Trainer Mick Tubman is approaching Chance Bye's seasonal return a little more cautiously than her previous appearances but maintains he is quietly confident of a first-up victory.Chance Bye, the fairytale story on the autumn carnival heading into the Golden Slipper, resumes in Saturday's Group Three Silver Shadow Stakes (1200m) at Warwick Farm with the aid of a new piece of gear - coronet boots.The boot covers a wound on the filly's coronet band which has caused Tubman plenty of problems as she

Trainer Mick Tubman is approaching Chance Bye's seasonal return a little more cautiously than her previous appearances but maintains he is quietly confident of a first-up victory.

Chance Bye, the fairytale story on the autumn carnival heading into the Golden Slipper, resumes in Saturday's Group Three Silver Shadow Stakes (1200m) at Warwick Farm with the aid of a new piece of gear - coronet boots.

The boot covers a wound on the filly's coronet band which has caused Tubman plenty of problems as she has been striking herself when she accelerates, causing the cut to keep reopening.

Stewards had to give permission to Tubman for the filly to wear a coronet boot in Saturday's race and that was granted earlier in the week.

"That's a very big help because without them we'd be in trouble," Tubman said.

"When she hits herself it (the wound) opens up, but with the boot on it doesn't matter how hard she hits it, it doesn't affect her or even mark her."

Tubman said he was concerned early in Chance Bye's preparation as the filly did very well in the spelling paddock and wasn't producing gallops against the clock like she had last time in.

However, the trainer said he'd seen a big turnaround in recent weeks and believed the three-year-old is right on track for the Silver Shadow.

Chance Bye finished third in a jumpout against older horses last week and the trainer said the filly's work on Tuesday was excellent.

A $15,000 yearling purchase, Chance Bye won her first three starts as a two-year-old including the Group Two Silver Slipper before running ninth in the Golden Slipper.

The daughter of Snitzel will face a number of talented fillies in the Silver Shadow including the first two across the line in the San Domenico Stakes - Obsequious and Solar Charged.

"It's a very good field with about five or six that could win it, but we are drawn right (three)," Tubman said.

"That's the part I like. They'll have to work to get around us early and if they do, we don't have to lead."

Meanwhile, talented colt Brightexpectations has been passed fit to start in the three-year-old colts and geldings' feature, the Up And Coming Stakes (1200m).

The Gai Waterhouse stable had informed Racing NSW stewards that the colt sustained facial lacerations when he reared up in his stable on Monday night.

He suffered cuts around the top of his nose and below an eye.

Brightexpectations was examined by Racing NSW senior veterinarian Dr Craig Suann on Friday and was passed fit to race.