One of the stars of this year’s Dubai World Cup meeting has slipped quietly into Australia in preparation for the $A3m Tatts Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley in October.

Musir, a runaway winner of the Group 2 UAE Derby (2000m) on 28 March, has returned to his place of birth for a tilt at the nation's weight-for-age championship.

A four-year-old son of Redoute's Choice and $900,000 Inglis yearling sale graduate, Musir is unbeaten in 2010 and has suffered just one defeat in six starts.

Joining him on the trip is stablemate Raihana who posted an impressive second in the UAE Derby and boasts three wins and two minors from six starts.

Both horses have been transferred from leading South African trainer Mike De Kock to Sydney trainer David Payne by owner Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Maktoum.

“Musir looks very special and I'm delighted to be given the opportunity to train both horses for Sheik Khalifa,” Payne, an ex-pat South African, said.

“They got of quarantine yesterday and will spend a couple of weeks on a farm stretching their legs before we get them into work in preparation for the spring.

“The Cox Plate is the target for Musir and we'll kick off his campaign here in Sydney and probably look at a race like the George Main.”

Payne suggested that Raihana will be set for the fillies and mares' features over the Spring Racing Carnival with a race like the Group 1 Myer Classic (1600m) at Flemington on Derby Day a possible option.