The Caulfield Cup is the aim for Australian-owned galloper Singing after his solid second in a Group Two race at Hamburg.

Singing gave an encouraging account of himself at his maiden outing for Australian Bloodstock, hitting the lead early in the straight before his Andreas Wohler-trained stablemate Protectionist got the better of him late in the Hansa-Preis (2400m).

"We were very happy with that because he hadn't raced for six weeks," Australian Bloodstock co-founder Luke Murrell said.

The Hamburg result was the best of Singing's 10-start career, but he did finish 2-3/4 lengths from the winner when fourth at Group One level in France last year.

Murrell said Singing would head to Munich for his next run in Group One company over 1600m and he hoped leading Australian rider Craig Williams would be available to ride the four-year-old.

Williams will be in Europe riding for trainer Marco Botti during July.

Kris Lees will take over Singing's training after his Munich assignment with the sole aim of getting the entire to the Caulfield Cup in October.

Australian Bloodstock employed similar tactics when Lee Freedman travelled to Europe to work with Lucas Cranach soon after his purchase from German interests.

Lucas Cranach finished fifth in the 2011 Caulfield Cup and third in the Melbourne Cup. He returned in the autumn to win the Group Two Peter Young Stakes but injury ended his career soon after.

"It worked well with Lucas Cranach and it will be good for Kris to go over early and start learning about him," Murrell said.

"We'll try and get him to the Caulfield Cup and see how he goes and he may progress to the Melbourne Cup."