Peintre Celebre gelding Cape Breton, who was once regarded as a Melbourne Cup prospect, is on the rise again.But it is not the famous race at Flemington that trainer Danny Williams has in his sights but Saturday's Listed Ipswich Cup (2150m).Plagued by feet problems since he was a young horse, Cape Breton has been unable to scale the heights he promised as a three-year-old when second to Ice Chariot in the 2006 Queensland Derby but the signs are good that he may yet land a major race.Williams is

Peintre Celebre gelding Cape Breton, who was once regarded as a Melbourne Cup prospect, is on the rise again.

But it is not the famous race at Flemington that trainer Danny Williams has in his sights but Saturday's Listed Ipswich Cup (2150m).

Plagued by feet problems since he was a young horse, Cape Breton has been unable to scale the heights he promised as a three-year-old when second to Ice Chariot in the 2006 Queensland Derby but the signs are good that he may yet land a major race.

Williams is unsure whether it will be the Ipswich Cup but declared that Cape Breton still had plenty to offer.

He said the six-year-old was still "on the way up" but being a backmarker would need luck to reel in the leaders around the tight, turning Ipswich course.

"It all depends on how he handles the track," Williams said.

"It looks like it could be one of those tracks where it is horses for courses.

"The majority of my horses race off the speed and always need a bit of luck and he is going to need that at Ipswich."

Cape Breton earned the trip from his Goulburn stable to the Queensland winter carnival after he rekindled his career with his first win in two years at Randwick on Anzac Day followed by a second to Macknuckle in the Wagga Cup on May 3.

His last-start fifth to Reggie in the Group Three Premier's Cup at Doomben was a disappointment for Williams but also something from which he learned.

"I thought he raced a touch flat last time but we were just finding our feet up here with him," Williams said.

"He just raced a little bit dour."

Stradbroke Handicap-winning jockey Tye Angland, who last rode Cape Breton in the Wagga Cup, is back on the gelding who is trying for his sixth win in 30 starts on Saturday.

Williams is hopeful that the Queensland tracks will remain soft to give Cape Breton's feet much needed relief and allow him to add to his earnings of more than $300,000.

The Group Three Tattersalls Cup (2200m), Listed Caloundra Cup (2400m) and the Queensland Cup (3200m) the following three Saturdays are all options for Cape Breton.

"He is on the way up and we can only do our best and hope the tracks aren't firm," Williams said.