The
Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable have a high opinion of three year-old So You
Think gelding Northwest Passage, who made it two wins in as many starts when
saluting at Canterbury on Friday evening.
An easy debut winner at Hawkesbury over 1300 metres last month, Northwest
Passage was stepped straight up in distance to 1900 metres for his second start
and showed real staying potential when scoring a tenacious win.
He led throughout for Adam Hyeronimus and found the line strongly to win by a
neck.
"He's very tough to do that at his second start," said Adam Hyeronimus.
"From the time he first came into the stable he's been a work in progress and
now he's ready to go on with it.
"He has class on his side."
Stable representative Emma Pearce was also full of praise for Northwest
Passage.
"We think this guy is going places!" she said.
Bred by Morning Rise Stud, Northwest Passage passed in at the Inglis Australian
Easter Yearling Sale when offered by Newgate Farm and is the second winner for
Group II placed Danevade, a sibling to Group II winner Shania Dane, HK Classic
Mile Winner Scintillation and stakes-winner Risk Aversion.
A ten-time Group I winner by High Chaparral (IRE), So You Think has made a strong start to his stud career siring Group I NZ One
Thousand Guineas winner La Diosa and Australian stakes horses Inference, So Si
Bon, Smart As You Think and Kaching.
He has 21 yearlings for Magic Millions for Magic Millions next year.