Veteran stayer Precedence will have a jump-out on Friday before he begins a campaign aimed at winning his third Moonee Valley Gold Cup.

Precedence won the Group Two Moonee Valley Gold Cup in 2010 and relished the set weights and penalties conditions to claim the event again last year.

The nine-year-old has progressed well in his work at Bart and James Cummings' Flemington base to be fit enough for an unofficial trial.

"He's going well, ticking along and the guys are happy with him," James Cummings said.

"He's on target and one of his main goals will be to defend his Moonee Valley Cup."

Cummings said Precedence would probably resume in a 1400-metre Listed race next month before his likely second-up assignment in the Group Three JRA Cup at his favoured Moonee Valley circuit on September 26.

Precedence won the JRA Cup on his way to winning the Moonee Valley Gold Cup in 2010.

The training partners have entered Precedence in the Caulfield Cup while the son of Zabeel could be among the Melbourne Cup entries when they close on September 2.

Precedence missed a start in the Melbourne Cup last year when he was one position outside the 24-horse field.

The Cummings stable has also announced dual Group One winner Norzita will miss the spring.

The mare suffered a leg injury in training last year after her third in the Show County Quality.

She was back in work at Randwick but James Cummings said on Saturday she would go to the paddock and her owners, including Dato Tan Chin Nam, would make a decision on her future.

The choice will be between the breeding barn and a possible mating with So You Think or a rest and a return in the autumn.