With wet weather in Sydney the Warwick Farm trials were shifted to the polytrack on Monday morning and five heats were won by juveniles that included two youngsters by Golden Slipper winner Stay Inside.
The Tom Charlton trained colt Lord Horatio has already been to the races once for a strong debut win at Warwick Farm on May 6 and was kept up to the mark with this tick over trial. He led all the way to win by a length and a half for Dylan Gibbons, so will be well primed the stable produce him again..
Purchased for $300,000 by O'Shea-Charlton Racing, James Bester Bloodstock and Eric Lucas from the Highgrove Stud draft at the Magic Millions yearling sale, Lord Horatio is the first winner out of the More Than Ready mare Murchinson, a half-sister to G1 Coolmore Classic winner Steps In Time.
An unraced Stay Inside colt prepared by Amanda Turner, Order of the Day was having his third trial, but first this prep and produced his best effort to date. He showed pace to lead and kicked clear to win by four and a half lengths.
An $80,000 Inglis Ready 2 Race purchase for his trainer, Order of the Day is a half-brother to Group II placed Top News and has a weanling half-sister by Sejardan to be offered at the Inglis Great Southern Weanling Sale as Lot 138.
Additional winners were: Kursaal (Standout), Seeiaye (Russian Revolution) and Light River (Pierata).
Click here for all the results at Breednet with Sale Mail and at Racing NSW with video.
