The wraps came off boom colt SQUAMOSA (two-year-old colt by Not A Single Doubt - Class Success, by Success Express) at Randwick last Wednesday and the hype looks perfectly justified.

Winner of his two previous barrier trials, this Gai Waterhouse-trained youngster walloped the opposition from the front end, scoring at $1.70.

His dam was a 10-race veteran for Mike Moroney and, besides a Moonee Valley win in 2003, landed two Kiwi stakes races.

By the same sire as Squamosa, ENHANCED (three-year-old gelding by Not A Single Doubt - Effervescence, by Palace Music) could be a tidy investment if he runs at Shatin in Hong Kong on Sunday.

The John Size youngster formerly raced as Absolute Soda in Victoria and won his first start at Bairnsdale in brilliant fashion.

That's how he kicked off his Hong Kong career on June 27, streaking home by 3.5 lengths at Shatin. This bloke just floats over the turf.

There's a maiden win for SODA POP GIRL (three-year-old filly by Bianconi - She's A Soda, by Noalcoholic) after her eye-popping debut second at Morphettville Parks last Wednesday.

After trialling nicely, the David Jolly filly made up many lengths to just fail behind Sophina over 1000m. More ground for this one then watch her go!

Another barnstorming maiden this past week was LA PHILLYHARMONIC (four-year-old mare by Carnegie - Duchess Peggy, by Chief Singer), from the Mick Kent yard.

Sent out favourite over Kilmore's 1462m last Tuesday, the bay missed grabbing By The Ears by a nose.

Hers was the run of a steed seeking further and Kent might just assign her to a Sale 1600m event on Tuesday.

And TOP GALLANT (four-year-old gelding by Zabeel - Honor Lap, by Honor Grades) will also develop as his distances increase - he powered home with a Belmont 1650m maiden last Wednesday.

Impressive, that was only start number five and he boasts plenty of staying genes, his mum landing the 2002 WA West Australian Derby and Oaks.

(From my Five to Follow column of last week, STORM BURST ran on Wednesday at Sandown and won Race 3. Two other horses I mentioned will get a start on Saturday: BEG at Randwick in Race 1, No 3, and ZIPPY LOU at Eagle Farm in Race 8, No.9. From my column on June 24, IMPOSING (UK runner) is nominated for Saturday July 10 at York in the UK (Race 3), while SUBCULTURE ran last Sunday at Bowraville and finished fourth in Race 7. Finally, KHAWATIM - a UK runner that I mentioned in my June 17 column - ran on Wednesday at Deauville in France and won.)

Tony Brassel is senior form analyst with Sky Racing.