Promising colt Interest Point remains unbeaten after Caulfield win

Interest Point has earned more than $126,000 in prizemoney and bonuses in his two starts but co-trainer Matt Jenkins said the camp had two options with the youngster.

Interest Point wins.

Taking “baby steps” has put trainers David Brideoake and Matt Jenkins in the perfect position with Interest Point after the colt remained unbeaten at Caulfield.

Interest Point easily won on debut on his home track at Mornington last month but displayed plenty of fight in his narrow success in the Dexion Victoria Handicap (1100m).

The Mathew Ellerton-trained Blue Renegade ($2.70 fav) refused to wilt in the straight but jockey Jamie Mott got the best out of Interest Point ($3.70) to win by a short half-head.

First-starter Earth God ($5.50) showed good speed to race on the pace before fading to finish third, four lengths from the winner.

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Interest Point has earned more than $126,000 in prizemoney and bonuses in his two starts but Jenkins said the camp had two options with the youngster.

One option would be to continue Interest Point’s profitable two-year-old campaign or to give the promising sprinter a break before chasing richer races during his three-year-old season.

“We took baby steps with this horse and he might even go out now and come back and be a better three-year-old,” Jenkins said.

“He’s a really easygoing colt, which is half the battle with these two-year-olds and he doesn’t get wound up whatsoever, and that will take him a long way.”

Interest Point and Blue Renegade completed a quinella for four-time international Group 1 winner Blue Point, who stands at Darley’s Northwood Park property near Seymour.

Blue Point’s progeny had shown their share of ability in trials earlier in the season but had fallen short of that promise on race day before Christmas.

However, the stallion’s stock has tended to improve in the second half of the season since Blue Point sired his first Australian winner in Perth in February.

Jenkins said the stable had learned to be patient with Blue Point’s progeny rather than push them early to match the deeds of Blue Point’s overseas stock, which has produced Group 1 winners in France and the US.

“They were hyped-up and fulfilled that with their trials but seemed to flop at the races,” Jenkins said.

“We’ve got a few European guys that work for us and they were all adamant that they were horses that need time.

“With racing, he (Interest Point) is going to get better and he does himself a lot of favours as he’s a pretty easygoing colt.”

Originally published as Promising colt Interest Point remains unbeaten after Caulfield win