Caloundra trainer Gary “Jack” Duncan hopes to know more if Group 3 winner Wapiti is on the right path for winter carnival riches after the gelding makes his comeback at Doomben on Saturday.

Trainer Jack Duncan will make a late call whether to start Toowoomba Cup winner Wapiti in the Padua College Open Handicap at Eagle Farm on Saturday.

Steve Tregea’s lethal home town strike rate will be put to the test when Champagne Aunty attempts to give the trainer his first Toowoomba Cup winner on Saturday.

For the first time since a near fatal collapse in July, Caloundra trainer Jack Duncan will make a return to Doomben to saddle up Wapiti in the Doomben Mile on Saturday.