Much-hyped New Zealand star Jimmy Choux has lived up to his reputation with a galloping lesson for his rivals in the Rosehill Guineas.In a dazzling display, Jimmy Choux ($4.60 fav) sprinted wide from midfield at the top of the straight and sustained his tempo as he went past Retrieve ($6) to win by half a length.Jimmy Choux was immediately elevated to outright favouritism for the AJC Australian Derby, a target trainer John Bary confirmed after Saturday's Guineas (2000m)."I knew how good he was b

Much-hyped New Zealand star Jimmy Choux has lived up to his reputation with a galloping lesson for his rivals in the Rosehill Guineas.

In a dazzling display, Jimmy Choux ($4.60 fav) sprinted wide from midfield at the top of the straight and sustained his tempo as he went past Retrieve ($6) to win by half a length.

Jimmy Choux was immediately elevated to outright favouritism for the AJC Australian Derby, a target trainer John Bary confirmed after Saturday's Guineas (2000m).

"I knew how good he was back home but he had to do it here," Bary said.

"We had the whole country behind us and it's awesome to win.

"He'll go to the Derby now. I still believe he's a better sprinter-miler but he would be up against it in the Doncaster and the Derby against his own age is the better way to go.

"But I don't care if it's three miles, one mile or a hundred yards - this is a Group One race and he's won.

"He has such a big heart and just does not know how to lie down."

Jimmy Choux firmed from $5 to $2.80 favourite for the AJC Australian Derby (2400m) in two weeks with Absolutelyawesome drifting from $5 to $12 after finishing eighth in the Guineas.

Shamrocker's third has elevated her to $10 for the Derby and she remains favourite for the Oaks.

Bary has said more than once he believed Jimmy Choux was a freak and admitted he was setting himself for a fall.

"We backed ourselves and it's paid off," he said.

"I think he is a freak."

Jimmy Choux's jockey Jonathan Riddell spent the past week in Sydney with the colt and said his biggest concern was that he had done too well.

"The owners, Richard and Liz Wood, wanted me here with John so we left no stone unturned," Riddell said.

"He was almost too well. Sometimes that can be a worry.

"I was conscious of the horses who have come over here from New Zealand recently like We Can Say It Now and Keep The Peace.

"They are good horses and they didn't perform here and you just hope the same thing isn't going to happen.

"But he is such a good horse and just keeps getting better and better.

"I can ride him anywhere, he can get back or go forward, he just has a will to win."

Riddell and Bary will return to New Zealand on Sunday to catch their breath before the Derby assignment.

Bary is still looking at opportunities further afield with Royal Ascot on the agenda in June and who knows what after that.

"He is a colt with a future at stud so we'll see what happens," he said.