Plagiarism breaks through for maiden victory in dominant style at Rosehill
Plagiarism broke his maiden in style when he ran his rivals ragged to win the Group 3 $250,000 Up And Coming Stakes (1300m) at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday.
The win didn’t surprise co-trainer Adrian Bott who has always felt Plagiarism had the ability but having the horse gelded after his two-year-old campaign might prove the makings of him.
“We have had in all the biggest races so far, we haven’t run him in maidens, and that was his first win today,’‘ Bott said.
“Last preparation we chased the Golden Slipper dream but it just wasn’t happening for him.
“I feel having the horse gelded has helped him, definitely. He was impressive today.’‘
Plagiarism ($8) led throughout under Regan Bayliss and was never seriously challenged to score by nearly a length from the fast finishing Genesis Runner ($4.40) with Hostwin King ($17) a half length away third.
The heavily backed favourite Savagram ($2.30), a stablemate of the winner, was doing his best work on the line to finish fourth.
Bayliss told Racing And Sports that he was confident a long way from home because Plagiarism was travelling so well.
“He is a horse that can roll along at a nice speed and quicken off that which is a really good attribute to have,’‘ Bayliss said.
“When he got there so easily and got into a great rhythm I thought it was going to take a good one to run him down. He was just too good.
“He keeps improving, this horse and that was a really good confidence boosting win. He’s still only lightly raced and is on the way up.’‘
Bott, who trains in partnership with Hall of Famer Gai Waterhouse, said they had originally thought of taking Plagiarism to races like the Tapp-Craig and Callander-Presnell but they will revisit those plans after his dashing Up And Coming win.
“We will look at the Golden Rose,’‘ Bott said. “There is probably a sweet spot getting out to 1400m for this horse.
“I thought he might have been a step below the top three-year-olds but he was very impressive today.
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