The connections of rising Cambridge staying star Chocante are already making plans for a return trip across the Tasman.
The 4-year-old has come a long way in a short time and trainer Stephen Marsh is keen to test the progressive son of Shocking in the best of company next season.
"We would like to be in Melbourne in the spring for some serious races," he said. "It's not as if he's having a lot of racing this autumn and he can be on a direct flight back from Brisbane and he won't need a long time out in the paddock."
Chocante won four of his 12 starts in New Zealand, including the Counties Cup, before the Queensland Winter carnival and he impressed in his Australian debut when third in the group three Chairman's Hcp.
"I was rapt - I thought his run was outstanding," Marsh said. "He'd gone from 1400 to 1600m and then up to 2000 at Doomben.
