Hot prospect Blue Shadow closed out her three-year-old campaign in style with a runaway success at Te Rapa yesterday.
The daughter of Dalghar was untroubled by the outside gate in yesterday's McMillan Equine Feeds 1200 and she didn't need to find top gear to win in a canter.
"She's very good, she's special," Cambridge trainer Graeme Hughes said. "It's a bit frightening really. She's an exciting sprinter and we're looking forward to the future."
Blue Shadow finished fifth in her April debut and she then broke her maiden at Matamata before beating a tidy line-up of three-year-olds at Te Rapa last month.
Her return to the Hamilton track on Saturday produced the best performance of her fledgling career.