Poster Boy had a perfect all-to-plan tune-up for Saturday night’s Cordina Chicken Farms Chariots Of Fire, the Group 1 four-year-old sprint for $200,000.
Having saluted when first up in the TAB Multiplier 4YO Bonanza, which earned the half-brother to Yankee Rockstar and Born To Rocknoll a place in the Chariots, Poster Boy made it two-from-two this time in when he won the Sandhu Enterprises Pace at Tabcorp Park Melton on Saturday.
The Emma Stewart-trained four-year-old cleared out and won comfortably for reinsman Chris Alford, who heaped praise on the “beautiful little colt”.
“He just does what he wants too,” Alford told Trots Vision. “Clayton (Tonkin) wanted him to have a bit of a blowout the last 400 and he felt really good.”
Poster Boy saluted by 12m from San Domino off a 55.6-second final 800m, taking his stakes won to $551,390 for owner-breeders Anne and Bill Anderson of Lauriston Bloodstock.
Alford said the Somebeachsomewhere entire had great versatility, which should stand him in good stead Saturday night at Tabcorp Park Menangle.
“He can buzz off the gate for a 100 and then just drop the bit, and you can pull out, go again and then he will just drop the bit again,” Alford said. “He can just sprint and slow down as much as you like.”
Rackemup Tigerpie will also fly the Victorian flag in the feature, having qualified with a third placing in last week’s Paleface Adios Stakes.
Michael Stanley’s Rock N Roll Heaven four-year-old has been enlisted a $23 chance with TAB.com.au, with Poster Boy ($5.50) on the third line of betting outside polemarker Chase Auckland ($2.50) and Ignatius ($3).
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