Proximate Cause will meet Vaporizing on 2.5 kilograms better terms than when he was narrowly defeated in an upset result at Cluden on March 9 when they clash again in the Benchmark 70 Handicap over 1000 metres.
Vaporizing carried 54.5kg to Proximate Cause's 57.5kg last time out and grabbed Proximate Cause close to the line.
Vaporizing has been allotted 58kg and Proximate Cause 57.5kg for Friday's contest.
"There were circumstances for his defeat last time but I wasn't overly disappointed," Dickson said.
"Both horses jumped awkwardly and then my bloke over-raced in the middle stages and laid out in the closing stages.
"My jockey Nathan Thomas was held up a bit behind the leader Dawn Too Good in the small field of four but got to the front in time in the run home.
"The weight difference told in the final few strides.
"Proximate Cause has worked well since and Nathan will ride him again.
"A bit will depend on the size of the field and barrier draw but I'm happy with his general condition and Nathan might ride him a little more forward depending on whether Dawn Too Good goes to the front again.
"We'll just wait and see how the race pans out but I'm pretty confident we can get back into the winner's stall."
Dawn Too Good's trainer Bill Kenning said his charge had pulled up well after his first-up run but may find the impost of 60kg the steadier over the final stages on Friday.
Kenning, who trained his 12th winner of the season at Cluden last week with Shepherd Of Fire, said his winning pair of two-year-olds Beau Rain and Roweiner's Dance would race again in a couple of weeks.
Beau Rain is a winner of his first three starts before a second at Mackay two weeks ago.
"He's been bucking and squealing in the paddock we've got here and it's all systems go with both horses heading towards the Northern Classic feature in June," Kenning said.
Kenning was among North Queensland buyers at this week's Magic Millions QTIS March yearling sale, paying $36,000 for a Cosmic Force colt.
"He's a nice type and gives the indication he will make an early two-year-old," Kenning said.
