New Zealand Cup winner Bago Bye Bye added an intriguing extra dimension to an already compelling Group 1 TAB Australian Cup picture with a breathtaking heat performance at his Meadows debut.
Bago Bye Bye, now back with Queensland trainer Darren Russell after an extraordinary stint in the Shaky Isles, where he won 10 of his 13 starts, highlighted by the NZ Cup in November, created plenty of interest in the last of Saturday night’s eight cut-throat heats.
Drawn in box eight in one of the more open run-offs, the son of Barcia Bale started at $7 and came out running to lead clearly at the winning post the first time.
It was one-way traffic from that point as Bago Bye Bye put his rivals to the sword, celebrating his return to Australia with an emphatic ten-length victory over Blackjack Neo in a scintillating best of night 29.54sec, his 15th win from 23 career starts.