Since relocating to Victoria, trainer Phillip Stokes has achieved solid results, but cherishes any chance to race in Adelaide once more.

Morphettville serves as his hub, enabling straightforward transfers of horses interstate, and the impending Adelaide Carnival boasting four Group 1s has him eager to shine anew this year, building on Group 1 successes from the prior pair of campaigns.

This time around, his focus rests on claiming the Group 1 sprint gems of the Robert Sangster Stakes (1200m) scheduled for April 25 followed by The Goodwood (1200m) a couple of weeks later courtesy of Ferivia, who begins her comeback in Saturday’s Group 3 Don Casboult Classic (1200m).

It represents Ferivia’s first start since her sixth placing in October’s Thousand Guineas (1600m) at Caulfield.

“She’s jumped out really good going into this and I feel she’s come back stronger, but I’m still not sure where her distance lies,” Stokes said.

“I know she’s got good from 1200 to 1400 (metres), so we’ve just got to work out whether we go down a Sangster-Goodwood path, or aim at something else, but I couldn’t be happier with how she is coming up.”

Ferivia’s initial foray was a winning debut at Murray Bridge in Adelaide, succeeded by a near-miss second at Sandown en route to Melbourne, then success in the Quezette Stakes held at Caulfield.

Later that season, the filly secured the Thousand Guineas Prelude (1400m) at Sandown against Ole Dancer and Salty Pearl.

“Before she even came over, she’d had a good preparation in Adelaide, but by the time she got to the Thousand Guineas she’d had enough,” Stokes said.

“She still ran a creditable race, and the form has been franked.

I think she is exciting.”

Following her return on Saturday, Ferivia faces branching paths, according to Stokes.

As some of his string are in Sydney for Carnival duties, the filly has the option of the P J Bell Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on April 4, or the R N Irwin Stakes (1100m) at Morphettville a week later.

“We’ll keep everything open as we have horses up in Sydney, so it will be easy to send her up if we think that’s the right way to go, otherwise we could go straight to Adelaide,” Stokes said.

“We’ll see how she goes on Saturday.”

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