Liam Birchley will make a late call on Wednesday on whether talented mare Alberton Park takes her place in the Mimiki Foundation Handicap at Eagle Farm.Birchley has taken the precaution against running the four-year-old on a rain-affected track by nominating her for a 1200-metre race against her own sex at Doomben on Saturday.However, his preference is to run Alberton Park for the 1200-metre class four event on the bigger Eagle Farm track."It all depends what the track is like at Eagle Farm tomo

Liam Birchley will make a late call on Wednesday on whether talented mare Alberton Park takes her place in the Mimiki Foundation Handicap at Eagle Farm.

Birchley has taken the precaution against running the four-year-old on a rain-affected track by nominating her for a 1200-metre race against her own sex at Doomben on Saturday.

However, his preference is to run Alberton Park for the 1200-metre class four event on the bigger Eagle Farm track.

"It all depends what the track is like at Eagle Farm tomorrow," Birchley said.

"I'm confident of her chances so long as the track isn't too wet."

Eagle Farm is rated a slow (7) following 11 millimetres of rain on Monday but perfect sunny weather and a strong breeze should see an upgrade before Wednesday's scratching deadline.

Alberton Park, a Stathi Katsidis mount, has shown she could be above average with two eye-catching performances this campaign.

The daughter of Group One winner Thorn Park is stepping up to 1200 metres for the first time this preparation after winning her comeback at Doomben on July 31 before narrowly going down to Falvelina in a Class Six Plate (1010m) at Doomben 10 days ago.

Alberton Park carried only 49 kilograms when ridden by apprentice Chris McIver last start and will have topweight of 58kg in her bid to win for a fourth time in 14 starts.

"She goes up a lot in weight but that's what I expected as she's dropping back from a class six to class four," Birchley said.

Birchley is delighted with the progress Alberton Park has made since her defeat by the Tony Gollan-trained Falvelina.

"It wasn't a really suitable race for her last time and was too short," Birchley said.

"I'm very happy with the way she's going and I think she'll be hard to beat so long as the track isn't too wet.

"I'd prefer to run her tomorrow against her own class than Saturday."

Birchley's current plans are to keep Alberton Park in Brisbane but he hasn't ruled out an interstate trip for the spring if her form warrants it.

"I'd prefer to take her through her grades here for the time being as she's a long way off getting to open grade," he said.

"But if she keeps winning things could change."

Birchley is keen to test Alberton Park over ground in the near future after missing the opportunity to run her in the Group One Queensland Oaks (2400m) at Eagle Farm during the Brisbane winter carnival.

Her Oaks campaign was abandoned after she was injured on a walking machine.