Talented sprinter Falino will make his comeback on Saturday but the venue won't be decided until trainer Jeff Caught weighs up his options between Eagle Farm and the Gold Coast.Caught favours running Falino in the $100,000 Gold Coast Stakes (1200m) but will have no hesitation switching his attack to the Makers Mark Open Handicap (1000m) at Eagle Farm depending on track conditions.Falino is one of seven Gold Coast nominations who have accepted for Eagle Farm.A forecast for rain at both venues is

Talented sprinter Falino will make his comeback on Saturday but the venue won't be decided until trainer Jeff Caught weighs up his options between Eagle Farm and the Gold Coast.

Caught favours running Falino in the $100,000 Gold Coast Stakes (1200m) but will have no hesitation switching his attack to the Makers Mark Open Handicap (1000m) at Eagle Farm depending on track conditions.

Falino is one of seven Gold Coast nominations who have accepted for Eagle Farm.

A forecast for rain at both venues is likely to delay Caught's decision until as late as possible.

Falino hasn't raced since finishing 13th to fellow Queenslander Facile Tigre in the Listed MSS Security Stakes (1200m) at Flemington on Melbourne Cup day.

"He's coming along well but I haven't been able to barrier trial him," Caught said.

"He's had two good jumpouts and Ric McMahon will ride him wherever he starts."

Caught has no major plans with Falino for the Brisbane winter carnival but is keen to return to Melbourne for another spring campaign.

"I wasn't disappointed with his Melbourne run last year," Caught said.

"He drew on the wrong side of the track that day and they were all coming down the outside fence.

"It was his first go down the straight six at Flemington and he wasn't able to get any cover.

"It was a pretty hot field and he didn't disgrace himself.

"I don't want to gas him in the winter so I can go back to Melbourne with him in the spring."

Falino has an impressive first-up strike rate with two wins from three starts.

His last win over 1200 metres at Eagle Farm on October 1 came after a three-month break but was his only success in three starts last campaign.

The son of Fusaichi Pegasus stamped his class as a three-year-old with a narrow victory over Spirit Of Boom in the Group Three BTC Classic (1350m) at Doomben on May 21.

However, his subsequent two performances fell short of his best when 12th to Varenna Miss in the Group Two QTC Cup (1300m) and 17th to Torio's Quest in the Group Two Queensland Guineas (1600m), both at Eagle Farm in June.

Kiwi jockey Grant Cooksley, who has relocated to the Sunshine Coast, has three early rides at Eagle Farm.

Cooksley has ridden extensively in South-East Asia after establishing himself as one of Sydney's prominent jockeys in the 1990s.

His arrival precedes South African Jeff Lloyd who is moving to the Gold Coast in May after he finishes his Hong Kong contract and rides the John Moore-trained Xtension in the Dubai World Cup on March 31.

Cooksley's mounts are Gatineau River in the Coca-Cola Three-Year-Old Handicap, Sir Monashee (Makers Mark Handicap) and Karanja (Yatala Pies Handicap).