A super successful pinhook for Jim Carey sold by Newgate Farm at Magic Millions, talented Dundeel colt Elliptical claimed his first stakes win when taking out the Group III VRC CS Hayes Stakes (1400m) at Flemington on Saturday.

The Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained colt went close to Group I success last spring when edged out by Golden Mile in the Group I Caulfield Guineas and again by Sharp ‘n’ Smart in the Group I Spring Champion Stakes.

Making his 2023 bow under Blake Shinn in the C S Hayes, Elliptical came with a barnstorming finish to defeat Holymanz by a short-neck.

“We thought he was going well, but he drew very bad,” Anthony Freedman said.

“We just wanted him to be strong late, and if we won, that was great. So to get up and do it points to good things.

“I think he toughened up in the spring. He was a bit of a baby, and we ran him in the good race on the last day (Champions Stakes), and it probably toughened him up.

“It showed today that he’s come back. He hadn’t won a race in a while. He’d obviously run well, but he needed to start winning, and he did.

“The (Australian Guineas) is the obvious way to go in two weeks, and then he’ll probably head to Sydney and see what he can do there.”

Elliptical has two wins and three placings from seven starts with $1.1million in earnings

Bred by Phoenix Broodmare Farm, Elliptical was a $200,000 pinhook by Newgate Farm’s Jim Carey at the 2020 National Weanling Sale.

Suman Hedge Bloodstock (FBAA)/Anthony Freedman Racing/Blue Sky Bloodstock P/L (FBAA) shelled out $380,000 for the son of Dundeel when consigned by Newgate to the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale.

He is the first winner for winning Testa Rossa mare Marquise Da Rossa, who comes from the family of Golden Slipper winner Marauding.