne debut.

Group 1 winning sprinter Bella Nipotina is expected to have a further delay to the start of her spring.