Impressive import Fiorente is likely to follow the same spring path as the one used by the horse who denied him a Melbourne Cup-winning introduction to Australian racing last year.

The Gai Waterhouse-trained Fiorente resumes in Saturday's Group One Memsie Stakes (1400m) and stable spokesman Mark Newnham says the entire is going well enough to turn in a big first-up run against a star-studded field at Caulfield.

The Memsie Stakes will also be the first race on a path to a likely shot at the Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup, the race he finished second to Green Moon in last year in his first start for Waterhouse.

"The Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup, I'm pretty sure is where Gai wants to head with him," Newnham said.

"She wants to try and head down the same path as Green Moon last year."

Green Moon was fifth first-up in last year's Memsie before a close second in the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes, a win in the Turnbull Stakes and an unplaced run as favourite in the Cox Plate before winning the Cup.

Fiorente flashed home for an eye-catching third in a cameo Sydney autumn carnival appearance in the Group One All Aged Stakes (1400m), and has done nothing but please connections since.

Newnham said Fiorente "certainly has the talent" to win first-up if things go his way.

"His work has been faultless since he's been back," Newnham said.

Unbeaten mare Atlantic Jewel is the clear-cut favourite at $1.90 to return a winner in the Memsie with last season's Sydney three-year-old triple crown hero It's A Dundeel the only other horse under double figure odds at $5.50.

Fiorente, with Nash Rawiller aboard, is on the fourth line of betting at $13 along with Australian Cup winner Super Cool.

Fiorente looms as the Waterhouse stable's big spring hope this year with Pierro and More Joyous no longer around.

"Everyone is pretty impressed with the only two starts he's had so far for us," Newnham said.

"He's run in two Group One races and placed in both, and one was the biggest race in the country.

"If he can reproduce that he's going to be in the finish of anything."