Alec Laird has an exciting prospect in the unbeaten Moutonshoek-bred Trippi colt Broadway Trip, who won the BSA Million Colts and Gelding at Scottsville on Sunday and has recouped his purchase price in just two runs.

Robbie Hill was thrilled to win the BSA Million Fillies with bargain buy Fullfillyourdream and her time over the 1400m trip compared favourably with the boys.

Broadway Trip (Candiese Marnewick)

Broadway was still green and, after jumping from a draw of 12 in a field of 13, he threw his head up once or twice when approaching the turn. However, once jockey Randall Simons had successfully slotted him in near the back he travelled nice and relaxed and was able to lope along behind a fair pace. In the straight his big stride had carried him to the front by the 150m mark and he then stretched away to win by 2,25 lengths from the Louis Goosen-trained first-timer Zen Arcade and the well regarded debut winner Silva’s Bullet.

In a race in which the weights are set by purchase price, Broadway Trip carried 58kg and was receiving 2kg from the second and third-placed horses. He was backed into 37/10 second favourite following an eye catching debut in which he ran all over the place in a 1450m event at Turffontein yet still managed to just get up in the shadow of the post.

He was bought for R300,000 at the Bloodstock South Africa National Two-Year-Old Sale last year and is owned by Peter White and Chris Gerber. He has plenty of scope and looks to be a fine prospect for the season’s classics.

Fullfillyourdream, an Oldlands Stud-bred daughter of Indigo Magic, came into Sunday’s race with just one fourth place finish over 1000m to her name and she started at odds of 36/1. Sean Veale slotted her in from a draw of six and she was relaxed in the running. She turned for home near the back and ran on resolutely to win by half-a-length from the second favourite Mind Your Business from the Duncan Howells yard. She only had to carry 54kg, but so did the second and third-placed horses, so she looks to have a promising future.

Fullfillyourdream was also bought at the BSA National Two-Year-old sale. Hill said he had really liked her at the sale and despite having no buyer clinched her for a paltry R25,000. He is owned by Gerald Kalil and her time on Sunday was only 0,34 seconds slower than Broadway Trip’s.

By David Thiselton