Camera IconProfit Motive doing trackwork at Belmont this week. Credit: Simon Merritt/Western Racepix

Interstate plans have been revealed for bargain-priced Profit Motive ahead of her start as a raging hot favourite in the $300,000 WA Champion Fillies’ Stakes (1600m) at Ascot on Saturday.

The Mitchell-Pateman trained three-year-old outclassed opposition when she won last Tuesday week’s $125,000 Burgess Queen Stakes (1400m) by three lengths for jockey Holly Watson.

A syndicate of owners, who bought Profit Motive online for $20,000, will collect a $164,400 cheque if she wins again on Saturday. They have already banked $83,175 from her two wins in three starts.

Pateman yesterday flagged his confidence in the bay’s Champion Fillies prospects.

“This will be one of her last WA races,” he told SEN. “She’s good enough to be going interstate. I’ll take her over myself, or send her to a trainer there.”

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Pateman said Profit Motive’s wide barrier on Saturday could be an asset.

“She will be away from possible trouble when jumping from out there,” he said. “Profit Motive meets the same type of field which she beat last start.”

The trainer is adamant he will not back up Profit Motive in Saturday week’s $500,000 WA Guineas (1600m).

“We’ll see how she comes through the Champion Fillies and then look at the Northerly in three weeks,” he said.

Pateman will also have a big following when he starts Bassett Hound and Kraken Times in Saturday’s Colonel Reeves Stakes. He has Big Red Zoom tackling the Placid Ark Stakes on Saturday and Mojo Rhythm is his RJ Peters Stakes runner.

“Bassett Hound is going really well and we’ll be hoping he gets clear at the home turn,” Pateman said. “Kraken Time will be suited by an anticipated fast pace. Big Red Zoom, unplaced after being caught four-wide last-start, will be ridden closer to the lead. Mojo Rhythm is racing third-up and should show his best.

“I’ve got a high opinion of my minor race race runner Have A Crack, who looks hard to beat on Saturday.”

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