Trained by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, Rockin' Ruga was fourth on debut when slowly away on January 5, but made no such mistakes this time around.
He led from the jump and kept going to the line to win by a short neck over his
paternal siblings Condor and Californiafirebird."Dynamic Syndications are great supporters of the stable so it's nice to get a good result for them," said Adrian Bott.
"He knuckled down strong late to get the win and he'll continue to improve. We'll just look to take him through his grades."
A $125,000 Inglis Easter purchase from the Amarina Farm draft for Dynamic Syndications / Dean Watt Bloodstock (FBAA) / Gai Waterhouse Racing, Rockin' Ruga was foaled and raised at Coolmore and is the third winner from three foals to race from Sevruga, a winning Encosta de Lago half-sister to Group winners Langoustine and One World.
Sevruga is a daughter of celebrated producer Prawn Cocktail (USA), a half-sister to champion sire Royal Academy from the family of legendary sire Storm Cat.
She produced a filly by Vancouver last spring and is now back in foal to the Golden Slipper winner.
