Shamport hinted at better things to come next preparation with a dominant win in Saturday's VOBIS Gold Ingot (1400m) for juveniles at Caulfield.
Beaten when well fancied on debut at Echuca, Shamport showed the benefit of the experience by breaking on terms before being parked behind the leaders by Craig Williams.
Eased out into running room around the home turn, Shamport ($6 - $9) showed a classy turn of foot to sprint clear inside the final 200m, eased towards the finish to defeat Confluence ($20) by 2 1/4-lengths.
Shamport gave trainer Darren Weir the VOBIS Gold double having won the Stayers with Kiwia and the trainer said the $320,000 yearling had plenty of potential.
"John Foote picked him out at the Melbourne sale for Hong Kong-based Peter Law who is a big owner for us now and this is a really, really nice horse," Weir said.
"He's shown us plenty from day one. We liked him at Echuca and he ran well but Johnny (Allen) blamed himself for the ride, saying he should have taken control of the race earlier and he probably would have won."
Shamport is by Shamardal, sire of Weir's Group II winner Puissance de Lune, and Weir said he envisaged Shamport excelling beyond 1400m.
"The good part about today was the further they went the better he got and he won quite easy in the end," Weir said.
"Once he steps up to a distance his pedigree suggests I think he'll be a really nice horse.
"We'll give him three weeks off up at our new farm and then we'll get him back for the spring."
Williams said the conditions had made the race an awkward one to ride.
"The stable was very confident coming into the race and the horse ran accordingly," Williams said.
"It wasn't a nice race to ride in - the wind is very strong out there and these are only two-year-olds.
"I was just very lucky this colt handled it beautifully and gave me a great ride."
Mulk ($7.50) was beaten three lengths into third with the $2.60 favourite Nistaan three-quarters of a length away fourth.
