Melbourne Cup contender Tuesday Joy will be the star attraction at the Wyong barrier trials on Friday with trainer Gai Waterhouse taking a large team to the Central Coast course.Tuesday Joy had a solid workout between races at Randwick on Saturday, her first public appearance since she returned from a trip to Dubai earlier this year.The mare is still carrying a lot of condition and Waterhouse has pencilled in the Theo Marks Stakes on September 12 as a starting point for the spring.Tuesday Joy is

Melbourne Cup contender Tuesday Joy will be the star attraction at the Wyong barrier trials on Friday with trainer Gai Waterhouse taking a large team to the Central Coast course.

Tuesday Joy had a solid workout between races at Randwick on Saturday, her first public appearance since she returned from a trip to Dubai earlier this year.

The mare is still carrying a lot of condition and Waterhouse has pencilled in the Theo Marks Stakes on September 12 as a starting point for the spring.

Tuesday Joy is by Carnegie out of Oaks winner Joie Denise and owner John Singleton named her with the Melbourne Cup in mind.

But his two attempts to get her to the race so far have been thwarted, firstly by the equine influenza outbreak in 2007.

Last year Tuesday Joy incurred an automatic three-month ban after suffering a bleeding attack in the Turnbull Stakes.

She showed she had returned to her best with wins in the Apollo Stakes and Chipping Norton Stakes in the autumn before her Dubai failure.

"I couldn't be happier with her and she is the best horse I have targeted for the Melbourne Cup," Waterhouse said.

Waterhouse has trained two second placegetters in the Cup - Te Akau Nick who was runner-up to Vintage Crop in 1993 and Nothin' Leica Dane who was beaten by Doriemus two years later.

While happy with Tuesday Joy, Waterhouse has some concerns with multiple Group One winner Theseo who is behind in his preparation.

"He's got sore feet but I'm sure I can get them right," she said.

"He is doing a lot of swimming, he's doing 20 laps a day and thinks he's Ian Thorpe.

"Once I get him right he'll be right.

"But if I don't get him right in time then he will be put away for the autumn."

The winner of three Group One races last season, Theseo is among the leading contenders to be named Horse of the Year later this month.