Andrew Balding is confident Here Comes When has "every chance" of getting back on the winning trail in the Betfred Hungerford Stakes at Newbury on Saturday.
The five-year-old twice hit the target in Group Two company last season, striking gold in Germany before landing the Challenge Stakes at Newmarket in October.
He made a pleasing start to the new campaign when runner-up in Sandown's bet365 Mile and has since made three appearances at the highest level, finishing sixth in the Lockinge, seventh in the Queen Anne and fourth in the Sussex Stakes at Glorious Goodwood.
Here Comes When has his sights lowered in Berkshire and with the deteriorating ground in his favour, a bold bid it anticipated from Balding.
The Kingsclere handler said: "Here Comes When came out of Goodwood in good form.
"It was a good run in the Sussex Stakes last time over the mile.
"I think he is just as effective over a mile or seven furlongs, but he is a Group Two winner over seven and hopefully he will have every chance."
How many horses line up against Here Comes When remains to be seen, with Henry Candy having already decided to take out Limato due to underfoot conditions and Hugo Palmer's Home Of The Brave another defector.
Godolphin's Safety Check, a three-time winner in Dubai earlier in the year before a pleasing comeback third at Goodwood, was also withdrawn.
Trainer Charlie Appleby will now look towards the St Leger meeting at Doncaster with his four-year-old.
Appleby said: "He's in good form, but he ran in soft ground at Newbury last year and couldn't raise a gallop.
"We'll probably look towards the Park Stakes at Doncaster."
Another horse declared for Sheikh Mohammed's operation was the long-absent Richard Pankhurst, but he too was taken out because of the ground.
Adaay beat Limato in the Sandy Lane Stakes at Haydock on his penultimate start before finishing seventh behind the brilliant Muhaarar in the inaugural Commonwealth Cup at Ascot.
Owner Sheikh Hamdan is also represented by Criterion Stakes winner Markaz.
His racing manager Angus Gold said: "He ran quite well at Ascot but the feeling was the ground was a bit quick for him.
"We've always been keen to try him over seven (furlongs), I don't see why he won't get it.
"Hopefully there's enough rain to allow us to run Markaz, too, he won a Group race at Newmarket last time out."
Majestic Mount is a big outsider for French trainer Rod Collet, who said: "The horse is well and ran a good race at Longchamp last time.
"I gave him a good break after he won at Deauville in December and I brought him back over five furlongs just to get him ready for Longchamp as there weren't many options for him."
