Marty set to party at Doomben

A strong Sunshine Coast barrier trial win has thrown three-year-old Let’s Party Marty into the spotlight as he prepares to make his debut at Doomben.

The David Vandyke-trained colt will be having his first start against a strong field of three-year-olds over 1200m on Saturday.

With the scratching of Cabeirian, Let’s Party Marty has got a run as the first emergency.

Let’s Party Marty won a trial at the Sunshine Coast on August 1 the same day his Group One-winning stablemate Yankee Rose also won her heat.

Let’s Party Marty ran the second-fastest time of the day for 850m trials but his final 600m time of 34 seconds was the fastest of all heats.

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It was an impressive effort for an unraced horse who wasn’t knocked about in the trial.

Vandyke said he had a good opinion of Let’s Party Marty who had taken a while to get to the races.

“We could have looked for a maiden at the provincials but Saturday’s Doomben race looks a nice one for him,” Vandyke said.

“But it has turned out to be a strong race.”

The Toby Edmonds-trained duo of Whypeeo and I Am Impinge are the market leaders at $2.90 and $4.80 with Let’s Party Marty an $11 chance.

Tegan Harrison made the trip to Caloundra to ride Let’s Party Marty in the trial and retains the mount on Saturday.