A roundtable discussion between trainer Chris Waller, Yulong's General Manager Vix Cox along with Yulong principal Yuesheng Zhang and his daughter decided to prepare for the Group 1 TAB Champions Stakes (2000m) at Flemington on the final day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival.
Cox said the Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on Tuesday had not been in the team's thoughts with Via Sistina's Spring campaign finishing at Flemington's grand finale.
"The Melbourne Cup was never really on the radar and albeit she absolutely bolted in the Cox Plate and looked super impressive, but the Melbourne Cup, (it was) an afterthought, (and) probably doesn't really add up.
"We know how afterthoughts can work out and generally not that well, so hopefully we will be taking aim at the TAB Champions Stakes next week."
Cox said Via Sistina was due to make her way back to Waller's Flemington stable to prepare for the TAB Champions Stakes having spent time at Mount Macedon following the Cox Plate.