The owners of promising galloper Tan Tat Sun will have the final say if he runs at Moonee Valley.

The gelding was down to run at Moonee Valley last Saturday but was scratched from the race taken out by stablemate San Nicasio.

Tan Tat Sun has been nominated for the VOBIS Gold Carat over 1200m on Saturday, a race restricted to VOBIS Gold qualified horses.

Connections will be racing for a first prize of $90,000 with another $23,000 on offer for Super VOBIS qualified horses.

Trainer Peter Moody said Tan Tat Sun is owned by Hong Kong interests and it is their intention to eventually race the gelding there.

Tan Tat Sun has had four starts and after two wet-track performances broke his maiden status when successful at Bairnsdale in August before going for a spell.

He returned from a break with victory at Kyneton on December 11, scoring by 2-1/2 lengths.

"He's owned in Hong Kong and the owners are just deciding whether they let him run here or goes," Moody said.

"He's certainly going to Hong Kong it's just whether we get one more out of him before he does."

The Gold Carat is the richest race on Saturday's restricted program and has attracted 21 nominations in the set-weights plus penalties affair with Rough Justice from the Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra stable and Tudor, a winner at Moonee Valley three runs back, at the head of the weights.

By scratching Tan Tat Sun from the Moonee Valley race last week over 1200m, Moody said waiting the extra week to run for the extra prizemoney was not something that connections had contemplated.

"I doubt that helps his rating up there," Moody said.

"I think that is something they have to check out with their trainer up there but he's going well to win this type of race."