Trainer Stephen McKee is aiming up to three horses, including impressive Hawke's Bay Cup winner Boundless, at the Queensland winter carnival.
The South Auckland horseman said Mufhasa, Culminate and possibly Boundless would cross the Tasman for the group one features in Brisbane in the coming weeks.
Mufhasa will open the stable attack in the $A400,000 ($NZ520,936) BTC Cup (1200m) at Doomben on May 15, as a leadup to the $A650,000 Doomben 10,000 (1350m) a fortnight later.
After a slow start to the season, Mufhasa won the group one Fully Fledged Classic (1600m) at Otaki before an excellent third on an unsuitable wet track in the group one Ryder Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill, Sydney.
"He (Mufhasa) is going really well and has freshened up again," McKee told the Dominion Post.
"He can run for $A400,000 in the BTC Cup rather than have a 1200m trial.
"He will also be nominated for the Stradbroke (Handicap) and that is an option, but we will see what weight he gets first." Culminate and Boundless are both scheduled to clash in the group two $85,000 Travis Stakes (2000m) at Te Rapa on Saturday.
Boundless came through her win at Hastings without any ill-effects, McKee said, and her main Brisbane target would the $A500,000 Doomben Cup (2020m), on May 22.
Culminate, a group one runnerup in her last two starts, will be freshened after the Travis and prepared for the $A1 million Stradbroke (1400m) at Eagle Farm on June 12.
"A fast run 1400m is ideal for her when she's fresh," McKee said.
"But weight might be a factor. She's too small to carry big weights against the colts and geldings."
The $A500,000 weight-for-age Winter Stakes (1400m), for fillies and mares, at Eagle Farm on June 26 is another option.
