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By Ray Hickson

Wherever Bjorn Baker elects to kick off the career of two-year-old Ozzmosis the colt ensured he’s going to be popular with another dynamic trial win at Randwick on Monday.

Just as he did 10 days earlier, Ozzmosis settled back in his trial and was allowed to blend into it by James McDonald and while the margin wasn’t as flashy as his previous hitout it was a decisive win.

The runner-up Mafia has raced twice for placings in both starts in town so that adds some depth to the win and the time wasn’t too far outside that clocked by open sprinters in the previous heat over 1050m – naturally they were nowhere near Eduardo’s winning time in an earlier heat.

Away from Ozzmosis, the third and fourth placed horses Al Ras Blues and Bravery both backed up their handy first trials with solid showings.

Out of the Eduardo trial, Tashi might be the one to hitch the wagon to when she resumes after finishing off for a nice third against proven, tough, Saturday class and above (well above in Eduardo’s case) sprinters.

She’s had just four starts and she sat back and was allowed to brush home alongside the more accomplished opposition, setting up a campaign that can start positively in just about any race the Snowdens select given she’s a Class 1 horse with a 69 rating.

Ozzmosis wins a trial at Randwick on Monday

Tannhauser, from the Chris Waller yard, has been freshened up since his fourth in the Fernhill over a mile five weeks ago and there was a lot to like about how he cruised along in running second in his heat behind the well bred Capital Call.

He’s still a maiden and there’s plenty of those around to pick off.

Capital Call is by Dundeel out of former smart mare Bring Me The Maid and was contesting his second trial. He travelled three wide and while ridden up a bit it was good work.

Royal Tribute, also trained by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, was given a race-like test in a runaway win at his second trial and you’d imagine this Snitzel colt it ready to race.

He showed good speed as he did in the first trial and was kept busy by Regan Bayliss in the lead, he responded and not surprisingly clocked fast time.

Piercing Arrow carries the same colours as Royal Tribute and there was merit in his close second behind Make A Call, who was coming off a fifth in the Group 1 Champagne Stakes.

The I Am Invincible colt was shaken up on speed but so was the winner, and probably more so, and it took the entire straight to run him down. Time only fair but interesting to see where he heads.

If there’s a horse that’s trialling like a coming winner it’s Smart Legend, this three-year-old trained by Les Bridge backed up his eye-catching first trial back with a runaway win in another 1050m heat.

He bounced straight to the lead and opened up a break, came back to them by the turn then showed he was just foxing as he slipped away again to win by almost five lengths. Unplaced in both starts to day but that’s likely to change.

Cannonball had a good day out as he prepares to head to the UK but he was slightly upstaged from a time perspective in the 740m heats by another three-year-old in Insurrection who ran 0.05 seconds faster.

The gelding is already a two-time winner from 12 starts including first-up over 1000m last prep and when he heads back to the races it’ll be over two months since his last start in the Darby Munro, his only unplaced run of the campaign.

All the results and replays from Monday's Randwick trials