Australian G1 winner Pressday will make his USA debut in a 1300m allowance event at Santa Anita on Thursday.

Pressday was purchased as a stud prospect by Eliza Park last year but spring plans were derailed when he bled after the G2 Sebring Sprint at Rosehill in September.

Pressday (5h Domesday – Kaaptive Empress by Kaaptive Edition) was transferred to California based trainer John Sadler instead of serving an automatic three month ban in Australia.  “He’s a nice horse and is doing well,” Sadler said on Tuesday.  “I expect a good race from him.”

A G1 winner of the 2010 T J Smith Stakes at the Brisbane winter carnival, Pressday returned to claim the G2 Sandown Guineas in November.  However, he didn’t train on and was unplaced in five runs last year.

“He was a top horse before going off form in Australia, “ Sadler told USA Daily Racing Form.  “I was looking at the G2 Arcadia Stakes last Saturday but decided to start him down the hill course this Thursday.”

Pressday will start first-up in Race 7 at 4.07 pm on Thursday afternoon (PST).  That’s 11.07 am on Friday (AEDT).