Halvorsen looking to set new record in time-honoured Flemington summer feature.

Red Can Man is having his third crack at the G1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) at Ascot on Saturday and jockey Shaun McGruddy firmly believes the six-year-old has his best chance of winning it.

Ascot trainer Mitchell Pateman concedes the barrier has added another layer of difficulty for This’ll Testya to win the G3 Colonel Reeves Stakes (1100m) at Ascot on Saturda

He may have produced an underwhelming first-up performance at Northam and lost his regular jockey, but Indian Pacific still has a fighting chance in tomorrow’s PKF-Roma Cup (1200m) at Belmont, according to trainer Neville Parnham.

Fresh from winning both feature races on the Easter long weekend a fortnight ago, jockey Brad Parnham has this weekend’s blacktype races firmly in his sights.