By Alan Carasso
Ultra Thoroughbreds' Addictive Nature (Aus) (Savabeel {Aus}), whose NZ$775,000 pricetag was the joint third-highest at the 2016 New Zealand Bloodstock Premier Yearling Sale, validated $2.50 (3-2) favouritism to open his account at first asking Wednesday afternoon at Warwick Farm.
The Bjorn Baker-trained juvenile, winner of barrier trials at Rosehill (video) and Randwick (video), was a bit reluctant to load, but jumped neatly and put himself into the thick of the early battle beneath jockey Tim Clark. On the bridle throughout, the bay raced in the two path in a line of four off the home corner, kicked nicely when asked for an effort entering the final furlong and came away to defeat chief market rival Gold Standard (Aus) (Sebring {Aus}) by 1 1/4 lengths (video). Godolphin's Schubert (Aus) (Lonhro {Aus}), a winner at Newcastle June 27, was third. The final time of 1:03.66 broke a 13-year-old class record
“He has shown us a lot so it's nice to see him put them away today,” stable foreman Jack Bruce told Racing NSW. “We have been waiting a good year for that since we've had him. He is a real good looker and he has got the manners to match which I think is very important for a colt. He takes everything in his stride and even today before the race, how he handled everything, was very impressive.”
Addictive Nature, by the sire who supplied the second-, third- and fourth-top lots at Karaka 18 months ago, was bred by and consigned to the Premier Sale by Little Avondale Stud and is a full-brother to Savvy Nature (NZ), winner of the G2 Moonee Valley Vase (2000m) and third in the G1 Spring Champion S. (2000m). The dam of a soon-to-be 2-year-old filly by Sebring (Aus), Generous Nature (Aus) (Carnegie {Ire}) missed to Little Avondale's Per Incanto in 2016 and was most recently returned to that son of Street Cry (Ire).
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