Alongside his experienced duo Virgilio and Genoveffa is unraced soon-to-be three-year-old Don Luigi and an unnamed almost yearling Seamus Award filly, gaining her early education into racing.

All four are from the same dam Witches Hat, as part of a breeding line Parker and owner Albert Nocera are hoping to have continued success with.

"It's unusual to have four from the same mother, it's pretty special," Parker said.

"Albert's been a great supporter and friend of mine as an owner and Witches Hat has proven to be great to breed with.

"Virgilio is an old war horse for us and Genoveffa has placed in town, so hopefully we can have some success with the young ones coming through too."

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Parker is hoping the Kembla Grange surface will dry out as much as possible for Virgilio for Thursday's meeting.

Last Saturday was a Heavy 10 where the winners were coming along the outside rail, but by Wednesday afternoon it had improved to a Soft 7.

The Snippetson gelding has six wins from 46 career starts, but all have been on Good tracks.

He was five lengths off Wandabaa and Spaceboy in a Benchmark 70 over 1100m in May, before returning when carrying a big weight to run seventh at Newcastle three weeks ago.

Virgilio takes on impressive four-year-old Matthew Smith mare Joy And Mirth and Theresa Bateup's Golly I'm Lucky, chasing three straight victories this preparation in a 1300m BM 70 on Thursday.

"He's much better on top of the ground, so if we could get to a Soft 5 I'd be happy," Parker said.

"He'd had a bit of an interrupted prep, but the last fortnight he's really come on well.

"We needed him to qualify for the conditional races when he went to Newcastle, but he's right down in the weight with the (apprentice jockey Tyler Schiller's three kilogram), it's a long time since he's got in that well."

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Virgilio had been well-supported on Wednesday, firming into $8.50 with TAB after opening as much as $23 in fixed odds markets, behind Joy And Mirth at $4.40 and Golly I'm Lucky at $4.80.

Parker is hoping Don Luigi lives up to the career of his namesake, a gelding who won at Randwick, Canterbury and twice on the Kensington track.

Don Luigi, who was also owned by Nocera, finished with 10 overall wins, ranging from 1000 to 2000m in 79 starts, the last in 2010.

"If he has half of the old Don Luigi's career then we'd be pretty happy," he said.

"He's had the one trial there at Kembla so he's coming along well."

Genoveffa, who won two of nine starts in her five-year-old season, is back in work after a spell of more than three months, as she builds up towards early spring races over a mile and beyond.

The first of seven races at Kembla Grange jumps at 1.05pm.