Detonator Jack will bank more than $1.7 million in two starts if he can win The Ingham.

Beaten last-start favourite Big Parade will get a chance to rebound in Brisbane.

Two years after finishing second in the first running of The Gong, Quackerjack is back for another shot.

Consistent performer Looks Like Elvis will chase an overdue win at Hawkesbury.

Reigning Hawkesbury premiership winner Mark Newnham returns there on Thursday as he plots a feature summer path with rehabilitated six-year-old Quackerjack.