Colvin was still optimistic a slot holder may snap up the four-year-old gelding for the world's richest race for country horses at Randwick on October 16.

But a sixth placing in an eight-horse field in the $50,000 Benchmark 72 Handicap (1250m)at Kensington last Wednesday, where he was forced to settle back in the field from a wide gate on a course which generally favours on-pacers, forced a re-think.

The effort was stronger than it appears, with Another One clocking some of the best splits of the race late.

That only enhanced Colvin's belief Another One is ready to step up to middle distance races after forging a strong start to his career over distances from 1200m to 1400m.

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He has won four times in ten career starts, including a second in this year's Country Championship.

Colvin said he would return to Kensington for a mid-week assignment later this month.

"He needs to go over ground now. I was trying to get him into the Kosciuszko, but really he just needs ground," Colvin said.

"I've bitten the bullet now. He'll most likely go back to the Kensington track on October 20 for a Benchmark 72 over 1550m, and I think the horse will get 2000m."

Colvin said the race pattern last Wednesday gave Another One no chance of building on a first-up third in the Ian Reid Sprint at Wagga.

"I was trying to stuff around and keep him fresh, but he just got back. I think he ran the second-fastest last 600, it was a lot better on paper then it looked," he said.

"He might look at a couple of Highways, but it depends what he does. There's a Country Cup over 2000m at Randwick on November 6 and we might head that way. We'll probably aim for that."

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