The four-year-old gelding showed definite signs of class in scoring back-to-back wins in April, the second of them coming in the $135,000 Flt Lt Peter Armytage Handicap (1700m) at Flemington on Anzac Day.

The son of Magnus and Miss Kempinsky had two further runs at racing headquarters over 2000m, the best of them a fourth in the $135,000 Off The Track Community Trophy in late-May.

Mott has the $150,000 Class 3 Shooting Stars (1500m) on Cranbourne Cup day in mind with Our Lone Star, who will be first-up over 1300m in the day's final race, with Teo Nugent in the saddle.

With the track already rated a good 4, Mott said his preference for a bit more give the ground would not eventuate.

"Realistically, it will be about 100m too short and I reckon the track might be too firm by 5.20pm on Wednesday night," Mott said.

"But the horse has had a sensational preparation, I couldn't be happier with him.

"I've deliberately kept him sharper this preparation and everything has gone right.

"I trialled him at Tatura two weeks ago and it was a soft 7 and the tracks have been lovely for him to train on, but we've got to race day and who knows what a 28-degree day will do to the track.

"That seriously compromises his chances.

"If it was the day afterward when we are supposed to get between 10 and 20mls of rain I'd be cock-a-hoop."

Mott could not have been happier with how Our Lone Star's last preparation played out and is now hoping for a solid hit-out at Bendigo ahead of his longer-term goal at Cranbourne.

"The Cranbourne race is restricted to horses with nine starts or less and that will be his ninth run, so that's it for him second-up," he said.

"We're hoping Wednesday shows us that he is going well and he can follow on from his trial and hit the line well."

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