The wheel has turned, the drought has broken, the ball is rolling.

David Hayes probably has a few more cliches to apply to the change he has engineered in his training fortunes.

But the trainer who has won seven premierhips in Melbourne, five in Adelaide and two in Hong Kong can also point to a growing list of recent winners to show the lean trot he's experienced for the past few seasons is behind him.

And at Flemington on Saturday - and possibly on the Gold Coast as well - he has bright prospects of adding to his tally of 14 city wins for the season.

Hayes, who is sixth on the national trainers' table with 65 wins for the season, will saddle six runners at Flemington and a double, at least, is well within their scope.

"We've got good chances throughout the card, but I think the first and the last are the best of them," said foreman Bruno Rouge-Serret who is deputising for Hayes who's at the Magic Millions.

Hayes begins the day with Mount Zero in the Better Beyond Plate (1000m) and finishes it with Shoalhaven in the Straight Draw Handicap (1800m).

As well as being one of Hayes' best chances for the day, Mount Zero is one of the better-bred horses running at Flemington.

By Northern Meteor from the stakes-winning mare Beauty School, who was also trained by Hayes, Mount Zero has improved considerably since her first-up second to Safeguard at Flemington last month.

"I know the Darley guys have a big opinion of Safeguard and our filly chased him hard at her only start," Rouge-Serret said.

"She went back to the farm after that and she's come back looking a lot better than she did the first time out."

At the other end of the program is Shoalhaven, a three-year-old the stable has a big opinion of and who has a lot in his favour in his race.

"He came from last to win at Ballarat last start and probably should have finished closer than he did at Moonee Valley the start before," Rouge-Serret said.

"The 1800 should suit him. He's a real up-and-comer."

In between there is Spacecraft in the the Comedy King Handicap, Manila Jewel in the Jezabeel Handicap and Aashiq and General Rippa in the Tauto Handicap.

Of the quartet, Spacecraft deserves a win as much as any horse in training, but his inability to find the line seems incurable, while Aashiq, whose two most recent wins have been on heavy tracks appears the best of the rest.