Toby Edmonds is still learning about Spot On Target but he knows enough to think Saturday's feature race at Eagle Farm is within his grasp.

The six-year-old came to Edmonds following the sudden death of fellow Gold Coast trainer Howard Wilson late last year.

In three starts for Edmonds, Spot On Target has won twice and steps up in class and distance to the Listed Tattersall's Members' Cup (1600m).

The distance and the predicted heavy track are the conditions Spot On Target experienced during his second in the TJ Smith almost four years ago.

Persistent feet problems have prevented the gelding reaching the Group One arena again and he hadn't raced for more than a year when he arrived at Edmonds' stable.

"We had him a month before we ran him," Edmonds said.

"I took him to Eagle Farm for his first start for me but he was no good on the firm track.

"Then we took him to Grafton for an easier race and he ran a 1000-metre track record.

"His last win on the slow track at Doomben was very good. He had the benefit of Priscilla Schmidt's three-kilo claim so it's going to be more difficult tomorrow.

"He goes up from 1350 to 1600 metres but he's a very good wet tracker and that should be in his favour.

"He is also rock-hard fit which will help."

Spot On Target will be ridden by Tim Bell who also rides his stablemate Emvoss in a support race.

A last-start third at Canterbury, Emvoss has had one experience on heavy ground for a third at Doomben in June.

"That was a winter heavy so it was probably a lot worse than what he'll get this time," Edmonds said.

Emvoss's debut win at the Gold Coast in March 2011 marked the former Sydney trainer's first victory in a new venture following the trainer's split with the Queensland arm of Patinack Farm a month earlier.

The five-year-old has been well-travelled since, racing in Brisbane, Rockhampton, Sydney and Grafton as well as his home track where he has scored all his four wins.

"The beauty of being on the Gold Coast is that it's just an hour up the road to Brisbane or we can go the other way to Grafton and it's not hard to get the horses to Sydney," Edmonds said.

"Things are going well. The money they are going to spend on the redevelopment of the Gold Coast will mean we will have a great venue here."