After a trip to Grafton for last year's Cup, Joe Pride was adamant Destiny's Kiss would only ever race in close proximity to Sydney.

But the Warwick Farm trainer has reconsidered his theory the horse is a poor traveller and will send Destiny's Kiss on a 3-1/2 hour road trip to compete in Friday's $200,000 Scone Cup.

"The Grafton trip was tacked on to the end of a long preparation and he didn't handle it," Pride said.

"I think Scone will be different. He's only had a couple of runs so it's the ideal time to try him away from home.

"We will test the waters for the Brisbane Cup."

Owned by Nick Moraitis of Might And Power fame, Destiny's Kiss heads to Scone in winning form after outpointing subsequent Hawkesbury Gold Cup runner-up Wistful at Warwick Farm last month.

A winner up to 2400m, Pride says the horse is versatile enough to cope with 1600m at his third run from a spell and he has kept him fresh for the Scone race.

He is also confident Destiny's Kiss doesn't need a rain-affected track to be a winning chance.

"He is fine on any surface. He is probably a little advantaged in the wet but he's not one of those horses who can't run well on a dry track."

A field of 16 will contest the Scone Cup, the feature race on the opening afternoon of the two-day carnival.

Among them will be Wistful and Cameo who will vie to become the third Darley mare to win the race in the past four years.

Dysphonia and Raspberries captured the Scone Cup for then-Darley trainer Peter Snowden in 2011 and 2012 respectively but this year's contenders will race for Sheikh Mohammed's new head trainer John O'Shea.

O'Shea is searching for his first stakes win since taking over the reins at Darley earlier this month.