Gold Coast trainer Leon Morton is hoping a low-key comeback at Doomben for Mr Slick could be the forerunner to a lucrative Magic Millions payday next month.Black type-placed Mr Slick, who is yet to miss a place in his 12-start career, will resume from a six-month break in Wednesday's Cranstoun Hussein Handicap (1110m).The five-time winner has not started since being runner-up to the Liam Birchley-trained Rags To Riches in the Listed Tatt's Mile (1600m) at Eagle Farm on June 21.Morton, who traine

Gold Coast trainer Leon Morton is hoping a low-key comeback at Doomben for Mr Slick could be the forerunner to a lucrative Magic Millions payday next month.

Black type-placed Mr Slick, who is yet to miss a place in his 12-start career, will resume from a six-month break in Wednesday's Cranstoun Hussein Handicap (1110m).

The five-time winner has not started since being runner-up to the Liam Birchley-trained Rags To Riches in the Listed Tatt's Mile (1600m) at Eagle Farm on June 21.

Morton, who trained in Kuala Lumpur for two years from 2003, believes the five-year-old's strike rate should be better and has no qualms about aiming him for the $500,000 Magic Millions Cup (1400m) at the Gold Coast on January 10.

"If he can get into the Magic Millions race he'll have a light weight, it's his home track and any rain would be a bonus," Morton said.

"He's a better horse than most people think and after the Magic Millions he'll go for a spell and then prepare for the winter carnival.

"He's never been unplaced and he should have a better record than his five wins.

"On the form he showed last campaign I don't think he's far off being a Stradbroke or Doomben 10,000 chance."

Morton is keeping a close watch on Brisbane's fickle weather in case of any late change to the current dead track rating.

"He likes the wet but I don't want to run him first-up on a heavy track with 58 kilos should we get any heavy rain," Morton said.

Mr Slick was allotted topweight of 61 kilos but will carry three kilograms less with the claim for apprentice Luke Dittman.

Morton had planned to send Mr Slick to north Queensland for the Cleveland Bay Handicap (1200m) in Townsville in July following his brave performance behind Rags To Riches.

"I was going to send him up for the Cleveland Bay with Majestic Sight who ran second in the Townsville Cup," Morton said.

"But he switched off after his last run and needed a spell after a long campaign.

"His last run was the first time he'd been over a mile (1600m)."

The widely-travelled Morton, who has been training on the Gold Coast for three years after originally hailing from Tolga on the Atherton tablelands in north Queensland, expects a strong first-up performance from the son of Shinko King.

"He's been in work 10 weeks and I expect him to at least run a place tomorrow. I'll be disappointed if he doesn't," he said.

Mr Slick was purchased for $25,000 at the Magic Millions yearling sales and was sold to Singapore before he raced but failed a veterinary test.