<p>It was a make or break preparation last time but Uncommon James passed with flying colours and the Queenslander has been given the green light to attack Group 1 sprinting features in the Melbourne spring carnival.</p> <p>The Matt Hoysted trained galloper won the Group 1 Oakleigh Plate in 2023 but hasn't won since and has had some setbacks along the way.</p> <p>Before heading for a Sydney autumn carnival tilt earlier this year, Hoysted wanted to see strong signs that Uncommon James was something near his brilliant best otherwise retirement would have beckoned.</p> <p>But he was terrific in three runs in Sydney and his third behind Nathan Doyle's super sprinter Private Harry in the Group 1 Galaxy - beaten only a length - stands out.</p> <p>The six-year-old gelding is relatively lightly raced, only having had 19 starts.</p> <p>Hoysted indicated he would be deployed back to familiar surrounds in Melbourne in the spring to attack races like the Group 1 Moir and Manikato Stakes.</p> <p>He competed in both of the Group 1 Melbourne sprints in 2023, finishing third on each occasion.</p> <p>"Uncommon James has only just come back into my stables this week," Hoysted said.</p> <p>"The plan is to head to Melbourne and we will probably run him first-up in the Carlyon Stakes and then go Moir into the Manikato.</p> <p>"That last preparation was a bit of a make or break preparation for him.</p> <p>"We needed him to show he still wanted to be a racehorse and he most certainly did that.</p> <p>"We just had no luck in Sydney with barrier draws in all three runs.</p> <p>"But he still showed that fight and desire that we wanted to see.</p> <p>"So I am more than happy in thinking we will have him in good order for Melbourne, where he always settled in well.</p> <p>"Those races should be nice targets for him."</p> <p>Hoysted indicated there could be other horses in his stable heading south for races in the spring.</p> <p>Four-year-old mare Termagant, who was nominated for Ipswich on Saturday but won't race, is one that Hoysted is keen to send south in the spring.</p> <p>The four-year-old daughter of Deep Field has won half of her 10 starts and was last seen shouldering a massive impost of 62.5kg to only go down a length over 1000m on the Sunshine Coast.</p> <p>"Termagant is a smart horse, we have got Stakes class aspirations for her," Hoysted said.</p> <p>"She has got to step up but she is a very progressive type of mare and we want to travel her away.</p> <p>"We just need to get her rating up.</p> <p>"There are a couple of others in my stable that might be able to put their hand up between now and the spring.</p> <p>"We might have two to four horses that we might look to send interstate."</p>