Brisbane Colt Sesar To Make Sydney Debut

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Reflecting on the form of the is encouraging for Brisbane trainer Steve O'Dea who will saddle Sesar in the at Randwick.

The colt finished fourth in the Group One Atkins (1600m) at in June with the race won by The Autumn Sun from his -trained stablemate Zousain.

The Autumn Sun has since beaten Zousain again at Group One level in last month's Golden Rose and is the dominant favourite for the .

Sesar hasn't raced since the Atkins but has pleased O'Dea ahead of Saturday's 1200m-Group Two event for three-year-olds which will be run on a rain-affected track with steady rain in Sydney.

“It wouldn't be ideal for him first-up on a really heavy track so hopefully it is just soft,” O'Dea said.

“The idea is to run him on Saturday and then go to Melbourne.

“The options include the but he might appreciate further so more than likely he'll go to the Gothic Stakes (1400m) at two weeks after Saturday and then the Carbine Club (1600m) at Flemington.”

O'Dea deliberately held Sesar back until now to let him mature.

“He was very immature and needed more time so I held him back for the late spring,” he said.

“He is a typical Sebring and very athletic.”

To be ridden by Jason Collett, Sesar is a $10 chance in the Roman Consul with heading the TAB market at $4.40.

Sesar, who is raced by Jamie Walter's Proven Thoroughbreds, arrived in Sydney on Wednesday with his elder sibling, the -owned Doubt Defying who will run in a benchmark race on the program.

Doubt Defying is by Not A Single Doubt with the half-brothers out of 2008 winner Sarthemare.

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