Caulfield Guineas aspirations for rookie Brisbane winner

Ben Dorries - Saturday August 12

David Vandyke revealed he has Group I Caulfield Guineas aspirations for his debut winner Let's Party Marty after the impressive colt led all the way to win at Doomben.

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Trainer David Vandyke would love to get Let's Party Marty to the Group I Caulfield Guineas Photo: Darryl Sherer

While there were some hard luck stories behind him, including $2.90 favourite Whypeoo who missed the kick, Let's Party Marty ($12) made his own luck in the QTIS 3YO Handicap.

Let's Party Marty, who won a Sunshine Coast trial on the same day as Group I winning stablemate Yankee Rose, kicked in the Doomben straight to fend off Snitz ($12) by 1.5 lengths with short half-head to third-placed I Am Impinge ($3).

Vandyke, the former Sydney trainer now based on the Sunshine Coast, will assess his colt's recovery but insisted he had explosive talent.

"I have thrown in a nomination for the Caulfield Guineas because he is a serious, serious racehorse," Vandyke said.

"I have long thought he is one of my better horses and I want to throw him in the deep end and see how good he is.

"He worked hard to get to the front today and he gave a terrific kick."

Jockey Tegan Harrison said she always felt like she was on the winner and was grateful the three-year-old first starter had been so well educated.

"It feels like he has been here in a past life and done it all before," Harrison said.

Trainer Toby Edmonds had the two favourites, Whypeoo and I Am Impinge, and felt both were unlucky.

"Both of them came out slow and both of them were super runs," Edmonds said.

"Whypeoo did a lot wrong, and I Am Impinge probably should have won."

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