Easy in the market when sent off at odds of $10, he had no trouble beating his
stablemate and short priced favourite Penang, a daughter of I Am Invincible also
having her first start.Californiadeepshot was allowed to find his feet by Adrian Layt and found himself back to last at one stage, but produced a sustained finishing burst that carried him straight past the leaders to win by more than a length in a sizzling 55.84 seconds.
"He doesn't really know what he's doing yet," said Adrian Layt.
"To run that time on debut… he's an exciting horse."
His sire Deep Field was no stranger to breaking records, so it's not surprising to see this apple has not fallen far from the tree.
A $260,000 Inglis Easter purchase for Asian Bloodstock Services from the Coolmore draft, Californiadeepshot runs for Hong Kong based owner Howard Liang and is a half-brother to Group I placed Reemah from former brilliant Group II winning Testa Rossa mare Vormista.
Californiadeepshot is the 24th first crop winner for Deep Field and is his third this season.
Deep Field stands at Newgate Farm at a fee of $44,000 this spring and is fully booked.
