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Trainer Daniel Meagher seems to have found himself a smart type after Lim’s Kosciuszko accounted for a handy Novice field with a touch of contempt on Sunday.
Raced again over 1200m, the distance of his debut win in a Restricted Maiden race on March 20, the Kermadec three-year-old was even more impressive in the way he despatched his 13 rivals in the $75,000 event.
It might be too early to throw in the epithet 'bombproof' after only two starts into a fledgling racing career, but the way Lim's Kosciuszko used his cruising speed to assert his spot in the driving seat before skipping clear on cue lends to the make-up of a horse going places.
Noted for his patience, Meagher would not get ahead of himself, but one couldn't help pick up a sense of awe in his gaze as he watched Lim's Kosciuszko return to scales from such an exciting win.
"He's a very easy horse to train, very professional," came the Australian's first words of appraisal.
"Mind you, he's not 100% yet, and it's natural improvement that we saw today. The more racing, the better it is.
"He's the right horse to have here. He puts himself in the right place, and he's so easy to ride.
"His last trial (April 8) was extremely good. (Debut winning partner) Danny (Beasley) said when another horse came up, he just wanted to run, he's a real racehorse.
"He's not very big, but he's very well put together. He reminds me of Lim's Samurai except that he's a lot smaller.
"Credit to (Lim's Stable racing manager) Mick Dittman who picked him up. When he spotted him, he knew he had to get him."
Meagher said he had not quite given much thought to the next move for his promising sprinter, but the three-year-old races would have to come under the radar.
"I haven't really looked ahead, but I suppose I could look at the 3YO races for him," he said.
This year, the Singapore Three-Year-Old Challenge is reduced to only the Group 3 Singapore Three-Year-Old Sprint (1200m) on June 27 and the Group 2 Singapore Three-Year-Old Classic (1400m) on July 18, while the Group 1 Singapore Guineas (1600m) has been left out.
Whilst A'Isisuhairi was warming up the saddle for the suspended Beasley, he certainly enjoyed the ride while it lasted – 1min 9.49secs for the 1200m on the Short Course, to be precise.
"This horse has really improved from his last start. He has a lot of natural speed," said the Kelantan-born hoop.
"He's a horse who loves this game, he's an easy horse to handle. He puts himself right there.
"Once you grab hold of him, he travels very nicely and he responded nicely in the home straight.
"He was a bit lost in front as he was looking around for something to go, but then, he went another gear, and he was too good."
From his two wins for the Lim's Stable, Lim's Kosciuszko has already built up in excess of $80,000 in stakes earnings in the bank account.
Backed down to $9 fvouritism, Lim's Kosciuszko defeated the vastly-improved Stenmark (Oscar Chavez) by two lengths with the debuting Aftermath (Marc Lerner) in third place another 1 ¼ lengths away. Both placegetters are prepared by Mark Walker and raced by the Te Akau Racing Stable.