Any hopes of a stud career for African Pulse are gone but the sprinter gets the chance to re-ignite his racing fortunes at Caulfield on Saturday.

The Mike Moroney-trained African Pulse resumes in the Group Three Sir John Monash Stakes having been gelded since a winless autumn campaign which netted unplaced runs in his three starts.

A winner of five of his six first-up starts, African Pulse is showing Moroney enough on the training track to suggest he is capable of running another bold race fresh in the feature race on Saturday.

"He has had a couple of jump outs at Flemington and he has gone extra well," Moroney said.

"He's been gelded since we saw him last."

A five-year-old, African Pulse is chasing his first stakes win and first victory since March last year.

He was given his chance in the Group One Lightning Stakes in one of his three autumn starts but finished 11th.

Another unplaced run in the Listed Bob Hoysted Stakes (1000m) prompted connections to consider their options.

"He was a bit disappointing last time around, so we were never going to find a stud for him so we decided to stop and geld him," Moroney said.

Moroney said champion jockey Glen Boss, who missed last Saturday's meeting at Flemington after chipping a bone in his foot a day earlier, would take the ride on African Pulse.

Boss is expected to ride at Sandown on Wednesday.

African Pulse has won twice from five attempts at Caulfield and Moroney said a rain-affected track would help the gelding's chances.

"He's not in well at weight-for-age but he likes Caulfield and seems to be going well," he said.

The Sir John Monash Stakes (1100m) has 16 nominations including the Robbie Laing-trained three-year-old Lord Of The Sky.

Lord Of The Sky, winner of four of his seven starts, faces his first test in Group company in one of a few weight-for-age races Laing has in mind for the sprinter at the end of this season and into early next season.