A simple, no-nonsense race plan will be revisited to help Sniper's Bullet rediscover Group One-winning form.On the eve of his galloper's departure for a potentially star-studded Perth racing carnival, trainer Tracey Bartley said Sniper's Bullet's days of being ridden from behind were over.Sniper's Bullet finished ninth in the Emirates Stakes at Flemington on Saturday after settling in the second half of the field.Even allowing for a wide barrier, Bartley said hindsight told him Sniper's Bullet's

A simple, no-nonsense race plan will be revisited to help Sniper's Bullet rediscover Group One-winning form.

On the eve of his galloper's departure for a potentially star-studded Perth racing carnival, trainer Tracey Bartley said Sniper's Bullet's days of being ridden from behind were over.

Sniper's Bullet finished ninth in the Emirates Stakes at Flemington on Saturday after settling in the second half of the field.

Even allowing for a wide barrier, Bartley said hindsight told him Sniper's Bullet's would have been better served racing closer to the lead.

The end result was enough to convince Bartley the 2007 Stradbroke Handicap winner needs to be ridden on the speed in future races - irrespective of where the horse draws.

"I thought he could have been ridden closer in the Emirates," Bartley said.

"He sort of just whacked away with them but having said that his last sectional was as good as (third placegetter) Mimi Lebrock's.

"But I think in future he is going to have to be ridden a lot closer because it is impossible make ground when horses up front are running good time.

"It's a pretty basic sort of plan but it's one that has worked for us before and I'm happy to go there again."

Sniper's Bullet has been set for the Group One $1 million Railway Stakes (1600m) at Ascot on November 22 - the second leg of the Australian Mile Triple Challenge.

"I'll see what happens but more than likely the Railway will be his only run in Perth," Bartley said.

Michael Rodd has been booked to ride the sprinter-miler.

Rodd, the leading jockey during this year's Melbourne spring carnival, rode Sniper's Bullet into second placing at Flemington a week before the Emirates.

"Michael had him up on the speed that day so he seems to suit the horse," Bartley said.

Since his Stradbroke triumph, Sniper's Bullet has raced five times at Group One level for a lone placing in the Chipping Norton Stakes.

The Railway has attracted 42 nominations and other inter-state entries to make the trip west on Tuesday include the Gai

-trained Bank Robber and Saturday's Flemington winner Rightfully Yours.

Bartley, meanwhile, will play a waiting game with promising galloper Marchinski ahead of Saturday's Rosehill meeting.

Unbeaten in two starts since a spell, Marchinski is nominated for a 1200m three-year-old race.

"I want to have a look at the weights and the form before I commit him to a start," Bartley said.

Should Bartley give Marchinski the all-clear to run, it would set up an intriguing clash with Swift Alliance.

Trained by Waterhouse and racing under the Gooree Pastoral Company banner, Swift Alliance blitzed a midweek field at Canterbury late last month.