The Wayne DaCosta-conditioned Future King finished like a ton of bricks in deep stretch to land the 104th running of the $4-million Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL) Jamaica Two-Year-Old Stakes at Caymanas Park yesterday.

The Graded Stakes event for native-bred two-year-olds over 1,600 metres was the third and final jewel of the SVL ultra-rich Two-Year-Old ‘Triple Crown’ series valued at $10.55 million, which started on Heroes’ Day.

Ridden by the stable jockey Robert Halledeen, Future King (Natural Selection) took the event with an electrifying run to score by a head over Nuclear Affair, under Aaron Chatrie running against the rails.

The lightly raced but talented Bigdaddykool finished another two lengths in third ahead Dreamliner, the mount of Omar Walker, in fourth; while Sorrention’s Star, under Dane Nelson, who won the second leg of the Series, the Pick3 Super Challenge Trophy, finished in fifth position.

Future King covered the distance in 1:38.4 minutes and confirmed himself as the top two-year-old for the 2015 season.

“The plan was to get a good break and stay as close as possible to the leaders and just ride him for the last two furlongs of the race and it paid dividends for us today (yesterday),” Halledeen said.

He added: “Coming into the lane I was in a striking position and I just asked him for everything, and he responded well and came home narrowly, but I am happy with the victory.”

DaCosta said he was confident of victory.

“It was a great performance by Future King today (yesterday), as he was close to the pace coming into the straight and did great to catch Nuclear Affair at the wire. Halledeen rode a beautiful race and he did just everything right,” DaCosta said in the winners’ enclosure.

“If all goes well, Future King will be a factor in next year’s Classic season, but it’s too early to say anything, but he did well today,” DaCosta added.

Halledeen held Future King in mid-pack for most of the way behind expected leaders Zugulu andDreamliner approaching the five-furlong marker.

When asked to go by Halledeen, the roar from the crowd at the Park went with Future King as he rounded horses coming around the final bend.

Turning for home on the inside of Sorrentino’s Star in fifth position, and with Dreamliner looking all over a winner, Future King responded well from the urging of Halledeen and literally flew in the last furlong to get home in the nick of time for an emphatic victory — his first in this series.

Owned by Alfred Lee and Jeffery Mordecai, Future King was winning for the second time this season from five starts and pocketed $2,750,000 as the winner’s share for career earnings of $4,255,9650.

— Ruddy Allen