He is unbeaten. He wins in fast time. And he just may be the next star of the turf out of the stables of trainer John Hawkes and his sons.

Making it three victories from as many starts with a combined winning margin of 20 lengths, Deep Field returned to racing where he left off in the Hyland Race Colours Handicap (1100m) at Canterbury on Wednesday.

Deep Fields posted 1min03.04secs to clip one hundredth of a second from a track record that has stood for 11 years as he raced away from his opposition.

Before learning Deep Fields had posted record figures, Michael Hawkes said his father instructed jockey James McDonald to make sure the entire was ridden for maximum effort.

"I know everyone expected it today but they have got to come out and do it," Hawkes said.

"He's a colt and you want him to keep his mind on the job. Regardless of whether he ran a track record or not it's more about him hitting the line like he did.

"You can't do much more and you really can't say too much more.

"He's a really nice colt and we are very glad to have him. Don't worry about that."

Bookmakers will be hard-pressed to field on a Sydney race for the rest of the season with a shorter priced favourite in it than Deep Field. That is unless the horse in question turns up in a similar midweek offering.

But given Deep Field is entered for the Darley Classic, the premier Group One sprint during the Melbourne Cup carnival, his days of restricted-class racing would appear to be numbered.

Deep Field was sent out at $1.05 on Wednesday and nothing could get within 5-1/2 lengths of him, leaving McDonald to marvel at his deception across the ground.

"He was just coasting," McDonald said. "He had his ears pricked the whole way. In his trial he raced quite fiercely but today he wanted to relax for the first half which was fantastic.

"He's a very good horse."