Seeiaye thrust himself into the frame for the lucrative $3m Magic Millions 2YO Classic with a commanding debut performance at Newcastle on Saturday.
The Peter Snowden-trained colt, part-owned by tennis star Nick Kyrgios, dominated from out in front and showed a strong kick to score in the Max Lees Classic (900m).
It saw him pay off his modest $65,000 price tag in an instant with the son of Russian Revolution picked up at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale earlier this year.
A trip back to the Gold Coast early next year is now firmly on the agenda.
“He is a Magic Millions horse so that will certainly be in our mind with what we do from now on,” Snowden said.
“Whether we give him another run or a freshen up, we just see.
“We will wait until next week and make a call what we do.”
Snowden had been wary of Seeiaye’s tendencies to misbehave as he is still a colt but the two-year-old put in a professional display.
He looked the part in a pair of trials in the lead-up to his debut and jumped as a $4.20 favourite in his debut assignment.
“He is a really nice horse,” Snowden said.
“He wasn’t too bad today, better than he has been.
“You would love to keep this horse a colt but you know deep down it’s not going to work.
“Now that this has happened it might be a harder argument.”
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Jockey Josh Parr made the most of the inside draw when finding the front in the 900m scamper.
Seeiaye had $151 bolter Final Gift to his outside in the run but Parr was able to control the opener with ease.
Seeiaye kicked clear at the top of the straight and scored by 1¾ lengths from the Michael Freedman-trained Mystical ($4.80) with Kris Lees’ Pomelo Chamomile ($9) a further three quarters of a length away in third.
“He made good use of barrier one,” Parr said.
“He showed nice speed to lead and then was quite happy and comfortable to travel from then on.
“A let him loose and he got to a really good speed and the last section of the race he was switching off as we got to the big screen and that kind of thing.
“I was just hoping nothing was jumping out of the ground at us but he is a lovely horse.”
Josh Parr keeps Seeiaye’s mind on the job in the Max Lees Classic at Newcastle. Picture: Getty Images
Snowden left it up to Parr to determine how he rode Seeiaye after the colt revelled in his frontrunning role.
“He was a touch slow to jump but natural pace took him right through to where he wanted to be,” Snowden said.
“I left it open to Josh whether he led or sat off them.
“For him to lead like that he must have been confident he was going nice and easy and never moved on him to the 300m mark and gave another kick again.
“It was good to see.”
Seeiaye might not be the only horse bound for the Gold Coast.
Runner-up Mystical was an eye-catcher when doing her best work late from a midfield position in running.
“She’s still a work in progress,” jockey Tommy Berry said.
“A bit slow away and then at the top of the straight when I started to ease her out she wanted to overdo, half shied when one moved up outside her but then I loved the way she started to open up the last 100m.
“She’s a Magic Millions horse so the race at Wyong over 1100m in December will be perfect for her.”