Trainer Kris Lees says likely 'sit and sprint' tactics in the Expressway Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday may force rider James McDonald to play an aggressive hand on Le Romain.

Classy mare In Her Time and brilliant three-year-old Graff will be absent when trainer Kris Lees gives many of his autumn contenders barrier trials at Newcastle on Tuesday.

Trainer Kris Lees believes Saturday’s $1 million Railway Stakes in Perth offers Prized Icon a great opportunity to add a third Group One win to his record.

Promising stayer Magstock rocketed home with a flying finish to take out the $80,000 Kranji Stakes C race over 1600m on Sunday.

A hush fell over Kranji when noted stayer Zip A Dee Doo Dah turned in a bottler of a finish to score first-up in a sprint race, but trainer Leslie Khoo for one said he did not fall off his chair.