Shane Scriven's hopes of landing another interstate winner have been foiled by the handicapper with Jay Ford booked to ride Queenslander Simplest in Saturday's Group Three Frederick Clissold Stakes at Randwick.Scriven was successful aboard Simplest's stablemate Burdekin Blues in the Group Two Expressway Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill last Saturday after winning on the Alan Bailey-trained Frozone at Randwick the previous day.Scriven's hopes of maintaining his association with Burdekin Blues in next m

Shane Scriven's hopes of landing another interstate winner have been foiled by the handicapper with Jay Ford booked to ride Queenslander Simplest in Saturday's Group Three Frederick Clissold Stakes at Randwick.

Scriven was successful aboard Simplest's stablemate Burdekin Blues in the Group Two Expressway Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill last Saturday after winning on the Alan Bailey-trained Frozone at Randwick the previous day.

Scriven's hopes of maintaining his association with Burdekin Blues in next month's Group One Newmarket Handicap (1200m) have also been dashed with Melbourne handicapper Neil Jennings forecasting the Brisbane sprinter would receive around 51.5 kilograms for the Flemington feature.

Scriven, who rides around 54kg, is too heavy to partner Simplest after he was allotted 53kg in the 1200-metre Frederick Clissold Stakes.

Trainer Barry Baldwin hasn't ruled out Simplest joining Burdekin Blues in Melbourne for the Newmarket if he's a runaway winner at Randwick.

"He'll need to win very well to take to Melbourne otherwise he'll go back to Brisbane next Tuesday and run at home," Baldwin said.

"He's in the Newmarket and Oakleigh Plate along with Burdekin Blues.

"Shane (Scriven) was originally booked to ride Simplest in Sydney but he didn't get his weight."

Simplest raced in Sydney last spring finishing fourth in the Group Two The Shorts (1100m) and 10th in the Listed Lightning Handicap (1100m), both at Randwick in October.

"His run in the The Shorts was quite good and he was just behind Keen Commander who ran third and then won the Lightning," Baldwin said.

"He was off the track all the way and you had to forgive his Lightning run."

Meanwhile, jockey Jim Byrne has enlisted the help of a personal trainer to regain full fitness ahead of his riding comeback.

Byrne hasn't ridden this year after undergoing corrective hip surgery in mid-November.

He was expected to be sidelined for only six weeks but underestimated the extent of the surgery required to repair damage to his pelvis which he badly smashed in a race fall two years ago.

Byrne was on crutches for nine weeks following the surgery and is hopeful of resuming his career before the end of the month.

"I'm still some time away from riding again and realistically it won't be until the end of the month or perhaps towards the middle of March," Byrne said.

"I haven't got full flexibility in my leg yet.

"I can only bend my right leg about 90 degrees and I'm supposed to lift it onto my chest."

Byrne's close friend Scott Collis, a former fitness expert with North Queensland Cowboys rugby league club, is now assisting Byrne's recovery.

"I stated with him a fortnight ago but he hurt me too much the first week so I had to have all of last week off," he said.

"I went for a run on Monday night and I wasn't too sore after it which is a good sign."