Melbourne Cup favourite Deauville Legend is about to start his journey to Australia, with trainer James Ferguson confirming the progressive three-year-old will soon enter quarantine ahead of his tilt at the ‘race that stops the nation’.

He advertised his staying credentials when landing the Bahrain Trophy over one mile and five furlongs during Newmarket’s July Festival and produced a career best to strike in the Group 2 Great Voltigeur Stakes at York last month.