The Listed Creswick Series Final at Flemington will determine whether trainer Stephen Brown aims even higher with in-form sprinter Kievann.
The three-year-old has won his two starts this campaign, both at Moonee Valley, while his other three career wins have been at Kyneton.
Four of those wins have been over the 1200 metres of Saturday's race.
Brown is convinced Kievann is capable of adding a Flemington victory to his CV on Saturday and if he proves him right, the trainer will turn his attention to the spring.
"Hopefully he's just not a Moonee Valley and Kyneton specialist, but he is going really well," Brown said.
"I think he's just a better horse this time in and he will be very hard to beat I think."
Kievann has been unplaced in his two starts at Flemington but Brown said that was of no concern.
"He's going really well and this probably should be his best run," he said.
The son of Niello is among 16 acceptances for the $120,000 race and has drawn barrier five.
"If he wins on Saturday he will probably have a let-up and we'll bring him back for something in the spring," Brown said.
"He's probably got a bit of improvement in him. He's still learning."
Hard Stride, the horse Kievann has narrowly beaten in his past two starts, will start alongside him in barrier six.
Kievann has been installed on the third line of TAB fixed odds betting at $8 while Hard Stride is on the second line at $7.
Group-placed filly Miss Promiscuity, formerly trained by Peter Moody, is $4.60 favourite in her first start for trainer Anthony Cummings.
Brown also has Post D'France in the Listed Winter Championship Final (1600m) but the gelding will need to overcome the outside barrier in the field of 16 plus four emergencies.
A winner over the course and distance during last year's Melbourne Cup carnival, Post D'France was well beaten last start at Cranbourne in an open handicap but Brown is hoping that failure was because of the heavy ground.