Interlinked will have to concede weight to his fellow three-year-olds over 2000m at Flemington on Saturday as the unbeaten son of Savabeel aims to make it three wins from three starts.
Trained by Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young , the OTI racing gelding is certainly bred to stay and proved too strong when beating the older horses at Caulfield in a benchmark 64 over 1600m at just his second outing.
"Got to carry a bit of weight, there's not too many horses that go from a maiden and win a 64 against older horses, it's always hard to do, he did that, narrowly but impressively," co-trainer Trent Busuttin said.
The stable has opted to keep recently graduated senior jockey Thomas Stockdale aboard rather than claim, meaning Interlinked will concede between 2.5 and 5.5 kilograms to his rivals in Saturday's benchmark 70.
"He probably looks the one to beat on Saturday but he's got to carry 60 kilos, he's got the penalty for having two wins so he's got to give the others in the race a bit of weight so if he can win with 60 kilos I'd say he's a decent horse," Busuttin said.
