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By Tony Megahey

Veteran Wauchope trainer Graham Hoy is under no illusions taking on multiple TAB Highway winners Matthew Dunn and Matthew Dale in a $60.000, 1800m episode on “Winx Comeback Day” at Royal Randwick on Saturday, but remains buoyed about his outsider Allzin.

“I’m a one horse old codger and this fella goes pretty well,” he said. “He has been competitive in harder races. He’s been placed at Canterbury and Newcastle, beaten in photos at the Gold Coast and Ipswich and we even had a crack at the 2015 Queensland Derby when Hughie Bowman rode him.”

Hoy has Allzin primed by two recent trials since his 2nd place finish to Doc Holliday in a BM72 race over 2700m at Canterbury in October.

However, Hoy has stressed that Allzin needs a firm track and is concerned about early week rain at headquarters.

“I had him set for this race a while back,” he said.

“He’s won first up at a mile but he doesn’t go a yard on rain affected tracks so I’ll make a final decision late week.

“But I’ve booked Nick Heywood to claim and also accommodation at Coogee, just a few minutes from the Randwick track and of course everybody involved in racing would want to be at Randwick with Winx making her comeback.

“Still there’s another suitable Highway coming up in town shortly so we’ll be in one or the other but this horse is trained-up, well weighted with the claim and certainly not misplaced.”

Five-year-old Allzin (Al Maher-Zin Zin) will be lengthy odds against seven-time TAB Highway winner Matthew Dunn’s Medieval, an impressive last start Doomben 1600m winner. Medieval has also been placed at Eagle Farm, re-enforcing Dunn’s formula for prolific Highway success.

Six-time Highway winner Matthew Dale is again in strong contention with Circle Game, a strong third to Dunn’s Madam De Ban in a 1500m Rosehill episode two weeks ago.

Canberra’s Joseph and Jones stable, with four wins at last weekend’s Bega Cup Carnival, has two acceptors.

View the fields and form as well as replays of acceptors' previous races here.