Well bred filly Safe Passage (Snitzel) impressed on debut when winning the Tokoroa Cosmopolitan Club & Trees Tavern (1200m) at Matamata on Wednesday for trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman.
Raced by James Chapman’s Jamieson Park, Safe Passage commenced well and sat outside stablemate Oneroa before careering away rounding the home turn and went on to record a comfortable 3.8 length victory over Autobahn, which closed well late.
“It was a good win. She is a promising filly,” Baker said. “She is nominated for the Manawatu Sires’ (Gr.1, 1400m) so we will see how she comes through this and assess where we go next.”
A daughter of Snitzel, Safe Passage is out of a Deep Impact half-sister to Grade One winner The Deputy and champion Japanese sire King Kamehameha and fetched $380,000 to the bid of bloodstock agent Bruce Perry and Jamieson Park at last year’s Sydney Easter Sale.
Meanwhile, Baker reported that The Chosen One (NZ) (Savabeel) had an excuse for his disappointing start to his Sydney campaign when trailing the field home in the Listed Randwick City Stakes (2000m)
“He hit the running rail at the 1600m and went off stride and never fired after that, so we will just have to see how he goes next time,” Baker said.
