Top Prospect, who is currently side-lined by a hamstring issue, is unbeaten in his last three starts including a victory in last month's Listed Trevor Eagle Memorial and now Swissta has completed his hat-trick of wins.
The son of Swiss Ace finished determinedly to claim top honours in Sunday's
Group II Jamieson Park Great Northern Guineas over 1600 metres at Ellerslie."He'd beaten the older horses at his last start and the horse he beat (Courtmaster) came out and just got beaten after that so I was pretty confident," Collett said.
"He can sit on the speed and relax."
Swissta did just that and raced on the leader's quarters to the turn before knuckling down to get the better of a gallant Tiptronic and Jon Snow boxed on well for third.
"He's a horse that we bought at the Festival Sale at Karaka as a Karaka Million type and he showed a bit as a late two-year-old, but he is a long-striding horse," said Collett, who has no immediate plans for the gelding.
"Not sure
yet, we'll get home and have a think about it."
Swissta continued a grand Christmas carnival at Ellerslie for Collett's daughter Alysha, who rode her first Group One winner on Boxing Day aboard Consensus in the Zabeel Classic.
She said she hadn't planned to have Swissta so close to the pace, but a lack of early speed forced her hand.
"I didn't want to sit outside the leader, but there was no pace on. He settled well and kept finding."
Swissta continued a grand Christmas carnival at Ellerslie for Collett's daughter Alysha, who rode her first Group One winner on Boxing Day aboard Consensus in the Zabeel Classic.
She said she hadn't planned to have Swissta so close to the pace, but a lack of early speed forced her hand.
"I didn't want to sit outside the leader, but there was no pace on. He settled well and kept finding."
Bred by Gerry Harvey, Swissta was a $24,000 NZB Festival Sale purchase from the Westbury Stud draft and is the first winner for Sydney metro winning General Nediym mare Sacrista, a grand-daughter of stakes-winner The Cloisters.
He is the seventh stakes-winner for Swiss Ace, who had an impressive winner at Canterbury on New Year's Eve in the Gary Portelli trained filly Improvement. - NZB RAcing Desk
