An abandoned barrier trial has not changed the plans for high-class West Australian galloper Luckygray who makes his debut for trainer Robert Smerdon at Flemington on Saturday.

Smerdon wanted to get a good look at Luckygray in a Cranbourne trial on Monday before he sent the six-year-old out in the Aurie's Star Handicap but a heavy track put paid to that.

The trainer has not been deterred, saying Luckygray would only have had an easy hit out anyway.

"It doesn't change our plans at all," Smerdon said.

In Western Australia Luckygray, then trained by Gino Poletti, notched up two Group One wins and a second from three races on good tracks at Ascot but wasn't able to replicate that form in two Group One races - the Newmarket and William Reid - at Flemington and Moonee Valley respectively in March.

Luckygray had established himself as one of the west's best performers during the 2011-12 season when he won eight out of nine starts.

Smerdon couldn't explain Luckygray's misfiring in Melbourne but said he was "clearly a talented a horse, his record shows that".

He said the gelding's performance on Saturday would be a guide to what races he would be aimed at this spring.

In his first-up race, Luckygray, to be ridden by Mark Zahra, is likely to meet 2011 Aurie's Star winner Temple of Boom, Australian Guineas winner Ferlax and in-form South Australian sprinter Riziz.

Smerdon said that after the $150,000 Group Three 1200m race, Luckygray would tackle he Memsie Stakes on August 31 at Caulfield.

"There are quite a few options for him," Smerdon said.

"After the Memsie we will decide a path beyond that. Once we see him in his first couple of runs we'll have a better idea where he's best placed."