Exciting two-year-old Lucky Tom has produced an impressive performance to claim the Listed The Phoenix (1400m) at Brisbane’s Eagle Farm Racecourse this afternoon, kicking clear to finish three lengths in the clear of a fast-finishing Goldie’s Image and Our Rock O’reilly.

Jumping from the gates well, the Lucky Owners gelding took up the early pace from resounding pre-post favourite Elitist, setting a fair tempo over the back straight and rounding the bend ahead of Emotions In Motion and Our Rock O’reilly.

Finding the final straight well-and-truly in control, Lucky Tom comfortably kick clear of the main pack and had The Phoenix won 200 metres from home.

Trainer Harold Norman was understandably pleased with Lucky Tom’s performance in the 2014 The Phoenix, but revealed he had always been confident in success immediately after the race.

“Very good, very pleased” Norman said following The Phoenix.

“He was a certainty before his last race and just had too much ability on them. He’s gallops are unbelievable and he’s a lovely winded horse.

“His racing won’t be like this in the future, you’ll find he’ll be a horse that will get back.”

Apprentice jockey Rikki Jamieson delivered an outstanding ride on Lucky Tom in The Phoenix, and was quick to praise the two-year-old’s notable versatility after the win.

“He’s been working really, really lovely and after his last run the penny dropped with him and he just proved it today” Jamieson said immediately after The Phoenix.

“He ran a really nice second in a mid-week Wednesday a couple of starts ago, but the one who beat him was outstanding and it wasn’t on a good track, so he’s pretty versatile.

“It’s pretty exciting and I can’t complain.”

Breaking through for a second race win in just his fifth competitive start in The Phoenix, Lucky Tom has stamped his claims as one to watch throughout notable two-year-old events in the 2014 Spring Racing Carnival.

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2014 The Phoenix Results

Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Starting Price
1	6	LUCKY TOM	Harold Norman	Rikki Jamieson (a)	–	9	57kg	$19
2	13	GOLDIE’S IMAGE	Garnett Taylor	Michael Rodd	3L	1	55kg	$8.50
3	1	OUR ROCK O’REILLY	Pat Duff	Mark Du Plessis	3.4L	3	57kg	$17
4	4	KELVIN THE KRUEL	Les Ross	Brad Stewart	3.6L	15	57kg	$4.60
5	11	ELITIST	Kelso Wood	Chris Munce	3.8L	4	55kg	$2.80F
6	7	FIXATION	Tony Gollan	Ryan Wiggins	5.3L	7	57kg	$13
7	2	JUMBO PRINCE	Michael Nolan	Timothy Bell	5.4L	13	57kg	$8.50
8	5	WALK TO THE BAR	Ray McCall	Jim Byrne	5.6L	2	57kg	$17
9	9	MIDNIGHT ALLURE	Ben Currie	Brent Evans	7.6L	14	57kg	$61
10	15	FIRST RAIN	Stephen Lee	Glen Boss	7.7L	10	55kg	$31
11	12	HOLLYWOOD BARBIE	Matthew Dunn	Michael Cahill	7.9L	5	55kg	$17
12	10	VERBIER	Noel J Doyle	Eddie Wilkinson	8.3L	12	57kg	$201
13	14	EMOTIONS IN MOTION	Tony Bita	Tegan Harrison (a)	9.6L	11	55kg	$51
14	8	BOUDIN BLANC	Barry Lockwood	Ric McMahon	13.6L	8	57kg	$26
15	16	ASTER BLOOM	Kelly Purdy	Jason Taylor	16.9L	6	55kg	$101