Sydney could be the next target for promising sprinter Falino if the gelding maintains his unbeaten record at Eagle Farm.Hobby trainer Jeff Caught, who moved from north Queensland to Brisbane eight years ago, is hopeful the natural progression will follow after the three-year-old tackles Saturday's Thirsty Camel Handicap (1400m).Falino made a spectacular debut when scoring by six lengths at Doomben eight days ago.Caught, 43, works as a full-time design draftsman for Aecom Engineering at Milton i

Sydney could be the next target for promising sprinter Falino if the gelding maintains his unbeaten record at Eagle Farm.

Hobby trainer Jeff Caught, who moved from north Queensland to Brisbane eight years ago, is hopeful the natural progression will follow after the three-year-old tackles Saturday's Thirsty Camel Handicap (1400m).

Falino made a spectacular debut when scoring by six lengths at Doomben eight days ago.

Caught, 43, works as a full-time design draftsman for Aecom Engineering at Milton in Brisbane and has a small team of six horses in training.

"I've been training for about 20 years after starting off with trotters in Townsville," Caught said.

"I got my trainer's licence and was driving them in north Queensland when I was 16.

"I was also training in Cairns for a few years before I moved to Brisbane about eight years ago."

Caught paid $14,000 for Falino who had a minor wither problem when he was sold at an Inglis tried horse sale in Sydney in July.

The three-year-old son of Fusaichi Pegasus had no trouble adapting to a slow track on debut over 1110 metres but faces a jump in distance on Saturday.

"He seemed to handle the slow track quite well in his first run and hopefully the track will be the same for Saturday," Caught said.

"I know he's jumping a bit in distance to 1400 metres but I feel that's more his journey.

"There is a 1200-metre race in the city next week for him but he pulled up so well after his Doomben win I've got no problems running him so soon over the longer trip.

"His win the other day was more like a track gallop."

Caught, who kept a half-share in Falino after selling a 50 per cent stake to clients, had planned to test the gelding in black-type company in Sydney next month.

However, he intends to lower his sights if Falino earns a trip away.

"I'll see how he goes first but if he wins I'll take him to Sydney in a few weeks for a BOBS race at the end of October," he said.

"There was a Listed race down there for him over 1200 metres but I've decided to bypass it.

"I don't want to get too ahead of myself and I want to see how he goes on Saturday before deciding if he'll go away."

Caught is keen to experience taking a horse to Sydney for the first time.

"When I came down from north Queensland to Brisbane it was a big eye-opener so I expect it'll be the same if I take him to Sydney," he said.

Caught has retained apprentice Mitchell Speers for Falino and named topweight Startsmeup and Patinack Farm's Magic Tartan as the main dangers.

"I'm happy to keep Mitchell on him as with his claim he appears to have dodged the handicapper," he said.

"He won with 52.5 kilos and with the claim he'll carry the same weight again."