Gold Coast trainer Alan Bailey hopes a return to a dry track at Eagle Farm will help turn around the fortunes of Charming Rogue.Charming Rogue has fallen from his pedestal as one of Queensland's top sprinters but will be out to redeem himself in Saturday's Tattersall's Arcade Handicap (1200m).The rising five-year-old won his first seven starts including two at Rosehill in Sydney before his form fell away alarmingly due to a muscle injury.Charming Rogue failed badly in two summer starts, in the G

Gold Coast trainer Alan Bailey hopes a return to a dry track at Eagle Farm will help turn around the fortunes of Charming Rogue.

Charming Rogue has fallen from his pedestal as one of Queensland's top sprinters but will be out to redeem himself in Saturday's Tattersall's Arcade Handicap (1200m).

The rising five-year-old won his first seven starts including two at Rosehill in Sydney before his form fell away alarmingly due to a muscle injury.

Charming Rogue failed badly in two summer starts, in the Group Three George Moore Stakes (1200m) and Listed Doomben Stakes (1350m), before it was discovered the gelding had pulled muscles in his hindquarters.

"It took him a long time to get over the injury and there's a chance he might never get back to the form he showed early in his career," Bailey said.

"He had to have a long spell after he pulled his muscles over his hindquarters and I had a hell of a time trying to get him right."

Bailey is hopeful Charming Rogue has made a full recovery and blamed wet tracks during the winter for the gelding being down on form again.

Charming Rogue showed a glimpse of his best form when he resumed from a near six-month break with a close fourth to boom filly Ortensia in the Group Two QTC Cup (1300m) at Eagle Farm on May 30.

"His run in the QTC Cup was very good but it took a bit out of him and then he struck wet tracks in his next two starts," Bailey said.

That was when the son of Commands finished 11th in the Listed Eye Liner Stakes (1350m) at Ipswich on June 13 and 17th in the Listed Glasshouse Handicap (1400m) at Caloundra on June 27.

"He didn't stretch out in those runs and the track was very heavy at Caloundra," Bailey said.

"I'm hoping with the fine weather and the drier tracks he'll start to show us his best.

"He won a barrier trial recently at the Gold Coast quite convincingly and he's there to run a good race on Saturday."

Bailey has not yet considered whether Charming Rogue is worthy of taking back to Sydney for the spring.

"I haven't thought much about Sydney yet. I just want to see him do his best before considering anything with him," he said.

Bailey also has high hopes with stablemates Frozone in the Tattersall's Life Members Handicap (1600m) and Man Of Oar in the Tattersall's Two-Year-Old Handicap (1600m).

All three will be ridden Glen Colless who is confident of being fit to ride after hurting his foot at Grafton on Thursday.