Evaporate continues rich vein of form

Smart three-year-old has maintained his rich-vein of form with a comfortable victory in the Group 2 (1600m) at The Valley on Friday night.

Trainers Ben, Will and JD Hayes continue to build the confidence of the good looking son of , who has now won four races in succession.

After a winless two-year-old season, Evaporate bounced off a maiden victory at at the beginning of the season to win a pair of Saturday races at The Valley before taking the step up to stakes company in his stride at the inner city Melbourne venue.

After travelling comfortably throughout under , Evaporate was presented rounding the home bend and was an easy length victor from who closed well for second.

Will Hayes said consideration would now be given to a tilt at the Group 1 Guineas (1600m) on October 12.

“I think you’d be mad not to . That win had a lot of credit to it,” he said.

“It’s always difficult to build a picket fence, and that’s what he’s done. He’s got a good affinity with The Valley.

“It was predicted to be a bit of speed, and they didn’t go that quick, and for him to circle and get pushed out wide and then win quite dominantly – I think he’s just going from strength to strength.”

Hayes said the team have long had a good opinion of the gelding.

“He’s always showed us really nice ability. You’ll see that we have got the cross-over nose band on, so it’s just a matter of the penny dropping, and once we get that moment and he started racing more tractably, the rest is history.”

Winning has a lot of time for the Kiwi-bred.

“He had a few goes as a two-year-old and he just wasn’t ready and he’s really coming to his own now,” he said.

“I say it every time I ride him, he improves each time.”

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