Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young were quick to make an impact at Sandown on Wednesday, taking out the first two races on the card with a couple of promising gallopers.
Well-bred three-year-old filly Rocking The Boat (NZ) (Ocean Park) saluted in tenacious fashion on debut in the opening event, settling off the pace and then fighting right to the line under Luke Currie’s riding after she hit the front early in the home straight.
Young was impressed with the professionalism that Rocking The Boat showed at her first trip to the races.
“I actually thought she’d be a little bit green around the corner, from what she’d shown us at home, and she was just an absolute gem today,” Young said.
“She copped the pressure; she’s going to be a really nice filly going forward.”
Young suggested that a return trip to Sandown is on the agenda for Rocking The Boat before connections then aim for greater heights.
“Being an Ocean Park, I definitely think she’s going to be a little bit better over a little bit further,” she said.
“I think there’s a race here in a couple of weeks over 1500m, a Class 1. You’d probably, maybe, come back and knock off a light one and then get her into Flemington or Caulfield, try to get her up through the grades and try to find those nice fillies races going forward.”
The Cranbourne-based stable then went on to bring up a double in the following race with the recently gelded Warlords (Saxon Warrior), who controlled proceedings under Blake Shinn and then repelled the challenge of Sparkling to prevail.
