Corey Brown didn't have to say much after Hay List's barrier trial at Randwick on Friday, the hulking sprinter's 7-1/2-length winning margin said everything."It's stating the obvious, but he went great," Brown said."There's not much more I can tell you, he was really good and did everything (trainer) John (McNair) wanted him to do."He had a good workout but felt super."Brown was warming the saddle on the last start All-Aged Stakes winner in the crucial hitout before Hay List heads to Brisbane ne
Corey Brown didn't have to say much after Hay List's barrier trial at Randwick on Friday, the hulking sprinter's 7-1/2-length winning margin said everything.
"It's stating the obvious, but he went great," Brown said.
"There's not much more I can tell you, he was really good and did everything (trainer) John (McNair) wanted him to do.
"He had a good workout but felt super."
Brown was warming the saddle on the last start All-Aged Stakes winner in the crucial hitout before Hay List heads to Brisbane next week for another clash with unbeaten superstar Black Caviar in the Group One BTC Cup (1200m).
The gelding's regular jockey Glyn Schofield is still recovering from a broken collar bone sustained in a Sydney Cup fall which cost him the win in the All-Aged later that day.
Glen Boss picked up the mount and will fly back from Singapore for another ride on the sprinter in the BTC Cup at Doomben.
Schofield is confident of being fit to reunite with Hay List in the Doomben 10,000 (1350m) later this month.
Hay List bounced out and sat on the speed in Friday's 1000m heat on the course proper just behind Golden Rose runner-up Squamosa.
The powerhouse sprinter extended away in the straight to post the 7-1/2-length margin over Gigas in 58.2 seconds, with Squamosa another 1-3/4-lengths away in third.
"He looked like he did it easily," McNair said.
"Corey didn't say a lot, not that he needed to. I'm hoping that that trial will get him up somewhere near where he needs to be to take on, and be a serious threat to, Black Caviar.
"But time is going to tell. She has proven too good for us every time we have met her so far but in saying that I don't think I've ever had him anywhere near where he is now.
"So we've just got to cross the fingers and hope that everything goes well between now and Saturday week.
"He's probably never going to look any better than what he is."
The trial session also featured the highly-promising three-year-old Sincero who was kept up to the mark for Saturday week's Scone Guineas (1600m) with a three-quarter length win over All Silent in the opening heat over 1200m.
Sincero shot to prominence during the summer and returned with an impressive victory in the Listed Gosford Guineas (1200m) on Anzac Day.
"I think he's improved from his first-up run and that trial today will just bring him along even more," jockey Chris O'Brien said.
"He has come back bigger and stronger this preparation."
While Hay List and Sincero were the headline acts at the Randwick trials, Solar Charged put her Brisbane credentials on the line with a three length win in a 734m heat while unraced two-year-old Dark Brown Sugar put 8-3/4 lengths on her nearest rival over 1050 metres.
Trained by Scott Singleton at Hawkesbury, the Pendragon filly out of Cardsino is a half sister to the smart Mac Chois.