By Brad Bishop
Rex Lipp's decision to geld Cifrado has reaped another Group win with the three-year-old storming to victory in Saturday's Group 3 Vo Rogue Plate (1350m) at Doomben.
The son of Encryption has always had ability, as demonstrated by his win in the Group 2 Queensland Sires' Produce Stakes (1400m), but the Toowoomba trainer felt he was never going to fulfil his true ability as a racehorse while a colt.
The decision was made to geld him after he beat home just one rival in the Listed Keith Noud Classic (1200m) on November 11 and the Vo Rogue Plate was his second start as a gelding after a sixth placing in the Listed Gold Edition Plate (1200m) on December 16.
"He had a fortnight in the paddock out at my property, we put him into work, then we gave him a very soft trial," Lipp said.
"It was a fantastic run the other day, I do believe he was one of those unlucky runs in the race, but today just proved that he's a different this time in now he's been gelded."