After picking an injury in the 2015 Jamaica Derby, the highly rated Siempre Bueno returned to competitive racing some two years later on May 6, 2017 and finish a close second to Cruising Motion over the five furlong (1,000m) straight course.

On Wednesday last, again racing over five furlongs straight in the Master Blaster Trophy feature, Siempre Bueno, under Wesley Henry, showed a glimpse of his true talent when he made all convincingly to win by a length and a quarter in a good 59.3 seconds.

The Master Blaster Trophy was competed for by horses four-years and up at the non-winners of three other than level.

Trainer Anthony Nunes was delighted, especially after watching his charge struggle for a long time with his many and varied ailments.

“ Siempre Bueno hurt his tendon in the Jamaica Derby two years ago. He got his time off and I brought him back into training and the injury came up again, so we decided to castrate him and turn him out for a while.

“We have been gentle with him. We ran him without any work the first time in May and he got beaten by three quarters of a length, and we did the same thing again and he came here today (Wednesday) and won. Again, we are doing what’s good for him because we are gently going to try and stretch him up to Overnight Allowance company.

“He has the ability and we are hoping that he stays sound and happy. All is well with him. He is good as Wesley (Henry) just said to me that he was just protecting him, hence his gentle ride. Henry said he feels fine and he is sound and he was just saving him for another race later down, and so hopefully he will be good tomorrow (today) and the next couple of days, then we will move on.

“ Siempre Bueno is really a nice racehorse. He represents Seeking My Dream, Ali Baba and Poker Star, as those horses were members his three-year-old crop and once he stays sound, he will go as far as his legs take him,” Nunes indicated.

From a level break, Siempre Bueno showed good speed and went in front with a relaxed hold from Henry. He stayed with rivals for the first two furlongs (400m) of the race before drawing away after leaving the dummy rails.

Although he seemed to be coming back a bit inside the last half a furlong (100m), Siempre Bueno was still cantering, as at no point in the race was he really asked to run by Henry, who dropped his hands on the chestnut horse from start to finish.

Golden Glory (Aaron Chatrie) finished second ahead of Ocean Seeker under O’Brien White.