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Nine-year-old sprinter Stanzout, who is being set for a fourth tilt at Warrnambool's Listed Wangoom Handicap, resumes on his new home track track at Caulfield.

Veteran sprinter Stanzout will be looking for a home track advantage when he resumes in the Thoroughbred Club Cup at Caulfield.

Stanzout moved to Caulfield with five stablemates six weeks ago when his trainer Colin Davies relocated from Cranbourne.

Davies has never trained in the city before but now has a boutique team while employed as the assistant trainer for Rick Hore-Lacy.

Davies said it was a new experience and that Stanzout was enjoying his new surroundings.

"I am very pleased with how he has done since going to Caulfield," Davies said.

"It took him about a week to settle in but moving here might be the thing that gives him that little bit extra."

Davies is dismissive of Stanzout's last two starts in October when he failed to beat a runner home at Cranbourne and in the Group Two Salinger Stakes at Flemington.

"He had 14 starts that preparation which started in March and he'd had enough by his last two runs," Davies said.

"He was consistent without winning and just knocking on the door nearly every run before that."

In nine of 14 runs the grey finished in the top four against horses which included Bel Sprinter, Woorim, Atomic Force and Mid Summer Music.

A Group Two winner and a multiple Group One placegetter, Stanzout is a nine-year-old but Davies said he was going as well as ever on the track and is hoping for his usual honest first-up run in Saturday's 1200m $100,000 feature.

"I am looking forward to seeing him back at the races," Davies said.

"He's had two jumpouts and done well in both of them but we haven't put any real pressure on him.

"His times have been pretty good on the track and I'm happy with him."

Stanzout enjoys the softer tracks and Davies plans to run in him the Listed Wangoom Handicap (1200m) at Warrnambool for the fourth year in a row.

He finished fifth in 2009, won in 2010 and last year finished second to Uxorious.

Davies said Stanzout may have only one more run after Saturday before again tackling the Wangoom on May 2.

"It depends on how he runs on Saturday," Davies said.

"He's a bit older than them but I think he will run well."