Smart two year old Madison County has been earmarked as a potential Guineas candidate after his win, at Hastings, over the last weekend.

Co –trainer, Andrew Forsman, has plenty of time for the showy Pins gelding, and believes he is a perfect candidate for some of the early feature three year old races next season.

“He’s always shown us he has ability, but has been pretty green along the way,” he said.

“That was the main worry heading into Saturday’s race as he has been a little erratic on debut at Rotorua, I was concerned that might cost him the race as he was up against a fairly handy field,’’ he added.

Forsman’s concerns were unfounded as Madison County, and rider, Matt Cameron, delivered a stylish performance to take out the 1300 metres contest in convincing fashion.

Madison County is raced by the China Horse Club; the gelding was a $36,000 purchase from the Waikato draft of the 2017 yearling sale at Karaka

Madison County