Chris Waller has unveiled a powerful early contender for the Golden Slipper after Hidrix scored an authoritative debut win at Rosehill.

The highly related colt lived up to strong expectations, while pre-race equal favourite Incognito failed to fire and finished fifth.

Jockey Tommy Berry reported Incognito appeared to have an issue after the race.

“He made a gargling noise pulling up, so he’s obviously flicked his palate,” Berry said.

“The team at home can work out how they fix that.”

Markets reacted swiftly, with Bookmakers pushing Incognito out to $26 for the Golden Slipper (1200m).

Hidrix was promoted to $8 equal favourite alongside Warwoven.

Waller trained the quinella, with Confederation finishing 1-3/4 lengths behind the winner, while Eviction Notice boxed on for third.

A $1.7 million yearling, Hidrix is a full brother to Apocalyptic and caught Waller’s eye despite initial doubts about his colour.

“He was out of the Coolmore draft and by Extreme Choice. He ticked all the boxes,” Waller said.

“The only thing we weren’t sure about was the colour, but we’ve got nothing to worry about, have we.

“We have given him two educational trials. We haven’t asked him to do anything. What you saw today is more than what I’ve seen.”

Waller confirmed both Hidrix and Confederation will be aimed at the Golden Slipper on March 21.

“The beauty of our horses is you know they’re still on the up. They will have a ceiling as well, but hopefully we don’t find that ceiling until Slipper day,” he said.

Winning jockey Zac Lloyd praised Hidrix’s racing manners.

“He’s just bombproof. He does everything right,” Lloyd said.

“He was extremely push-button.”

Trainer Michael Freedman later confirmed Incognito would be scoped but remained hopeful the issue could be resolved quickly, keeping the colt on track to race again in three weeks.