Elite Boy Is Growing Fast

A big letdown on debut, Big Asia may well bounce back with blinkers added

- Brian Miller

It was on April 2 that we pointed you in the direction of a youngster with obvious potential, Elite Boy. Back then, his only claim to fame was when he demolished his rivals to win his first trial on the grass at Sungai Besi.

That day, on a track rated yielding, he proved too smart, winning that hit-out by a length and a half - easing up. That day, too, he did it in a fine time of 1min 0.87sec. It turned out to be the swiftest trial of the morning.

Well, almost in copybook fashion we saw Elite Boy do it again. That latest one was at the trials run off on April 29 and here is how it all unfolded.

The opening trial of the morning saw trainer Richard Lim's Elite Boy win his hit-out rather impressively. Ridden by Uzair Sharudin and jumping from one of the middle gates in that field of nine, Elite Boy was not one of the swiftest to clear the gates.

Then again, that might have been the plan because we saw Elite Boy settle nicely into sixth spot, allowing January and Skydance Eclipse to trade blows upfront.

Approaching the home straight and Uzair still had his mount on a snug hold as he stayed widest of the lot.