In a race of hard luck stories, the Pinjarra Classic (1300m) was a bad watch for co-trainers Grant and Alana Williams and backers of Red Fifty Three two weeks back.

There is no knock on Numerian since he arrived in Perth, but Rob Archibald says the eight-year-old will need to be at his top to win the Group 2 Ted Van Heemst Stakes (2100m) at Ascot on Saturday.

Jockey Steven Parnham couldn’t disguise his disappointment when Zipaway came up with barrier 14 in Saturday’s Group 1 Northerly Stakes (1800m) at Ascot.

Victorian visitor looking to pull off seldom-achieved feat in Perth feature.

Notorious One has not won a race in 658 days, but co-trainer Chris Gangemi believes the seven-year-old can go close to breaking the drought at Belmont on Saturday.