Sunsets, a son of Group 1 ATC Australian Derby (2500m) winner Dundeel who cost $150,000 at last year’s Inglis Premier Yearling Sale, on the other hand has always shaped as a stayer.
He is out of the Fastnet Rock mare Waterloo Sunset, a daughter of Group 1 winner Unearthly, who is also the dam of Group 1 Australasian Oaks (2000m) winner Invest.
It was only at Sunsets’ most recent start, his fifth racetrack appearance, that he broke his maiden in a 1624m event at Donald.
“Sunsets is a really nice horse going forward, we took him quite a way out to Donald just to get the win with him and gave him his confidence, but he’s really come on since,” Young said.
“I think he just needed a bit of headgear and it just took a little bit of time for the penny to drop with him, being a Dundeel.”
Both horses carry the colours of Ozzie Kheir, who experienced the joy of Derby success two years ago when Hitotsu scored a jaw-dropping win in the Classic.
He, too, broke his maiden at the early-September meeting at Donald, a fact not lost on Young.
“It would be nice to go that path as well,” she said.
“They’re still colts, our two, so it would be nice if we could make stallions out of them.”