PRIOR to Sunday’s TAB race meeting at Port Macquarie, trainer Marc Quinn suggested he might have retired Imposition if she got home.
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But after the three-year-old did it so easily in the 1200-metre maiden he has decided to let her have another run again.
“She won well by nearly three lengths and the report from the jockey was that she’ll win again,” he said.
Quinn conceded he had thought about sending her to stud, but felt she had more to give.
“You always think about retiring them, but once they’re retired they’re a long time retired.”
The Port Macquarie trainer bristled at suggestions the three-year-old only came to the region because the racing circuit wasn’t as strong.
“I’ve had horses come up here from Sydney before and people think the Mid-North Coast is a weak precinct, but I don’t think that’s the case,” he said.
“It’s hard to win here; we had trainers like Kris Lees and Paul Perry and she’s a Bobs Bonus horse so she’s worth 16 grand for that win, but the $20 notes are the same colour whether it’s in Sydney or here.”
On a track that provided advantage to horses ridden on the speed, Paget had no hesitation to take the commands filly straight to the lead for an impressive win.
“She did it easily,” Quinn said.
Later in the day, Knight Templar with Kirk Matheson on board held on to win the Athol Platt Memorial Benchmark 64 handicap.
The Jason Reilly-trained top weight survived the fast finish of Jonny Ge, who came with a solid run along the rails to be beaten by a neck when the judge called a halt.
