Short-course specialist Sequallan will be striving to give trainer Neville Saunders his first Brisbane winner at Eagle Farm before going under the hammer.Saunders has been training for just over a month but was quick off the mark to register his first metropolitan winner in Queensland when Sequallan won at Toowoomba on July 11.Sequallan has started twice since then, finishing third over 900 metes at the Gold Coast on July 18 before winning over 1000 metres on his home track at Toowoomba last Sat

Short-course specialist Sequallan will be striving to give trainer Neville Saunders his first Brisbane winner at Eagle Farm before going under the hammer.

Saunders has been training for just over a month but was quick off the mark to register his first metropolitan winner in Queensland when Sequallan won at Toowoomba on July 11.

Sequallan has started twice since then, finishing third over 900 metes at the Gold Coast on July 18 before winning over 1000 metres on his home track at Toowoomba last Saturday.

His Toowoomba victory on July 11 carried metropolitan status to mark the opening of the new cushion track and relegated Doomben to a provincial meeting that day.

Sequallan will be ridden by Toowoomba apprentice Jacquie Brown whose three-kilogram claim in Saturday's Brand & Slater Handicap (1000m) reduces the seven-year-old's weight from 58 kilos to just two kilos above the minimum.

"With the claim I think a lot of the other trainers will be using Sequallan as the benchmark in this race," Saunders said.

"He comes in well with the claim and he meets Braebrook, who he beat the day he won at Toowoomba, better at the weights.

"I was going to use Phillip Wolfgram but he's got a full book at Toowoomba even though he's been a bit crook."

Saunders inherited the bulk of his stable from Ron Maund who is still awaiting a decision on his appeal against a 12-month disqualification.

Maund appealed against the severity of the stewards' sentence after Pelltro tested positive to hydrocortisone in a urine sample taken at the Sunshine Coast in March.

Maund predominantly trained for Victorians Kevin and Tanith O'Brien who plan to sell Sequallan at the Magic Millions tried horse sale on Sunday week.

Saunders, 55, spent more than 30 years working for Maund, first as an apprentice and then as foreman and was in charge of former glamour filly Gold Edition in many of her memorable interstate victories.

"I've been having a good run since I started training and I've had four winners in the past three weeks," he said.

"Sequallan is a genuine little horse but he's just below top level.

"He's up for sale at the Gold Coast on Sunday week along with a couple of others from my stable including Vocalic.

"I'm not sure what sort of money the O'Briens want for him but this could be his last run for me if he's sold.

"He can carry weights so he'd be a good pick up for someone if he does sell."