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“I felt like I was going to be vulnerable late because of that work in the first furlong, but he is an incredibly tough horse with a lovely attitude."

Flying three-year-old Poetic Champion will spearhead Tony Pike’s trio of sprinters contesting the Gr.3 Cambridge Stud Almanzor Trophy (1200m) on Karaka Millions Night.

“He will take confidence out of it and he is going well.”

“He’s a real racehorse. Further down the track, I think he’ll run a mile, a mile and a quarter."

“He’s a lovely two-year-old that we’ve got a lot of time for, and we’re really looking forward to Saturday.”

Leading Sydney trainer Chris Waller believes Militarize is a champion in the making, and is confident he can take a step closer to that level when he contests Saturday’s Gr.1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m).

Two weeks after his explosive arrival on the Group One stage, Militarize returned to Randwick on Saturday and went back-to-back – this time with a very different kind of performance in the Gr.1 Moet & Chandon Champagne Stakes (1600m).