The spring carnival build-up continues at Warwick Farm with a host of stakes performers to step out in barrier trials.

Group One winner Terravista is among several high-profile sprinters having a hit-out on Friday for trainer Joe Pride, along with Ball Of Muscle and Craftiness.

The trio is expected to resume in the coming weeks with Terravista earmarked for a return in The Shorts at Randwick on September 19.

Queensland Oaks winner Winx and her Chris Waller-trained stablemate Ballet Suite will move a step closer to their respective returns when they line up in separate trials.

The Gai Waterhouse-trained Bonfire will also make his first public appearance since his Grafton Cup victory in July and holds spring nominations for the Metropolitan and Caulfield Cup.

The trial session will usher in an intriguing weekend of racing, headlined by the first Group One race of the season in Melbourne.

The Memsie Stakes has attracted a full field of 16 runners, seven of them Group One winners including kiwi raider Volkstok'n'barrell and his former stablemate Rising Romance, a new acquisition for David Hayes and Tom Dabernig.

Sydney will host the Group Two Run To The Rose with San Domenico Stakes winner Japonisme the early favourite, ahead of Godolphin's Exosphere.