Talented sprinter Burdekin Blues will be on trial for a trip to Melbourne for next month's Group Two Schillaci Stakes at Caulfield when he makes his comeback at Doomben on Saturday.Burdekin Blues returns in the Twin Peaks For Spelling Open Handicap (1020m), his first start since finishing fifth to The Jackal in the Group Three Star Kingdom Stakes (1100m) at Rosehill in March.Burdekin Blues was later found to have torn back muscles which ruled him out of the Brisbane winter carnival.Trainer Barry

Talented sprinter Burdekin Blues will be on trial for a trip to Melbourne for next month's Group Two Schillaci Stakes at Caulfield when he makes his comeback at Doomben on Saturday.

Burdekin Blues returns in the Twin Peaks For Spelling Open Handicap (1020m), his first start since finishing fifth to The Jackal in the Group Three Star Kingdom Stakes (1100m) at Rosehill in March.

Burdekin Blues was later found to have torn back muscles which ruled him out of the Brisbane winter carnival.

Trainer Barry Baldwin is confident Burdekin Blues has made a full recovery but is anxious to see how the five-year-old performs before deciding if he'll head back to Melbourne for the Schillaci Stakes.

"He's been in work for 14 weeks and he's fine right now but I want to see how he goes and pulls up before we confirm a Melbourne trip," Baldwin said.

Baldwin has scrapped plans to send Burdekin Blues to Sydney for the Group Two The Shorts (1100m) at Randwick on Saturday week.

"There's not much around for him in Sydney," Baldwin said.

"He's not going quite well enough now for a race like The Shorts so I'll kick him off at Doomben.

"It's a big ask with 58 kilos first-up after such a long break but he won a jumpout recently and he went to the line well."

Baldwin said Burdekin Blues was still carrying the scars of his back injury.

"He's coming along nicely but he's still got his winter coat," Baldwin said.

"If you look at his rump from behind you can see one side is slightly higher than the other."

Baldwin is still not sure how Burdekin Blues suffered the injury during the autumn.

"It's still a mystery how he did it but I think it happened when he went down to Melbourne for the Newmarket Handicap," Baldwin said.

Burdekin Blues won the Group Two Expressway Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill in February which earned him a shot at the Group One Newmarket Handicap at Flemington in March.

However he ran below par in the Newmarket, finishing 14th and almost six lengths from the winner, star Perth sprinter Scenic Blast.

Larry Cassidy has been booked to partner Burdekin Blues at Doomben but no jockey has been approached to ride him if he heads to Melbourne.

"Larry has made it clear he wants to stay in Brisbane to win the premiership so if he goes to Melbourne Shane Scriven will probably get first refusal," Baldwin said.

Scriven is also in contention to ride Magic Millions runner-up Paprika in the Schillaci Stakes if he can make her weight.

Paprika will have a barrier trial in Brisbane next week ahead of making her comeback from knee surgery in the Schillaci Stakes (1000m) on October 10.