Two Year Old Racing Returns to Sydney

The fields are out for the Listed ATC Breeders Plate and Gimcrack Stakes at Randwick this Saturday with some smart colts and fillies set to do battle for the first time and Arrowfield Stud providing the early favourites in both races.

A dominant five length winner at the official Randwick trials last week, the Team Hawkes trained Sooboog will start from gate seven with James McDonald on board.

A full brother to Group I winner Snitzerland, Sooboog fetched $1.5 million for Arrowfield Stud when purchased at Inglis Easter by Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa.

By Snitzel from Monte Rosa, Sooboog set a new record high for a yearling by his sire, which was previously held at $1million by the now three year-old Wandjina, who flopped badly in this race last year.

He finished midfield as favourite behind Law and has since won a race at Warwick Farm and finished fourth in several stakes races including the Group III MRC Guineas Prelude at Caulfield last Sunday.

Wandjina must have pleased Gai Waterhouse since as he is an acceptor for a Listed race at Flemington on Saturday over 1400 metres.

Nine fillies have accepted for the Gimcrack with Prevail, a Gai Waterhouse trained daughter of Redoute's Choice, sure to be well fancied following her stylish trial win at Randwick last week.

A $500,000 Magic Millions purchase for James Harron Bloodstock from the Arrowfield draft, Prevail runs for Dr Edmund and Belinda Bateman, who interestingly bred and sold another runner in this race in Themis.