Star Queensland sprinter Burdekin Blues is set to make his long-awaited comeback from injury when he chases back-to-back wins in next month's Group Three George Moore Stakes at Doomben.Burdekin Blues was being aimed at The Galaxy in Sydney in April when trainer Barry Baldwin pulled the pin on the Group One feature, unhappy with the gelding's recovery from ligament damage suffered in the Group One Lightning Stakes (1000m) at Flemington in January.The son of Sequalo finished a disappointing eighth

Star Queensland sprinter Burdekin Blues is set to make his long-awaited comeback from injury when he chases back-to-back wins in next month's Group Three George Moore Stakes at Doomben.

Burdekin Blues was being aimed at The Galaxy in Sydney in April when trainer Barry Baldwin pulled the pin on the Group One feature, unhappy with the gelding's recovery from ligament damage suffered in the Group One Lightning Stakes (1000m) at Flemington in January.

The son of Sequalo finished a disappointing eighth to Nicconi in the Lightning, bringing an abrupt end to Baldwin's autumn plans.

He subsequently underwent surgery on both front knees which also ruled him out of the Brisbane winter carnival.

The winner of 11 of his 19 starts, Burdekin Blues has been in work for more than three months but Baldwin is unhappy with his summer program ahead.

"I may be forced to run him first-up at Doomben in the George Moore Stakes next month," Baldwin said.

"They're aren't any 1000-metre races for him coming up and my biggest worry is going 1200 metres first-up.

"He won his first race start over 1200 metres at the Gold Coast a few years back but he's never been over 1200 metres first-up since then.

"He's had a long campaign to prepare him for his return and he's had a lot of rehabilitation on his knee."

Baldwin was always optimistic Burdekin Blues would make a full recovery after getting more than one opinion when the gelding first hurt himself.

"I had two vets go right over him after he spelled for three weeks following the Lightning and they were confident he'd come back," Baldwin said.

"He had some swelling in the knee he hurt in Melbourne and the vets decided to operate when they found he had some minor cartilage damage in his other front knee."

Baldwin was thankful the gelding's career was never threatened and sent him to Ingham in north Queensland for his rehabilitation.

"He's got a bit of scar tissue on his knees from the operations but the vets were always confident he'd make a full recovery."

Baldwin has no immediate plans in mind with his star sprinter who won Group Two Expressway Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill in February last year.

However, he hasn't ruled out a trip to Melbourne again if he rediscovers his best form.

"I just want to see how he comes back first before I look at anything further with him," he said.

Burdekin Blues scored a brilliant win when taken to Melbourne last year for the Listed Grazia Style (1100m) at Flemington.