Winning for the first time in Australia, and at black type level to boot, Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young appear to have a live chance in next Saturday’s G1 ATC Sydney Cup (3200m) with Newlook (Fr) after the gelding won the $300,000 G2 Chairmans Quality (2600m) at Randwick.
From barrier 6, Rachel King settled the gelding just off mid-field on the rail with the Kris Lees trained Changingofthegaurd (IRE) going forward to roll along in the lead.
Having done plenty of work to go forward and sit outside the leader and stablemate, the Lees trained Age of Sail (GB) tracked Changingofthegaurd as he kicked up the tempo once again as they headed towards the home turn.
As the field cornered and headed for home, Athabascan (Fr) darted back to the inside where he looked a winning chance while the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott trained Campaldino (NZ) presented down the outside.
As Darby Racing’s Campaldino took the lead, King had come down the outside aboard Newlook, with the son of New Bay getting the upper hand with 50m to run, going on to record his first black type victory and highlight himself as a Sydney Cup contender.
Recording a back-to-back stakes double after scoring aboard Profoundly in the race prior, jockey Rachel King has kicked off the day in outstanding fashion.
“I was confident he would take good improvement from his last start, he was only second up there,” said King.
“Still probably blew out at the 50m, I thought I was going to win easy at the furlong but just got a little bit tired.”
“He’ll take good improvement again, I galloped him during the week and was confident he would run well over this distance.”
“Trent rang me yesterday blowing up that it hadn’t rained yet, I’m sure he’ll be much happier now.”
Taking his record to four wins and four placed efforts with $365,442 in earnings, the son of New Bay is the first stakes winner amongst seven winners from nine to the races out of the Hurricane Run mare Skysweeper, a half-sister to G3 winner GM Hopkins from the family of Mark Of Esteem (IRE).
Initially purchased for €90,000 at the 2022 Arqana August Yearling Sale, Newlook was then purchased for €480,000 by Best Bloodstock and Busuttin Racing at the 2024 Arqana Autumn Sale before heading to Australia.
Newlook is one of 24 stakes winners for Ballylinch Stud’s New Bay (Dubawi), the sire of three G1 winners who is standing this season at a fee of €75,000.
