Eye See Double is flying!

22 January 2018 | Graham Fischer
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Flying filly Eye See Double set the standard for two-year-olds in South Australia with an impressive debut win at Globe Derby Park on Monday, January 22.

Backed from $2.80 to start $1.80 favourite, Eye See Double led throughout to win the Trotsguide.Com.Au Kindergarten Stakes Prelude (1800m) by 1-1/2 metres from Eastbro Jesse ($4.50) with Crowded Reactor ($6.30), 29 metres away third.

Trained in Mount Gambier by Alyce Finnis, and driven by her husband Jason, Eye See Double rated a fast 1:58.9 compared with the 2:02.7 recorded by Pinkie Promise in the first Kindergarten Prelude a week earlier.

Jayson Finnis said the gelding had cost $26,000 at the Melbourne Sales last year.

“He spent his early education in Adelaide with Bronte Giorgio before coming home to us,” Finnis said.

“Bronte said from the time he started working him along he was a true professional and that is certainly the case.

“He has a will-to-win, or race courage as Bronte calls it, and showed it today when the runner-up challenged us turning for home.”

Finnis said the gelding would return to Mount Gambier and not race again until the $15,000 Kindergarten Stakes (1800m) at the Gawler at Globe Derby Park meeting on Saturday, February 10.

“We don’t want to push him too hard too early but are excited about his potential.”

By American Ideal out of Zoeyzoey, the filly is a half-sister to the talented three-year-old Seeuinnashville and Zoeys Boy along with the current SA pacer Ramirez.

Finnis said there was a lot of new owners in the group which owned See You Double.

“We have worked hard to try to bring new people into our sport and a few of them made the trip from Mount Gambier to see the gelding win so it has been a great day for them.”

 

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