A smallish South Australian stable's two star performers could both race into Group 1 calculations at Morphettville this Saturday – but one is likely to have its papers stamped ‘next start'.

The Map will line up against a bunch of three-year-old fillies in the 1600m Listed Clare Lindop Stakes (formerly the Laelia Stakes) and is currently a +1300 hope behind the McEvoy-trained Mac ‘N' Cheese – a warm +160 favourite with Bovada after her brilliant last-start win on Adelaide Cup Day, when she overcome trouble in the straight.

The Map, meanwhile, required every inch of the mile to win at headquarters on February 26, and while co-trainer Dan Clarken has urged punters to be a little cautious this weekend, he is much more confident about her path towards the Adelaide Autumn Racing Carnival.

“We gave her a bit of time between runs because obviously we thought she may get a little bit dour too quick – her pedigree and race performance suggest that,” he said.

“Her first career start was over 1400m and she needed all of that 1400 that day, and her last start she needed all of the mile.

“So we decided to give her a little bit of time between runs to keep her fresh for Saturday, then she'll hopefully go into the Auraria Stakes (1800m) and into the Australasian Oaks (2000m).

“I think she might need further than 1600m now, but until you get there you don't know.”

While distance may be a query this weekend, Clarken good-naturedly rails against any suggestion The Map is up in class after beating open-age horses last start.

“I'll debate that, because it's bloody hard to take on the older horses as a three-year-old,” he said.

“People say, ‘You're up in class', but up in class against what? Three-year-olds that have been racing against other three-year-olds?

“When you take on the older horses, it's friggin' hard to knock them off. If you threw Lake's Folly (runner-up on February 26) into that race Saturday, what price it?

“That's my argument, but I could be wrong.”

Before The Map goes around this Saturday, Clarken and co-trainer Oopy MacGillivray will saddle up promising three-year-old gelding Harleymoven, who went into everyone's black book following a slashing second in the Listed Morphettville Guineas (1600m) a fortnight ago.

Being back 50m and racing on the Parks track are possibly the only reasons why punters are getting black figures on Harleymoven, currently quoted at +150 for the 3YO handicap this weekend.

Harleymoven made up an enormous amount of ground in the final 200m last start behind Ancient Girl, and Clarken said he also has big plans for the son of Foxwedge.

“He was a bit stiff in the Guineas,” he said.

“That horse dropped back in his lap and he never got any galloping room when he needed it.

“As you can see, when he got to the outside of them he absolutely motored. It was basically a track gallop: he was held up, held up, and asked to sprint home.

“We've always had Derby aspirations with him and we'll still head down that track…

“He'll head to the Port Adelaide Guineas, then into the SA Chairman's Stakes, then the SA Derby.”

Despite being well drawn in barrier three, don't expect to see jockey Ryan Hurdle bustling Harleymoven to be closer to the speed this week.

“He's a quirky horse, because if he gets too much daylight he gets running on you,” Clarken said.

“To just lock them away for a little bit and still get a good run, you need a lot of luck, which he never got in the Guineas.

“But we don't want to light him up, because that's not what we're trying to teach him.

“The start before (the Guineas) Todd Pannell rode him and he had awful trouble with him, three deep, no cover. He just fought Todd the whole journey and it didn't work in the horse's favour at all.

“But being back on the Parks track you would imagine they'd run along. And back to rail true, you'd imagine they should be able to get home a bit, whereas the other day it was a very on-pace bias track.”

Despite the caveats, Clarken was unequivocal about whether his horse can win this Saturday.

“Yes, he certainly can,” he said.

Toughest to beat could be the Travis Doudle-trained Max Fire (+500), who is drawn to get every chance in the run for in-form apprentice Campbell Rawiller and is likely to be well in front of Harleymoven at the top of the Parks straight.