Trusting may be a relative newcomer to racing but he showed he was a star in the making with his victory against older horses in the Warwick Stakes at Randwick.The bold decision to drop the three-year-old in the deep end proved a masterstroke for the Patinack Farm operation when the colt scored a decisive win in the Group Two event at just his third race start.Patinack Farm boss Nathan Tinkler and his team including trainer Jason Coyle opted to thrust the youngster into Saturday's weight-for-age
Trusting may be a relative newcomer to racing but he showed he was a star in the making with his victory against older horses in the Warwick Stakes at Randwick.
The bold decision to drop the three-year-old in the deep end proved a masterstroke for the Patinack Farm operation when the colt scored a decisive win in the Group Two event at just his third race start.
Patinack Farm boss Nathan Tinkler and his team including trainer Jason Coyle opted to thrust the youngster into Saturday's weight-for-age event to try to qualify him for the $1 million Golden Rose, but also in the belief he could win it.
Trusting had a luckless run when unplaced in the Run To The Rose which put him well down the order of entry for next week's Group One.
But Coyle said if he is to prove to be the superstar the stable believes he is, the gamble had to be taken.
"He is the best horse I have ever dealt with," Coyle said.
"He still does things wrong and the future is all ahead of him.
"The next couple of days will tell us whether he runs in the Golden Rose but hopefully he does."
Due to the colt's 50.5 kilograms, Chris Munce replaced stable rider Peter Robl on Trusting who started at $9 with Court Command the $4.20 favourite after nationwide support since markets were released on Thursday.
Court Command and Voice Commander shared the lead to the turn with Trusting worse than midfield lining up for the run home.
Munce took him to the outside and within striking distance and he wore away at the leaders to beat O'Lonhro ($6) by three-quarters of a length with Mr Baritone ($21) a half-head back third.
The unlucky runner was 2008 winner Racing To Win ($8) who ran fourth after being unable to get clear until late.
Coyle said it was not set in stone that Robl would be back on Trusting next time.
"That's a decision that will be made over the next few days," he said.
Munce's reaction suggested he would be more than happy to stay aboard.
"He is a superstar in the making," Munce said.
"He just wants to win and in the last 100 metres I knew he had them covered."
Trusting became the first three-year-old to win the Warwick Stakes since Lonhro in 2001.
Lonhro's four-year-old son O'Lonhro is also a novice with just three previous starts to his name.
"He is headed towards the Epsom Handicap and it was a good effort for a horse having just his fourth start," co-trainer Michael Hawkes said.
Racing To Win remains on track for a good spring with jockey Corey Brown saying not much went right.
"He had no luck," Brown said.
"He got stopped in his tracks more than once and he got to the line well."