The dominant winner of this weeks Bendigo Cup SEA KING(GB) will join our stable after he runs in Tuesday's Melbourne Cup.  Currently the fourth pick in betting for the race that stops the nation SEA KING(GB) was purchased by us in a partnership with OTI Racing.

The horse is raced by our owners Steve and Maree Anderson, Ian and Judi Cornell, Phil Sullivan's Goldmount Racing, Mark and Cherilyn Lowe, David Coghlan, Warren Watts, Mark Evans, Jason Benz, the very large Nose Hair Syndicate and Grace Solomon-Innes.

We had been looking for another import, something we'd like to do an a slightly more regular basis, and after considering others Neil jumped on to this horse immediately.  He came out of a race that is known to be a great guide to form in Australia and then when we saw the vision of him parading at Sir Mark Prescott's stable we fell in love with him, he is the most beautiful horse and a great athlete.  To be fair we thought he would be a decent chance in a Sydney Cup and a strong chance in the Brisbane Cup when we bought him so to have him win at Bendigo as he did and now be well in the market for the Melbourne Cup will be a dream come true for our owners. 

We agreed that he should run in Victoria for his new owners as the prize money is excellent and he arrived in such good order and all credit to Harry Eustace and his team for the way they have prepared him.  He showed a turn of foot on Wednesday that we haven't seen before and perhaps working with a sharper horse like DOCKLANDS has switched him on a bit.  Damian Lane gave him a very good wrap for the way he felt when he worked at Moonee Valley a couple of weeks back and when good jockeys with his experience tell you that he worked well and felt really god you know you are on the right track.

We are fortunate to have such a great working relationship with Terry, Gus and Shane at OTI and going into partnership again on this horse who we thought represented great value was easy to do.

Neil was at Bendigo on Wednesday and when we spoke after the race he was full of praise for the way the horse presented and the improvement that is to come from that race.  I will fly down so that I can see the horse myself on Monday morning and to talk to Harry Eustace about him and see what I can learn from him before the horse transfers to me.

I would like to thank his new owners for being part of the new chapter in SEA KING's journey and I hope they get the lions share of the prize money on Tuesday and I look forward to having him join my stable soon there after.

Sea King's Bendigo Cup demolition

Sea King has made a powerful impression in his local debut, cruising to victory in Wednesday's 2400-metre Group 3 Bendigo Cup.

The OTI Racing-owned British import drifted from $4.60 to $7 in the days before the race, but the latter price was snapped up as he shortened to $5.50 just before jump time and the late money was spot on.

Declan Bates found a midfield spot off the rail and stayed there until the 1000-metre mark, where he eased out three-wide and allowed his mount to stride around the field.

Sea King was four wide around the home bend but still comfortably found the front and rail by the time he straightened up and the race was essentially over from there.

Berkeley Square and Star Vega chased valiantly but were a class below the Harry Eustace-trained stayer, who streaked clear to score by just under three lengths.

WATCH: Sea King's win

Sea King is now an $11 chance for the Melbourne Cup, in from the $51 available before the demolition job.

It was a thrilling result for Eustace, whose galloper will take a Cup spot after initially being bought as a - albeit very well-credentialed - mate for Cox Plate runner Docklands.

"It's incredibly exciting. A lot was riding on it, it's the last win-and-you're-in (spot) for the Cup, so it's an absolute dream result today," he said.

"I'd just like to thank (OTI's) Terry (Henderson) in particular, he managed to buy this horse just before Docklands travelled down as well and it's proving a pretty inspired purchase.

"Curiously, coming down, we never even thought we'd get close (to a Cup Spot) and, of course, since we've been here the Cup, as everyone is well aware, has really started cutting up, so the closer we got to getting in, the more pressure there was I suppose."

WATCH: Hear from Eustace post-race

He also praised Bates for riding Sea King to its absolute strengths, with the gun hoop's mid-race move taking a dreaded sit-and-sprint finish out of the equation.

In Eustace's words, it was a much more European style of ride.

"It was just a beautiful ride from Dec Bates. We picked him because hopefully he'd understand the European style and it wouldn't be a sit-and-sprint," Eustace said.

"He just gave him a great ride and rode him full of coincidence. It (the mid-race move) felt like it was quite a long way out, but I was very keen to impress on him that he was more of a typical European-type horse and he's going to work his way into it.

"He took me at my word and it came off today."