Rick Hore-Lacy is already looking to the spring and the Caulfield Guineas with Toorak Toff, a debut winner at Sandown on Saturday.The trainer of such horses as 1990 Blue Diamond Stakes-Golden Slipper winner Canny Lad and 1999 Caulfield Guineas winner Redoute's Choice, produced Toorak Toff to win the Midnight Fever Plate (1200m).The Show A Heart colt, one of six two-year-olds Hore-Lacy has for this season, cost $135,000 at the Magic Millions Premier Yearling Sale at the Gold Coast."I only bought

Rick Hore-Lacy is already looking to the spring and the Caulfield Guineas with Toorak Toff, a debut winner at Sandown on Saturday.

The trainer of such horses as 1990 Blue Diamond Stakes-Golden Slipper winner Canny Lad and 1999 Caulfield Guineas winner Redoute's Choice, produced Toorak Toff to win the Midnight Fever Plate (1200m).

The Show A Heart colt, one of six two-year-olds Hore-Lacy has for this season, cost $135,000 at the Magic Millions Premier Yearling Sale at the Gold Coast.

"I only bought three last year. This one and two cheapies," Hore-Lacy said.

"He does look pretty smart. It's hard to win first up in a Saturday metropolitan race but if you've got a bit of class you can do it.

"He might be a very good colt. He'll possibly head to the Sires' Produce in six weeks time over 1400 metres at Flemington and maybe have another start in three weeks in between."

"The Caulfield Guineas in the spring might be a nice race for him."

The Group Two Sires' Produce Stakes is run on March 6.

Toorak Toff inadvertently appeared in the race book as a gelding on Saturday, but Hore-Lacy said he was a colt.

"I can assure you he's a colt and will remain so," he said.

Hore-Lacy said he didn't bother to nominate Toorak Toff for the $1 million Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on February 20.

"He was a big, raw-boned thing, we didn't even think he'd be a two-year-old," Hore-Lacy said.

"Look at him. Really he's going to be a different horse in the spring isn't he?."

Hore-Lacy said he really needed Saturday's win to boost the coffers.

He races the colt with three others including Bill Van Rooy.

"I asked Bill to bid on him which he did and he ended up taking a good slice of the horse," Hore-Lacy said.

"Magic Millions wouldn't let me bid on him and I don't blame them, I haven't got any money."

"I need it (another good horse) don't worry."

Ridden by Chris Symons, Toorak Toff ($15) settled back on the rail beyond mid-field before threading his way through runners to score by 1-1/4 lengths from Cordivae ($5) with Storm Burst ($3.30 fav) a length away third.

Symons described Toorak Toff as a real professional.

"When the gates opened his mind was on the job and he was really relaxed and to take those narrow gaps the way he did at his first start was pretty impressive," he said.

"He's a nice horse with a real bright future."

The colt is out of the unraced Grand Lodge mare Orong who is a sister to dual stakes winner Avilde.