A new Group One race on the Australian calendar may have come at an opportune time for Lindsay Park filly Rimraam.

Potential Adelaide Cup runner Fanatic will put her credentials on the line in the Listed Roy Higgins Quality (2600m) at Flemington on Saturday.

Champion mare Winx worked in front of media at Rosehill Gardens on Thursday morning in final preparation for the first race of her new campaign, the $600,000, Group 1 WFA TAB Chipping Norton Stakes (1600m) at Randwick on Saturday.