Shane Dye will ride exciting frontrunner Keen Commander in his Melbourne campaign with trainer Denise McGrath sticking solid with the international jockey.McGrath, who said Keen Commander would head to Melbourne at the end of the week, was delighted with Dye's winning ride in yesterday's Listed City Tattersalls Lightning Handicap (1100m)."I don't think Shane wants to give up the ride and I certainly don't want to let go of Shane, he knows the horse well and he'll definitely be with us in Melbour

Shane Dye will ride exciting frontrunner Keen Commander in his Melbourne campaign with trainer Denise McGrath sticking solid with the international jockey.

McGrath, who said Keen Commander would head to Melbourne at the end of the week, was delighted with Dye's winning ride in yesterday's Listed City Tattersalls Lightning Handicap (1100m).

"I don't think Shane wants to give up the ride and I certainly don't want to let go of Shane, he knows the horse well and he'll definitely be with us in Melbourne," McGrath said.

The win was Dye's first black type success since he returned from Hong Kong earlier this year.

Dye was having his second ride on the five-year-old and has ridden the horse in all his recent work.

Keen Commander has battled a series of problems recently with bouts of tonsilitis and a stomach bug all delaying a trip to Melbourne.

But McGrath is thrilled with the way Keen Commander has pulled up after the slashing 1-1/2 length win at Randwick.

"He ate everything and was very sprightly this morning and seeing him like that was as much a relief as watching him win," McGrath said.

McGrath said she would see how the horse settled in before mapping out a campaign in Melbourne.

"The Salinger is hopefully the main target, he'd relish running down the straight at Flemington but I'm not going to commit to anything yet, we'll take our time with him and see how he travels before we pick out any races," McGrath said.

Dye was impressed with the victory and was confident the best was still to come from Keen Commander who finished a half head second to Typhoon Zed in the Group One Galaxy in the autumn.

"It's nice riding winners again too and there's no doubt with the improvement this horse keeps making that he will win plenty more races," Dye said.

"When I first started riding him work he just used to bolt out of the gates but he's learned to switch off now and that showed in the run and will hold him in good stead."