The Australian Guineas is likely to be removed from All Too Hard's autumn agenda to give the star colt his best chance of setting the record straight in Sydney.

Co-trainer Wayne Hawkes has outlined a program which takes in only one more run in Melbourne before All Too Hard returns to the scene of his most mystifying performances.

"I want him to win a big race in Sydney and show his knockers he's just as good up there," Hawkes said.

Since he last raced in Sydney where he failed three times early last spring, All Too Hard has beaten the colt who replaced at the top of the rankings, Pierro, in the Caulfield Guineas and again the Cox Plate when he was second to Ocean Park.

All Too Hard then added weight to the theory that he performs better in Melbourne with his first-up C F Orr Stakes win at Caulfield on Saturday.

But Hawkes believes he's equally effective wherever he races, pointing to his Pago Pago Stakes win at Rosehill last autumn as proof.

"To win the Pago Pago like he did means you have to be handling Sydney pretty well," he said.

To accommodate his Sydney program, All Too Hard is now likely to have his final run in Melbourne for all-time in the Group One Futurity Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on February 23.

While All Too Hard's new owners have taken a hands-off approach to his racing program, the Futurity, run at weight-for-age against older horses, would better enhance the colt's CV than the Guineas against his own age.

Hawkes said the Australian Cup at Flemington next month was also off the agenda.

All Too Hard's Sydney program is yet be confirmed, but is likely to include the Randwick Guineas at Warwick Farm on March 16 and the George Ryder Stakes at Rosehill on April 6 with the Doncaster Mile also a possibility.

He will then be set for the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot on June 18 and possibly a race in France before returning to Australia to begin stallion duties at Vinery Stud.