Moshe blitz at Bendigo

Undefeated sprint queen Black Caviar's younger brother, Moshe, enhanced the family reputation with an eye-catching debut win at Bendigo yesterday.

Bendigo is the self-styled "Nursery Of Champions", and Moshe won in the manner of another star of the turf.

Jockey Dwayne Dunn said Moshe ($1.75 fav) was "going somewhere for sure" after he won the 1000m maiden by six lengths, clocking 56.95sec, just outside the course record 56.04, set by Little Pearler in 1999. The track was rated a Dead 4 but upgraded to a Good 3 after the race.

"Today was always about an easy kill, a stepping stone for the future," Dunn said.

"He bombed the start a little, as his sister can. In the straight he extended to show what he's got."

Moshe attracted considerable media attention as the brother of Australian racing's latest star, Black Caviar, who stretched her winning sequence to eight in an awesome display in Saturday's Group 1 Patinack Farm Classic.

Often full relations of champions are flops on the track, but Moshe seems set to break the mould.

A $75,000 yearling, three-year-old Moshe is an entire, so his value will soar if he can graduate to Group class.

The colt was selected at the Melbourne Inglis Premier sales by Hall Of Fame jockey and part-owner Roy Higgins and trainer John Hawkes.

Co-trainer Wayne Hawkes said Moshe was a late developer.

"He's a nice horse who has always shown ability. The owners have been very patient," he said.

"With all the hoo-ha about him, it was good he won."

Hawkes said Moshe would be taken through his grades.

"You don't know how good the opposition was. We'll see how he pulls up, then look to bring him to town," he said.

Bendigo has been the starting point of many great racing careers.

In the modern era Group 1 winners Bletchingly, Salamander, Star Of The Realm and Hollow Bullet began their careers with victories on debut at Bendigo.

Better Loosen Up, Hyperno and Grand Archway won their first races at Bendigo.

Story: Herald Sun

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