The only Australasian race day representative of the former Windsor Park Stud
shuttle stallion to date, Just You showed he had taken no harm from a chequered
run at his previous start with success in the Stella Artois 2YO at Otaki on
Tuesday.Just You finished runner-up to the Listed Karaka Million prospect Caorunn on debut before he went to Trentham where he was checked out of contention 600 metres from home by a fallen runner.
He showed his confidence hadn't been dented by that experience when he raced kindly between runners and clearly proved superior when he was in the clear to beat Itz My One by a decent margin.
"He jumped well today and went forward before we had to ease and he came back to me," winning rider Darryl Bradley said.
"He got in among them, which was good after Wellington, and he travelled into it nicely. He will learn a lot and he had a good look around, but he got away from them well."
Just You was purchased for $60,000 out of Little Avondale Stud's Select draft by his Awapuni trainer Lisa Latta at Karaka earlier this year on behalf of strong stable supporters Kamada Bloodstock.
Although he is from the family of the former champion juvenile and Karaka Million winner Ruud Awakening, Just You is viewed by his connections as more of a three-year-old type and he isn't eligible for the 2016 edition of New Zealand's richest race. – NZ Racing Desk.
