Cranbourne trainer Robbie Griffiths hopes his gelding Chelembra will finally provide him with some answers at Flemington on Saturday.

He has forgiven the five-year-old the two indifferent runs he has produced this campaign but expects another attempt at a shorter distance will give him some guidance.

Chelembra lines up in the Nowicki Carbone Handicap (1000m) where he will run against two in-form horses, Brendan McCarthy's Paaratte Pat and Darren Weir's Spartan Warrior, who have both won their past three starts.

Griffiths says Chelembra, who won two on end in April over a longer trip, deserves some consideration, despite two poor Moonee Valley runs.

"His form looks pretty ordinary on paper but he's had excuses," Griffiths said.

"He's been badly interfered with on both occasions returning at the Valley.

"With both runs you can't draw any line through as to whether he's going any good or not.

"The trackwork indicator suggests that he's going as well as ever and tomorrow with a good draw and an in-form rider, Chad Schofield, you would think that we'll get to know exactly where we stand."

Griffiths said that Chelembra produced his better form last preparation when extended to 1200m.

"But because of those interrupted runs we experienced we thought we'd just kick off in another 1000 and try and get a guide before we move forward with distances," he said.

Griffith's gelding Chile Express also gets a chance to redeem himself at Flemington, following his ninth at Moonee Valley last start.

"He just didn't go at all around the track," he said.

"He's always been a big track horse and if you look at his form from his debut run all the way through his career we've intentionally placed him on big circuits."