Bazza's Million Dollar Chase Bid On Track

You couldn't have written a better script if you tried.

It was only fitting that the day champion sire Barcia Bale was laid to rest, two of his offspring claimed feature events on Thursday.

At Maitland on Thursday afternoon, powerhouse young chaser Flying Bazza stormed home along the fence to claim the Maitland final of the TAB Million Dollar Chase in a sublime 24.92 for trainer Jason Mackay.

The son of Barcia Bale booked his spot in the October 11 semi-finals of the $1 million to-the-winner series with his pulsating victory, defeating another Barcia Bale chaser, Cee Jay's Boy, by three-quarters of a length.

Later in the evening at Angle Park, Hooked On Scotch recorded a blistering 29.19 to take out the State Of Origin series for Victoria and cement his spot in October 11's Group 1 Adelaide Cup Final.

Racing ultra-talented SA galloper Fly For Fun in his match-race, Hooked On Scotch surged late to just better the sizzling 29.21 Sennachie had posted defeating Crash Bandicoot earlier in the night.

Hooked On Scotch's State Of Origin success solidified the regally bred chaser's Group 1 Adelaide Cup claims for Jason Thompson, the $75,000 to-the-winner series getting underway next week.

The potential clash of Hooked On Scotch and Sennachie in the Adelaide group 1 finale in a fortnight's time is shaping up as a mouthwatering spectacle, providing Sennachie progresses through next week's heats with minimum fuss.

And while the feature victories by Barcia Bale's offspring on the day he passed away was fitting, perhaps the standout performance by his progeny was in race eight at Maitland, where hot prospect Lochinvar Chase maintained his unbeaten record.

Making it three from three for trainer Robert Smith, Lochinvar Chase flew across the 400m in a sizzling 22.13, continuing the 20 month old's rapid rise through the ranks.