Son of a gun scores smart win on debut

Regally-bred colt Bucharest has kicked off his career with an impressive win over 1500 metres at Newcastle.

The sixth foal to race out of five-time Group One winner Miss Finland, Bucharest looked comfortable to hold out his more favoured Chris Waller-trained stablemate Zarzou.

After a slightly tardy start, the Arrowfield-bred and retained colt hunted through quickly to park at the leader’s hindquarters.

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When given his head at the 300m by premier rider James McDonald, he breezed past the leader and raced clear to score by three-quarters of a length.

Bucharest is by seven-time champion Japanese sire Deep Impact and is a half-brother to Thousand Guineas winner Stay With Me.

Named after the birthplace of leading racehorse owner and breeder Nick Columb, who had a long association with Arrowfield, the valuable colt is among 324 nominations released last week for the $2 million Caulfield Guineas (1600m).

Bucharest’s dam Miss Finland achieved the rare feat of winning both the Golden Slipper and VRC Oaks and she has been a tremendous success as a broodmare with all six of her foals to race being winners.