High priced Karaka yearling graduate Addictive Nature (Savabeel-Generous Nature by Carnegie) lived-up to the hype and some when making an impressive winning debut in the two-year-old event over 1100m at Warwick Farm on Wednesday, an effort further substantiated by breaking a thirteen year old class record set by the triple Group 1 winner Eeremin.
"Did it look as good as it felt?" winning jockey Tim Clark said. "He's a pretty impressive horse."
"He's trialled well and bounced on the bridle and he probably over did it a little bit today but he's got plenty of class about him.
"I think he was a little bit casual in his trials but under race conditions he really went to another level.
"Obviously, he's really well bred and a high-priced yearling. It's very important as a Savabeel to get a win as a two-year-old as far as his stallion prospects.
"Hopefully every time we raise the bar he can keep jumping it and go to the top level."
Addictive Nature, who was bred by LA, Anna and Ben Petro and Kerry and Amanda Wilkins, was bought from the LA draft at the 2016 Karaka Premier Sale by Toby Koenig for $775,000 on behalf of Sean Buckley’s Ultra Thoroughbreds. The colt is a full brother to Group 2 winning Australian three-year-old Savvy Nature, also bred by the same connections.
