Melbourne Cup winner Shocking is almost certain to run in the rescheduled Australian Cup after responding to antibiotics for what was originally thought to be a foot abscess.Torrential rain and hail flooded Flemington on Saturday causing the Group One Australian Cup, Group One Australian Guineas and the Group Three Food And Wine Plate (1400m) to be postponed by a week.Shocking was scratched from the Australian Cup on Saturday morning but was reinstated into the field for the rescheduled Group On

Melbourne Cup winner Shocking is almost certain to run in the rescheduled Australian Cup after responding to antibiotics for what was originally thought to be a foot abscess.

Torrential rain and hail flooded Flemington on Saturday causing the Group One Australian Cup, Group One Australian Guineas and the Group Three Food And Wine Plate (1400m) to be postponed by a week.

Shocking was scratched from the Australian Cup on Saturday morning but was reinstated into the field for the rescheduled Group One race.

Mark Kavanagh's racing manager Merv Harvey said Shocking was "jumping out of skin" on Monday and would have a testing gallop on Wednesday to prove his fitness.

"I would say he is probably a 95 per cent chance to run at this stage," Harvey said.

Harvey said what appeared to be a foot abscess was discovered on Friday morning but the fact it had responded so quickly to antibiotics suggested it could have been just a minor infection.

"We are not totally convinced it was an abscess as he has got a bit separation in the wall of his foot and some bug or something might have got up there," Harvey said.

"We put him on antibiotics and on Sunday morning he was as good as gold and would have been right to run.

"It was just that Saturday it was still building up and it was just a day too soon."

Harvey said it was of no consequence that Shocking had missed a day on the track because of the ailment.

"He trotted and cantered twice around the sand this morning and he was jumping out of his skin," Harvey said.

"Wednesday morning we are going to gallop him and we will know by Wednesday afternoon or Thursday morning if he will definitely run on Saturday.

"If it doesn't flare up again then he's right."

All three features have been reinstated complete with barriers while the riders will be re-declared on Thursday.

Trainer Peter Moody will pursue Australian Guineas plans with Hanks and Set For Fame although he has nominated both three-year-olds for Saturday's Group One Randwick Guineas as a precautionary measure.

"Both horses will run here unless something untoward happens," Moody's racing manager Jeff O'Connor said.

He said that while Hanks' autumn program was unchanged with him heading to the Rosehill Guineas and the AJC Australian Derby after the Australian Guineas, the Guineas postponement had jammed up Set For Fame's options.

"We are a bit disappointed as it looks like she will have to miss a choice of races a week later now when the Coolmore and the Australasian Oaks are on," O'Connor said.

"We would have raced her against the boys last Saturday knowing we had two options but now we are stranded.

"She will run on Saturday and then we will assess it."

Nominations for the other races on the Flemington program including the Blamey Stakes will be taken on Tuesday due to the Monday public holiday in Melbourne.