Desleigh Forster restarts for Canterbury Classic Desleigh Forster wants to forget Adebisi's last preparation and expects a return to his previous form in Friday's Canterbury Classic. He ran in the Ramornie first-up last time and it just flattened him. He wasn't himself the whole prep," she said. He has won a couple of group 3s and four or five listed races, so is a hard horse to place, but this is the right race at the right time. A year ago, Adebisi won a Rubiton Stakes and ran fifth, beaten two lengths, after leading for home in the Oakleigh Plate. "He is getting too much weight in races in Brisbane, so we were looking for another option," Forster said. I think the track will suit and we have the blinkers back on him, which should make a difference. Weight relief John O'Shea is caught in between grades with sprinter Shelford, which has the 60kg top weight in the rating-80 closer at Randwick on Saturday. He drops back from black-type company last time. "I thought he did a good job last start after a wide run in the Takeover Target [Stakes] at Gosford, but finding a race for him is tough," O'Shea said. Shelford held on to finish fourth at Gosford but should be able to use his speed to lead from gate four on Saturday. "Lester [Grace] takes two kilos off his back and he should be able to ride him like he did a couple of runs ago when he won," O'Shea said. He is a consistent sprinter and it is a nice drop in grade for him. Hugh misses out Gary Portelli will settle for the two-kilo claim of Damien Thornton rather than the class of Hugh Bowman on I Can Rock in the second at Randwick on Saturday. "Hughie was booked because we thought the weights would be raised and he would have more than 54kg," Portelli said. We had to change to Damien at acceptance time because of the weight. He has ridden him at trackwork and his claim can only help. The three-year-old has won one of his four starts but there is untapped potential there. "He is still a big kid and it is a game for him, but once the penny drops with him he is going to be a serious horse," Portelli said. Hughie wanted to ride him because he gave such a good feeling at his last start.