Jason McLachlan has Magic Millions contender Divine Service to look forward to when he returns to training on Monday.

McLachlan was given the all clear last Thursday by Racing Queensland to resume training after his licence was suspended by stewards on October 4 to allow him to deal with personal issues.

Doug Roberts, who will return to his role as stable foreman, prepared Divine Service to win Saturday's Channel Seven Handicap (1000m) at Eagle Farm.

"Jason's got a nice horse on his hands with this bloke," Roberts said.

"There are a lot of nice horses for him to go back to so it should be onwards and upwards for him."

Divine Service started a $51 outsider but Roberts believes he has the scope to be competitive in the Magic Millions Classic (1200m) at the Gold Coast on January 11.

"He's got a lot to learn but he's shown so much and I thought if he could be there on the corner I knew he'd finish strongly," he said.

Divine Service had only a nose margin to spare at the finish from Ruby Soho ($6) but jockey Eddie Wilkinson was always confident he would win.

"He began well and put himself in a good spot and although there was a bit of trouble at the 600 metres he balanced up and hit the line nicely," Wilkinson said.

The hype surrounding first starter Elitist, the $1.60 favourite, failed to translate into a victory when the filly weakened to finish third after leading into the straight.

Elitist had a stranglehold on betting following an impressive win in a Doomben barrier trial but jockey Chris Munce said the filly had to do too much work from a wide barrier after jumping outwards at the start.

With only $5000 prize money for finishing third, Elitist is well down the list on the Millions order of entry and will need to win a lead-up race to be guaranteed a start at the Gold Coast.