Lee Freedman's first chance at a Group One win since his return to the training ranks is set to come in the CF Orr Stakes with three-year-old Java.

Freedman is preparing the gelding for the $400,000 weight-for-age race at Caulfield on Saturday week against older, more credentialled horses but with race fitness on his side.

"I just figure he might have a bit of a fitness advantage on some of the older horses coming back and it hasn't been a bad race for three-year-olds over the years," Freedman said.

"It's a worthwhile thing to try and do. He's a gelding, we're not going to lose anything if he doesn't measure up to that."

Freedman, who has won 124 Group One races, made the shock decision to retire from training in 2011 with his brother Anthony taking the reins of the operation.

Lee Freedman later formed a short-lived partnership with Graeme Rogerson at Randwick which ended in December 2012.

He announced in November he was returning to train in partnership with Anthony in Melbourne and Java got the ball rolling for the team with a Kilmore maiden win on December 2.

The Godolphin-owned Java has since won two restricted races and the Group Three Manfred Stakes and will be ridden by Chad Schofield in the Orr.

Fellow Godolphin three-year-old Nozomi surprised Freedman with a sharper than expected performance to win an 800m jump-out at Flemington on Friday.

"It's the first time this preparation that we've put the visor on him and he was a different horse, so it's looking good for the autumn," Freedman said.

The Australian Derby (2400m) at Randwick is the aim for the Victoria Derby minor placegetter but Freedman said he might reconsider an Australian Guineas start after the Street Cry colt's pleasing hit-out.

The plan before Friday's jump-out was to start Nozomi on Saturday week followed by the Group Two Autumn Classic (1800m) at Caulfield before taking him to Sydney for the Rosehill Guineas and Derby.

"That's probably where I will go, but if I don't then I'll probably run him in the Guineas here first," Freedman said.