Trainer Kelly Schweida is hoping to salvage the summer campaign of Cape Kidnappers.

Schweida scratched Cape Kidnappers, the pre-post favourite, from the Group Three George Moore Stakes at Doomben on Saturday because he was unhappy with a blood count taken from the sprinter.

"He lightened off a bit after he came back from Sydney so I took a blood count and it was only average," Schweida said.

"Normally he's bucking and playing when he comes off the track but he's been a bit quiet the last day or so."

The talented but injury-plagued six-year-old has won seven races in a career restricted to just 10 starts.

Schweida sent Cape Kidnappers to Sydney on November 16 and he finished a long head second to Heart Testa over 1100m at Rosehill.

The trainer will monitor the progress of Cape Kidnappers in the next week but hasn't closed the door on a start in the Lough Neagh Stakes (1350m) at Doomben on December 21.

Discreet, a stablemate of Cape Kidnappers, will have to gain a clearance from stewards in a barrier trial before she has her next start at Toowoomba on New Year's Eve.

The mare suffered cardiac arrhythmia after she finished 11th, as the $3.30 favourite, in the Travel Associates Classic (1200m) at Doomben on November 30 prompting stewards to rule she must pass a barrier trial test before racing again.

Schweida said Discreet's primary summer goal was the Magic Millions Fillies and Mares Classic (1300m) at the Gold Coast on January 11.