BORN TO WIN

Born To Fight lived up to his name and gave connections a big pay day when winning at Wangaratta on Monday.

The three-year-old jumped one from the outside and was forced to race four wide before crossing to race outside Lord Sundowner in the lead in the Hygain 3YO Maiden Plate over 1170m.

Patrick Moloney asked Born To Fight for more into the home straight and the son of Street Boss found plenty, going clear to defeat Liberatore by 1 1/2-lengths.

Moloney said there was plenty of merit to the win.

“He drew wide but had the blinkers on first time and Mike wanted me to be positive on him,” Moloney said.

“A couple kicked up on my inside so I let him roll and he got outside the leader. When I asked him for a kick at the top of the straight he dug in for me.

“He’s always shown us a bit at home so it’s good to see him get off the mark.”

Born To Fight was purchased as a yearling for $75,000 at the Inglis Melbourne Premier Sale by Paul Moroney and is now a winner and placed once from his three starts.

In addition to the first prize Born To Fight also collected $12,000 Super VOBIS bonus and $20,000 VOBIS Gold bonus.

Congratulations to connections, Ballymore Stables (Aust) Pty Ltd, R & C Legh Racing Pty Ltd, Pulitano Thoroughbreds Pty Ltd, B & C Thoroughbreds Pty Ltd, Mr G I Mackay, Mr B J Margery, Mrs L Margery and Miss K S Glindemann.