A heavy track and a forecast for more showers was the last thing Toowoomba trainer Wayne Nugent wanted to hear ahead of Poor Judge's comeback at Eagle Farm on Saturday.Poor Judge is being aimed at the Group One Epsom Handicap (1600m) scheduled for Randwick on October 1 but his comeback was delayed a week after the final two races at Doomben last Saturday were abandoned due to poor visibility.If travel arrangements could have been arranged, Nugent would have preferred to start Poor Judge in Satur

A heavy track and a forecast for more showers was the last thing Toowoomba trainer Wayne Nugent wanted to hear ahead of Poor Judge's comeback at Eagle Farm on Saturday.

Poor Judge is being aimed at the Group One Epsom Handicap (1600m) scheduled for Randwick on October 1 but his comeback was delayed a week after the final two races at Doomben last Saturday were abandoned due to poor visibility.

If travel arrangements could have been arranged, Nugent would have preferred to start Poor Judge in Saturday's Concorde Stakes (1100m) at the transferred Warwick Farm meeting in Sydney in preference to the www.brc.com.au Open Handicap (1200m).

"If I could have arranged a flight for him on Monday or yesterday he'd be in Sydney now and would run in the Concorde Stakes this Saturday," Nugent said.

"But he's not a good traveller and couldn't go down by float. He wouldn't cope with the 12-hour float trip so close to the race."

Nugent has his fingers crossed Poor Judge's Epsom Handicap plans won't be further disrupted by the weather and is hoping for an upgrade with Eagle Farm rated a heavy (8) on Wednesday.

"He'll go around on Saturday but only if the track is slow. He won't run on a heavy track," Nugent said.

"If the track stays heavy we'll scratch and he'll go first-up into the (Group Two) Sebring Sprint in Sydney on Saturday week.

"It's a bad situation to be in but missing last week's race hasn't upset our plans too much with him."

Nugent has trained Poor Judge for only one start, when he failed in the Listed Weetwood Handicap at Toowoomba in March, following his transfer from fellow Toowoomba trainer Norm Hilton.

Under Hilton, Poor Judge won last year's Weetwood Handicap and later earned a Melbourne trip, finishing third in the Group One Toorak Handicap at Caulfield before claiming the Group Three Chatham Stakes on a heavy track at Flemington in October.

The son of Royal Academy lost form in his next campaign, finishing lastin three successive starts including this year's Weetwood Handicap.

Nugent is unsure why Poor Judge failed so dismally last campaign but believes having his first two starts on heavy tracks last time in contributed to his loss of form.

Provided Poor Judge makes his return on Saturday, Nugent plans to start him in the Group Three Bill Ritchie Handicap (1400m) in Sydney on September 17.

Nugent, a former amateur jockey, is a farrier by trade and juggles work commitments with preparing the team of six horses he has in work.

Apprentice Brad Wallace, who was due to ride Poor Judge last Saturday, has retained the booking this week.

Nugent hasn't ruled out giving Poor Judge another trip to Melbourne for the Toorak Handicap (1600m) on October 8.