Caloundra trainer Andrew Williamson has taken a conservative path with Darci Be Good for the former NSW galloper's Queensland debut on Saturday.

Williamson had entered Darci Be Good for the Liberal National Party Handicap (2100m) but has selected the shorter Ray White Ascot Handicap (1600m) at Eagle Farm.

Jockey Damian Browne, who will ride Darci Be Good on Saturday, galloped the gelding on Tuesday morning and advised Williamson to go with the 1600-metre race.

"We thought long and hard about running him in the 2100-metre race," Williamson said. "But in the end it was a month since he had a run and we thought it would better to be cautious.

"I don't want to flatten him at his first run this area."

"There is a 2000-metre race in a fortnight and he will get his chance at a middle distance then."

Darci Be Good was trained by Bede Murray at Kemble Grange but was sold to clients of Williamson after running last at Rosehill on July 5.

He won the Fernhill Handicap at Randwick as a two-year-old, the Spring Stakes at Newcastle at three years and the Hawkesbury Gold Cup at four years.

Darci Be Good has not won since November 2012 although he has since been placed at black-type level in the Villiers Stakes, another Hawkesbury Gold Cup and the Tattersall's Club Cup.

"The worry I suppose for us is that he hasn't won in going on two years and he is now six years old," Williamson said.

"We are hoping a change of scenery and the Queensland sunshine will be a boost for him."

One of a group of rising star trainers now based at Caloundra, Williamson is back in form after being badly injured when a horse kicked him two years ago.

He has been a regular visitor to the winner's stall with horses such as Straight Shooter, Sizzling Song, Hludowig and Glen Rock.