There is an easy way to break your maiden and a hard one and the Paul Shailer trained Profit in Paradise definitely found the hard way when saluting at Eagle Farm on Wednesday to become the fifth winner for his young sire Profiteer.
Profit in Paradise was lining up for his fourth race start and second this preparation in the 1000m maiden and his chances looked forlorn when he missed the kick by about five lengths
Jag Guthmann-Chester didn’t panic, allowing the juvenile to quietly regroup before securing a passage up the fence.
With 300m to run, Profit in Paradise still looked no hope, but he stuck to his guns and surged through late to take the lead and while the effort was starting to tell, he had enough left to hang on and win by a long head.
A $35,000 Magic Millions National Yearling purchase from Bowness stud for Peter Kwan, Profit in Paradise is the first winner for winning Dawn Approach (IRE) mare Gobelin, a grand-daughter of stakes-winner Royal Show from the family of Group winners Folding Gear and Royal Success.
Profit in Paradise is the fifth winner (one in Philippines) for Profiteer, who stands at Newgate a fee of $11,000.
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