PREPOTENT FINDS HIS WINNING TOUCH AT WARWICK

By Graham Potter | Monday, January 29, 2024

The More Than Ready gelding Prepotent was back in the winner’s enclosure landing a Class 3 Plate over 1350m at Warwick on January 29.

Prepotent had six unplaced runs before transferring to the Corey and Kylie Geran stable in early 2023, and the chestnut’s career immediately blossomed following the move with Prepotent winning three of his first four starts for the Geran stable.

The win has been harder to find in his second preparation with the Warwick success coming in his sixth start this time in, but it should be noted that the two previous runs leading into the Warwick assignment were in town ... in the highly competitive Summer Provincial Series Final and in a BM65 Handicap, both at Eagle Farm.

With that background, Prepotent ... racing in the new KO Racing silks ... appeared to be well placed by the Geran team here, although he was still easy to back at $5 being on the third line of betting in only a five horse field where Wowit’s Willywonka topped the boards at $2.20 with Breaking Ground at $2.25.

Prepotent jumped second last at the break and was held three wide for the entire run to the home turn.

Approaching the turn, Karl Zechner had asked Prepotent to improve his position and he up to third place at the point of the home turn, then quickly up to second place on straightening ... but still two lengths adrift of the frontrunning, $51 outsider Clearly George.

It wasn’t long before Prepotent took the measure of Clearly George.

The job wasn’t completely done yet though as the race favourite Wowit’s Willywonker tried to go with Prepotent, but, having gained the ascendancy, Prepotent was having none of that and he went to the line well, arguably winning a little bit more easily than the official one length margin suggest.

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