Exciting colt Atomic is unlikely to be a late entry for the Blue Diamond Stakes despite a stunning debut win at Sandown.Trained by Lee Freedman, the impressive looking two-year-old had a growing reputation going into Wednesday's Listed Chairman's Stakes (1000m) and he delivered for connections with a strong finishing run to land the prize.While the Blue Diamond Stakes is only 17 days away, the stable at this stage is happy to miss the feature and give him a freshen-up before attempting to win it

Exciting colt Atomic is unlikely to be a late entry for the Blue Diamond Stakes despite a stunning debut win at Sandown.

Trained by Lee Freedman, the impressive looking two-year-old had a growing reputation going into Wednesday's Listed Chairman's Stakes (1000m) and he delivered for connections with a strong finishing run to land the prize.

While the Blue Diamond Stakes is only 17 days away, the stable at this stage is happy to miss the feature and give him a freshen-up before attempting to win its fifth Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill on April 2.

"We will probably wait for the Slipper as it would be a bit of a rush (to get to the Blue Diamond) and when you rush things you tend to get it wrong," Anthony Freedman said.

The Freedman stable has won the Golden Slipper a record-equalling four times, in consecutive years between 1993 and 1996 with Bint Marscay, Danzero, Flying Spur and Merlene respectively.

A $205,000 Magic Millions yearling, Atomic last week was backed from $10 to $3 for the Chairman's Stakes at Caulfield amid growing speculation about his ability.

With bookmakers tipped off he opened favourite in a newly-framed market when the race was rescheduled from last Saturday to Sandown on Wednesday and the distance adjusted from 1100m to 1000m.

Atomic started favourite at $2.80 and jockey Ben Melham steered the Commands colt home from back in the field to score a long neck win over Vatican ($41) with Sydney-trained youngster Hollyweird ($3.40) three-quarters of a length away third.

Freedman said Atomic had made significant improvement in the last month.

"The last three or four weeks he has really started to put it together," he said.

"I was happy with the way he came from off the speed and he should just get better, as the breed do, as a three-year-old.

"I don't necessarily think he is a natural two-year-old to be honest and if you look at him he is a big, scopy, lengthy sort of horse.

"He is doing it now on good, raw ability."

Freedman said Wednesday's win was important in the context of the Golden Slipper as the $60,000 prizemoney would elevate him on the qualifying list for Australia's premier two-year-old race.

Melham said Atomic would take a lot out of his first race experience as "he got a bit lost" when he hit the front.

Trainer Gerald Ryan said Hollyweird, who had won her last two starts at Gosford and Rosehill, would now have a break.

"She's had four runs now and is only little so she will go to the paddock," he said.