Hvasstan trainers hope for turn for better Derby hope: Hvasstan (right) is aiming for the South Australian Derby. There are plenty of Victorians who have tried to get used to Sydney life but never settled, only to return home to a more familiar environment and fulfil their promise. The Gelagotis brothers, trainer Peter and his brother Manny, are hoping that's the case with their classy three-year-old Hvasstan, who heads a formidable Victorian contingent heading to Adelaide for Saturday's $500,000 group 1 South Australian Derby over 2500 metres at Morphettville. Hvasstan has five kilograms in hand on the rest of the field on official ratings and should, if figures have anything to do with it, be a hot favourite. But his past two performances in Sydney are the fly in the ointment, as he performed well below his best in the group 1 Rosehill Guineas and the ATC Derby at Randwick, races won in dominant fashion by exceptional three-year-old It's A Dundeel. Manny Gelagotis believes the return to the Melbourne way of going will prove the key to the son of Fastnet Rock bouncing back. Glen Boss, who rode Hvasstan through the spring to a victory at Caulfield and also a fourth place in the Victoria Derby behind star three-year-olds Fiveandahalfstar and Super Cool, is back in the saddle; Craig Newitt was aboard when Hvasstan won the group 2 Alister Clark Stakes at Moonee Valley earlier in the autumn and also for his unsuccessful Sydney foray. The colt is, however, the subject of an inquiry as he returned a positive swab that night at the Valley, when he scored his biggest success. The test revealed traces of ibuprofen (a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory) which is a prohibited substance. He was a worthy winner on the night. He has run in many group races throughout his life, and he has never returned anything in his system. It's not a performance-enhancing medication," Manny Gelagotis said. The horse is in good order. We were so disappointed that he ran so poorly in Sydney, he never seemed to like it up there. He's only got two blemishes on his record, and they are those two races. Craig was adamant that he was on his wrong leg all the way. He's got commitments in Melbourne on Saturday so Glen Boss is back on board and that's a positive as he knows the horse. He's the highest-rated horse in the race, so on exposed form he's right in there. The race might be at Morphettville, but it might have saved all concerned a lot of effort had it been run at Flemington. Only two of the 15 declared runners are trained in South Australia - the well-fancied Hioctdane, successful last weekend in the group 3 Chairmans over 2000 metres at the track, and the highly regarded filly Molto Bene.