He was 3rd in his debut (would have won that if he'd run straight), then he easily won a maiden race in early December. The Championship Stakes was his 3rd start, 2nd win.
He's by High Chaparral, like about half of the good horses in NZ and Australia are at the moment!
His part-owner has been racing horses for 25 years, and this was his first stakes win.
Hidden Asset is now 3rd favourite in the Derby at 7-1. He's Remarkable and Lion Tamer are still ahead of him.
He's Remarkable ran really well in his race as well. It was way too short for him. He was more than 10 lengths behind the leaders at the turn, and he finished 5th, 4.1 lengths behind the winner.
So even though he didn't win, he was very impressive. In fact, his Derby odds went down from 4-1 to 3-1 after the race.
01-03-2011, 12:59 AM
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