Ridden by Nick Souquet, Equal Justice made a one act affair of the $15,000 Maiden (900m) to win by 4½-lengths.

Equal Justice was trained at Warwick Farm by Matthew Smith before joining the Aldridge stable in September.

“It was a nice debut”, Aldridge said.

“He looks to be a progressive sort of horse and he is set for an exciting campaign.

“I thought he was struggling a bit when they were turning for home but, once they straightened and Nick gave him a cut with the whip, he really let down with an explosive sprint.

“He really found the line and, hopefully, he can handle the step-up to 1200 or even 1400 metres later on.”

Equal Justice ($7) showed plenty of early dash and was sitting third turning for home.

Souquet waited until the 200-metre mark before releasing the brakes. Equal Justice streaked away to easily defeat Alice From Albury ($13) and Wealthy Elsie ($18).

The four-year-old had only been seen publicly once before — he won a trail at Hawkesbury in December, a year ago.

“After he won that Hawkesbury trial, he and was sold to Hong Kong,” Aldridge said.

“The sale fell through when he didn’t make the height restriction and was put on the market again.

“I found some clients to buy him and I’ve only had the horse about three months.

“He went shin sore when we first got him so I tipped him out.

“We put him back in work and he had one jump-out at Wodonga where I was happy with his run.

“So I thought he was some chance on Saturday but I certainly didn’t expect him to win that easily.”

The Albury Racing Club attracted another bumper crowd with almost 1500 people flocking to the course for the second of its Christmas meetings.

The club will stage its next meeting on Saturday, January 17.