She’s A Maneater , under Omar Walker, made an impressive start to her career when she destroyed rivals by a resounding 13 1/2 lengths in the $1-million Front Runner Sprint feature at Caymanas Park yesterday.

Bred and owned by Winston Kong and trained by many-time champion Wayne DaCosta, She’s A Maneater (Natural Selection – Ahwhofah) covered the 1,100-metre event in a smart 1:05. 3 minutes, comprising splits of 23.1 and 46.0 seconds on a common canter.

Walker said that he was just a mere pilot aboard She’s A Maneater, as he really had nothing to do more than guide the smart filly around the circuit safely.

“The race was pretty much easy. All I had to do was to break her good and from once she had that start then it was all over. To me, she is a very nice filly who is sure to be going places,” Walker told the Jamaica Observer.

Sent off as the howling 1-9 favourite in the small field of eight maiden two-year-olds, She A Maneater broke well from the number four post and was quickly tested by Silver Rocket under Wesley Henry, who pointed his head to lead for the first-half furlong.

When Walker let loose a notch swinging around the half-mile, She A Maneater just skipped away from rivals to win effortlessly by a very wide margin, easing down about a furlong from the wire.

Chrisanli (Jevvanne Erwin aboard), who sat in third place for most of the way, was a distant second and six-and-a-half lengths in front of third-placed finisher Terri’s Princess, the mount of apprentice Amoy Grey. Silver Rocket was fourth.

Meanwhile, the Jamaican-bred and trained Academy Award won the TRI$400,000 Trinidad Derby for Grade One West Indies-bred three-year-olds over 2,000 metres at the Santa Rosa racetrack in the twin-island republic yesterday.

Bred by Everglades Farm Limited, trained by Anthony Nunes and ridden by Prayven Badrie, Academy Award (Performing Magic – Sea Treaty), who was sent off as the 2-1 second favourite, won the event by five-and-a-quarter lengths in a time of 2:10.1 minutes.

Other Jamaican-bred horses Peace N Glory and Black Onyx finished third and fourth, respectively.

Racing continues today with the running of the Keeling Memorial Cup for native-bred two-year-olds going over 1,100 metres.