THREE-YEAR-OLD Work The Room was so impressive at Betfair Park yesterday that some pundits drew comparisons with star stablemate El Segundo,reports The Age newspaper.Its report adds: Work The Room was sensationally backed when victorious on debut at Ballarat earlier this month, and again unleashed an incredible finish to take yesterday's Flying Spur Handicap (1300 metres).Trainer Colin Little said he was surprised with Work The Room's ($2.90 favourite) performance as he gave him little chance of

THREE-YEAR-OLD Work The Room was so impressive at Betfair Park yesterday that some pundits drew comparisons with star stablemate El Segundo,reports The Age newspaper.

Its report adds: Work The Room was sensationally backed when victorious on debut at Ballarat earlier this month, and again unleashed an incredible finish to take yesterday's Flying Spur Handicap (1300 metres).

Trainer Colin Little said he was surprised with Work The Room's ($2.90 favourite) performance as he gave him little chance of running down the frontrunners on the turn.

"We're trying to teach him how to settle, but I didn't expect him to be that far back." Little said. "I wanted him (jockey Danny Brereton) to go out and steady him, but he kept on snaring him back, snaring him back. I thought he had too much to do on the turn."

Giving his rivals close to 10 lengths on the home turn, Brereton eased Work The Room to the outside of the field and hung on as the son of Bel Esprit mowed down his opposition and ran incredible closing sectionals. "He's very raw but he goes very well," said Brereton. A $160,000 buy as a yearling, Work The Room is a half-brother to the gifted stayer Zipping, and Little is mindful that in time his horse will be best suited over middle distances. Ever cautious when asked of his long-term plans for Work The Room, Little stopped short of declaring the three-year-old as a spring contender.

"I don't want him to become a sprinter, so we've got to be careful what we do with him," he said. "It's a bit premature to start talking about him being a spring horse because he's so green and still learning."