Jason Warren has set Danger Close on a similar summer program to the one that netted him a stakes win a year ago.

The six-year-old heads to the Sandown Hillside track on Saturday for the Listed 1000m-sprint he won in 2014 at his second run back from a spell.

The sprinter goes into Saturday's Doveton Stakes off a last-start fifth in a 955m scamper at Moonee Valley on November 13, a similar race to the one he finished third in 12 months earlier.

But this time around, Warren thinks Danger Close is going to Sandown in better form.

"He's not a first-up horse but he had a really nice run there at Moonee Valley the other day and ran fifth, storming home," Warren said.

"I think the run was a better first-up run than what it was last year going into this race."

Warren said Danger Close was a hard horse to ride and needed to be ridden confidently and given the chance to settle early in a race.

"He's always well back and you think he's not going that well, but then he's got an unbelievable last 400 metres," Warren said.

"The Hillside track suits him perfectly.

"They run along down to that corner and he's trailing them, but then he can get to the outside and let go."

With Craig Newitt taking a break, Warren is looking to get Ben Melham to ride Danger Close who is one of 20 nominations for Saturday's feature race at Sandown with Tried And Tired, Pago Rock, Hard Stride and Diamond Oasis among the top rated entries.

The Leon and Troy Corstens-trained Tried And Tired hasn't raced since his unlucky midfield finish in the Winter Championship final in July.

He will carry top weight of 60kg with Danger Close on the minimum 54kg.