Mick Mair is hoping recent rain which has severely disrupted the Brisbane summer carnival could play into the hands of talented colt Chosen To Fly in the Listed Gold Edition Plate at Doomben on Saturday.As rival trainers struggled to get extra work into their horses following the past two weekend's washouts, Mair has been unaffected with Chosen To Fly on the all-weather cushion track at Caloundra.Chosen To Fly was due to return following a short ease-up in the Gold Edition Plate at Eagle Farm la

Mick Mair is hoping recent rain which has severely disrupted the Brisbane summer carnival could play into the hands of talented colt Chosen To Fly in the Listed Gold Edition Plate at Doomben on Saturday.

As rival trainers struggled to get extra work into their horses following the past two weekend's washouts, Mair has been unaffected with Chosen To Fly on the all-weather cushion track at Caloundra.

Chosen To Fly was due to return following a short ease-up in the Gold Edition Plate at Eagle Farm last week before it was one of three races abandoned following a torrential downpour.

Six races were also washed out at Eagle Farm the previous Saturday.

"It's not ideal to miss a race but I haven't had any trouble working him on the cushion track," Mair said.

Mair is a big fan of the controversial cushion track.

"He hasn't missed any work during all the rain we've had in the past few weeks," he said.

"We raced on the cushion track last Sunday despite all the rain and they ran a record in just about every race."

Mair gave Chosen To Fly a week in the paddock following his last-start win over Altai Warrior at Doomben on November 6.

"I put him out for a week in the paddock with this race and the Magic Millions in mind," Mair said.

The $1 million Magic Millions Guineas (1400m) at the Gold Coast on January 15 is the colt's main goal this preparation before a possible winter carnival campaign.

"He'll show me on Saturday if he's good enough for the Magic Millions but I'm confident he is," Mair said.

"He's not at his best yet. When he gets to the front he tends to switch off so we've got to be careful and time his run better."

Mair was reluctant to compare Chosen To Fly with his former stable star Swiss Ace, winner of the 2009 Group One Oakleigh Plate at Caulfield.

"He's heading in the right direction as Swiss Ace but it's hard to compare them," he said.

"He should run further and if he gets that far we might look at the Stradbroke with him next winter."

Chosen To Fly was bred by Neville Bell and was offered for sale at the Magic Millions yearling sales before being passed in for $110,000.

Bell's reserve was $120,000 and the decision to retain him has already been a winner with the son of Choisir collecting $148,500 in prizemoney.

Bell was a long-serving committeeman of the former Queensland Turf Club and is now on the board of the Brisbane Racing Club.

He has raced some of Australia's best horses including Sky Heights who won the AJC Australian Derby and Caulfield Cup in 1999.