Australian superstar Black Caviar could be tested by the outstanding Singapore sprinter Rocket Man in November’s Patinack Farm Classic.

The Melbourne Cup Carnival will go ahead as planned after it was announced horseracing will resume in Victoria this Saturday despite the possible spread of the equine influenza virus elsewhere in Australia.

Emirates Melbourne Cup favourites Tawqeet and Yeats have had their prospects of winning the Group One at Flemington on Tuesday enhanced by drawing favourably at Saturday’s ceremony.