A $340,000 Karaka Book 1 purchase, the Ciaron Maher trained Savabeel gelding Vermillion Dragon made light work of a 1500m maiden event at Kembla on Friday to win as he pleased on debut.
Given a good grounding at the trials, albeit without placing, Vermillion Dragon saved his best for race conditions, powering to the line for Jason Collett to win by more than three lengths.
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Consigned by Little Avondale Stud and purchased by Ciaron Maher/ Kawa Park, Vermillion Dragon runs in the My Racehorse colours and is a half-brother to Group I placed Sweepstake and is the third winner from Lottery, a winning half-sister by Carnegie (IRE) to stakes-winners Hinemoa and Lady Annaliese