Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott will no doubt being thinking 'classic season' for exciting Sebring colt Sydney Blue who made up for an unlucky debut fifth when blocked for a run at Newcastle two weeks ago to charge home and win the 1400 metre juvenile maiden at Kembla on Saturday.
A touch slow to begin, he quickly mustered speed to improve to midfield and when angled to the outside at the top of the straight unwound a long sustained finishing burst to win by a length.
It was a performance that had budding stayer written all over it, as it should given he is a half-brother to Group 1 MRC Caulfield Cup winner Fawkner, a winner of over $3.8 million in prizemoney.
A $420,000 Inglis Easter purchase for his trainers from the Mill Park draft, Sydney Blue (pictured below as a yearling) runs for a big syndicate of stable clients and is the seventh winner from seven to race from stakes-winner Dane Belltar, whose other offspring also include $1.1 million earning Group 2 winner Tanby and Group 2 placed Viking Star.
