The market might not be in his corner, but an emerging three-year-old that has not started since an under-the-radar debut 10 weeks ago is set to star at Thursday’s Hawkesbury meeting.

Cool Drinks, a gelding by Kiwi sire Cool Aza Beel, in the Randwick stable of John O’Shea and Tom Charlton, was as much as $11 in early betting for a competitive Super Maiden Hcp over 1300m. Yet, on a surface that is likely to be downgraded deep into the soft range with plenty of rain in the 24 hours leading up to the race, he emerges as one of the value options at a wide-open meeting.

Cool Drinks caught the eye late when having his first run in a two-year-old maiden at Wyong on a soft 7 a month into winter.

From last on the turn and covering plenty of ground, he picked up strong late and finished only a li

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