A previously unraced three-year-old made an ultra-impressive winning debut at Kyneton races on Thursday.
Bit Of Shoosh ran in a 1454 metre 3-Y-O Maiden Plate, starting an extremely short priced favourite at odds of 4/6.
The Shamus Award x Quietly gelding was a $50,000 purchase, and is in the strong Lindsay Park/Hayes stable.
Reports about Bit Of Shoosh’s ability were rife, and champion jockey Jamie Melham (formerly Jamie Kah until she married fellow jockey Ben Melham in January) came to Kyneton for the lone ride.
The hot favourite struck plenty of trouble, being slowly away, then severely handicapped by a wayward horse, forced to race four wide and then taken around the field.
Bit Of Shoosh dashed clear in the straight to win by 5.5 lengths from local hope Vagabond Hero, from the Liam Howley stable.
Vagabound Hero was also having his first race start.
REMEMBER SCHILLACI?
The performance by Bit Of Shoosh brought back memories of a big grey galloper having his first start in a Kyneton Maiden over 1100 metres on October 22, 1991.
This was the Lee Freedman-trained Schillaci, who beat Mavournae who was also a speedster.
Schillaci became a champion sprinter, winning 16 of his 36 starts and earning $2,319,128 in prize money.
Plenty will watch how Bit Of Shoosh progresses.
