Adelaide trainer Paul Beshara is looking forward to the return of Damien Oliver and hopes the jockey can make a difference aboard Happy Trails at Moonee Valley on Saturday.

Oliver makes his return to city racing on Saturday with the ride on Happy Trails in the Group Two Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes (1600m) among his mounts.

Happy Trails won the Dato Tan last year with Glen Boss aboard.

Oliver rode the gelding to win the Group One Emirates Stakes on November 10 last year, the day before he started his 10 month ban for placing a $10,000 bet on Miss Octopussy at Moonee Valley on October 1, 2010 when he rode another horse in the same race.

Happy Trails' trainer Paul Beshara is delighted to have Oliver riding for him again.

"I feel real good about it. He has a great association with the horse," Beshara said.

"He deserves to be there - he's a champion jockey and a credit to racing."

Oliver has been riding trackwork and trials for the past two months and is set to make his race return at Geelong on Friday.

Beshara was full of praise for Happy Trails for his effort at his last outing in the Group One Memsie Stakes on August 31 when he finished seventh behind Atlantic Jewel.

"It was a massive run in the Memsie," Beshara said.

"He's only been beaten by a length out of second place as a whole bunch went over the line."

The South Australian trainer is now focusing on maintaining an upward curve for Happy Trails, aiming to have the the gelding peaking for the Cox Plate on October 26 at Moonee Valley.