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Triple Crown Syndications are hopeful of a strong 2013 autumn carnival with promising colt Charlie Boy and multiple stakeswinner Hot Snitzel each going to the paddock after encouraging displays last Saturday.

Charlie Boy continued the success of Triple Crown Syndications-raced juveniles over the past 24 months when winning on debut at Rosehill last Saturday.

The Gerald Ryan-trained colt showed a promising turn of foot in the final 100m to reel in the Gai Waterhouse-trained Windjammer.

“We were waiting for him to switch on,” Triple Crown Syndications' Director Michael Ward said.

“Certainly at the furlong mark you were left worrying but certainly once he got on the bit he really lengthened out well and picked them up pretty quickly inside the last 100m.”

A Magic Millions purchase, Charlie Boy's connections have elected to bypass the Magic Millions 2YO Classic (1200m) in January with a view to the Group 1 Golden Slipper (1200m) next April.

“He has come through a little bit shinsore so we've made the decision to turn him out now, give him a good spell and bring him back at the end of the year in preparation for the lucrative autumn races,” Ward said.

A Golden Slipper start for Charlie Boy would be the third straight year Triple Crown Syndications have been represented in the lucrative 2YO feature.

Stakeswinners Hot Snitzel and Cavalry Rose have contested the 2011 and 2012 renewals respectively.

The pair have each gone on to taste stakes success.

Ward believes the only question regarding stakes success surrounding Charlie Boy is whether it will come during his Golden Slipper campaign or after.

“We've had Hot Snitzel, Cavalry Rose and Flying Snitzel all become stakeswinners and I think it is fairly safe to say Charlie Boy will soon be added to that list,” Ward said.

"It was great to see Charlie Boy step out and deliver and then Hot Snitzel put in a great effort as well."

The performance Ward was speaking of is Hot Snitzel's gallant second in last Saturday's Listed Kevin Heffernan Stakes (1200m).

Hot Snitzel led for a majority of the race and was only gunned down late by the Peter Moody-trained Group 1 winner Mid Summer Music.

“His main trait is he is a very tough horse,” Ward said.

“He is prepared to step up to a fight with anyone and he showed that again on Saturday at Sandown.”

After undergoing a wind operation late last spring, Hot Snitzel's short three start spring campaign has generally been encouraging.

Hot Snitzel's last start second followed a respectable fourth down Flemington's Straight Six is the MSS Securty Sprint on Melbourne Cup Day.

“All the spring races are over now so he will head out for a good spell and we can look forward to him getting across the line again in the autumn,” Ward said.

“We are going to have a pretty strong lineup in the autumn which makes it exciting for everyone in the team.”