Albury trainer Mitch Beer admitted he will have some excited, albeit disappointed, owners after the debut victory of Blue Jean Baby at Wagga on Thursday.
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Blue Jean Baby ($71) powered to the line to take out the $30,000 Bowyerair Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Showcase 3YO Maiden (1200m).
It was a big effort on debut by the daughter of Ferlax, who was purchased by Beer for $5000 from the New Zealand Ready To Run Sale.
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Beer has a lot of time for the filly but admitted the win on debut caught him by surprise.
"To be honest, it did. She trialled here and had a quiet trial but I thought she was a bit disappointing," Beer said.
"So I took her to Berrigan on Saturday and she had a trial, which she won, but it's hard to get too excited about a trial at Berrigan.
"I expected her to be flying home and running an encouraging third or fourth, beaten three lengths and be ready to win at her next start so I'm going to have some excited, slash, disappointed owners."
Among the ownership is Wagga men Jordan Ryder and Paul Bittar.
Blue Jean Baby, was ridden by Troy Baker. She scored by a long head from fellow debutant Blitzar ($4.00) with the highly-spruiked favourite Dalaalaat ($1.45) a further two lengths back in third.
It was a strong day for Border and North East trainers, winning half of the eight races.
Wodonga's Peter Maher claimed the Benchmark 58 (1000m) with Flying Cyril.
The six-year-old ($8) edged out fellow Wodonga trainer John Rooney's Murrawee ($31).
Albury's Donna Scott saluted with Supplyzing ($21) in the next event over 1200m.
It continued Albury jockey Brodie Loy's strong comeback after a lengthy suspension.
Loy grabbed his first win at Moruya earlier this month and followed that with doubles at Albury and Berrigan, last Saturday.
Supplyzing has won four of 21 starts, racking up almost $77,000 in prizemoney.
Wodonga trainer Craig Widdison finished third with Shehroz ($21).
And Wangaratta's Andrew Dale completed the hat-trick of the final three races when Destination Rocks ($6.50) dead heated with Truth Be Written ($61).
The four-year-old started from barrier six, while the Mont Waters-trained gelding went from barrier 12.
