Trainer Bruce Watkins expects a fast pace to help River Beau storm home hard in the Furphy-Listed Crawford Stakes (1000m) at Ascot on Saturday.

Promising sprinter River Beau will target Group 3 races and bypass the Belmont winter season, according to trainer Bruce Watkins.

Speedy WA galloper Grand Jardin will aim for back to back feature races when he lines up in the Saturday's $100,000 Listed Schweppes-Summer Scorcher (1000m) at Ascot.

Champion sire Redoute's Choice posted his 68th individual stakeswinner when Grand Jardin won the $80,000 R.S. Crawford Stakes at Ascot in Perth.

Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Gerald Mosse has landed on the back of two Bruce Watkins-trained gallopers in Perth's International Jockey Challenge.