Progressive 3yo gelding New Kingdom is a maiden no more after winning at Sandown on Wednesday. Deriving plenty of benefit from his debut run at Warrnambool, New Kingdom seem to relish the open spaces of Sandown and the 1400m trip.
Given a lovely steer by Jordan Childs, they tracked the favourite everywhere in the run. With Rock Them Jewels wanting to lug in under pressure, New Kingdom was the ultimate professional showing a good turn of foot and going on to win by half a length. It was an encouraging win, as New Kingdom is still learning his trade and didn’t really know how to put the race away.
Congratulations to Burnewang stud and their connections on a great win.