Emerging New Zealand stayer Castle Heights will return for a shot at the Group One The Metropolitan at Randwick in the spring if the four-year-old performs well in his first tour of duty to Australia.Trainer Donna Logan had planned to be in Brisbane a fortnight ago with Castle Heights but a travel hitch delayed his departure and that of youngster Bally Duff who was being aimed at the Group One TJ Smith (1600m) at Eagle Farm on June 6.Logan has a big opinion of Castle Heights but is concerned the

Emerging New Zealand stayer Castle Heights will return for a shot at the Group One The Metropolitan at Randwick in the spring if the four-year-old performs well in his first tour of duty to Australia.

Trainer Donna Logan had planned to be in Brisbane a fortnight ago with Castle Heights but a travel hitch delayed his departure and that of youngster Bally Duff who was being aimed at the Group One TJ Smith (1600m) at Eagle Farm on June 6.

Logan has a big opinion of Castle Heights but is concerned the son of Golan hasn't had the right preparation for his Australian debut in Saturday's Group Three Tattersall's Cup (2200m) at Eagle Farm.

"After his flight was cancelled I had to run him over 1400 metres at Te Rapa and ideally I would have liked him to run over a mile (1600 metres)," Logan said.

"They ran him off his feet but he did a good job to finish fifth."

Logan has been a regular visitor to Queensland in recent years and will be chasing her second Tatt's Cup following Ring Of Fire's victory in 2006.

She also won the 2002 Listed Caloundra Cup (2400m) with Victory Smile who went on to win The Metropolitan (2400m) in Sydney the same year.

The ill-fated Ring Of Fire also ran in The Metropolitan but could manage only 13th to Tawqeet in 2006 before he returned to Queensland the following winter where he failed in three starts including the Group Two Brisbane Cup (2400m) at Eagle Farm.

Ring Of Fire had to be put down shortly after the Brisbane Cup after breaking his shoulder in a track gallop.

Castle Heights, who arrived in Brisbane on Wednesday with Tatt's Cup rival Kovak, will back up in next week's Listed Caloundra Cup before heading for next month's Grafton Cup.

"I'm just putting my toe in the water with him now but if he races well in this campaign I'm planning to come back in the spring for The Metropolitan," Logan said.

"I've got a good opinion of Castle Heights and rate him close to Victory Smile and better than Ring Of Fire."

Castle Heights, who has won five of his 11 starts, will be ridden by in-form apprentice Brent Evans who won last week's Listed Eye Liner Stakes at Ipswich on veteran sprinter Mitanni.

Logan is confident of a strong performance from Castle Heights and rates last year's Tatt's Cup winner Ballack as the main danger.

"He came over with Kovak who won impressively back home last start but I don't know much about him and I think Ballack is the one to beat," she said.

Trainer Bryce Revell is confident Kovak will acquit himself well and has a healthy respect for Castle Heights.

Three weeks after his filly Ekstreme was a costly failure in the Group One Queensland Oaks, Revell was prompted to return to Brisbane with Kovak after his big win at Awapuni last Saturday.

"I don't know a lot about him (Castle Heights) but he's a nice horse with an explosive finish," Revell said.

"Our horse races on the speed and is a bit of a grinding stayer while the other one is pretty dangerous. He won a few in a row and they think he's pretty good."