Flying Stay Inside filly Blue Door has been second at both of her starts this spring including a brave effort when chasing home Guest House in a course record breaking Group III ATC San Domenico Stakes and she franked that form at Rosehill on Saturday.
Sent off a hot favourite for the Group III ATC Heritage Stakes (1100m) with Nash Rawiller to ride, the Bjorn Baker trained Blue Door was spectacular in leading throughout and kicking clear for an easy two length win.
She always looked the winner and was much too good for I Am Invincible fill Ciaron’s Star, who ran well at her first run back from a spell.
Nash Rawiller was having his first race day sit on the filly and was super impressed.
“She’s gifted, isn’t she! She’s just explosive,” e said.
“It’s just harnessing it, I think. She’s too quick for her own good. It’s not very often you pull up and think, gee, this reminds me of a smaller version of More Joyous. I don’t know if it’s the colours of her, or just the long action. She’s exciting.
“She travelled well. A couple of runs under her belt… she was really solid right to the line.”
A $400,000 Inglis Easter purchase from the Yarraman Park draft for Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott / Kestrel Thoroughbreds, Blue Door runs for John Singleton, who decided after the sale to send the filly to Bjorn Baker to train.
Baker would dearly love to get the filly a slot for $20million The Everest next month.
Bred by US breeder Craig Bernick under his Armitage Australia banner, she was foaled and raised at Yarraman Park. Blue Door is well named given she is from blueblood Pierro mare Notting Hill and anyone that has seen that movie starring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant will know the significance of ‘blue door’ in that context.
Blue Door is the first stakes-winner among three winners from four foals to race from Notting Hill, who went to the USA at the start of her stud career before returning to Australia in 2020.
From the first crop of foals by Golden Slipper winner Pierro, Notting Hill made $1.4million as a yearling at Magic Millions and won two minor races. She came with a massive pedigree being from G2 placed Monsoon Wedding, a full sister to champion sire Redoute’s Choice, Group I winner Platinum Scissors and half-sister to Group I winning sire Manhattan Rain.
Notting Hill has a yearling colt by I Am Invincible and has foaled this spring producing a filly by Too Darn Hot (GB).
Blue Door is the first stakes-winner of the new season for Newgate Farm’s Golden Slipper winning sire Stay Inside, who stands at a fee of $66,000 this spring.
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