His opponents weren't superstars but boom Sydney colt Rothsay wasted no time in justifying his big reputation when he trounced his rivals in the Group Three Lord Mayor's Cup at Doomben on Saturday.Rothsay ($2.80 fav) overcame a torrid run in the $100,000 1615m feature, three deep throughout, and made his rivals look like hacks when he exploded in the straight to secure himself Queensland Guineas favouritism.The best of the beaten brigade was local galloper Our Lukas ($31) who battled bravely aft

His opponents weren't superstars but boom Sydney colt Rothsay wasted no time in justifying his big reputation when he trounced his rivals in the Group Three Lord Mayor's Cup at Doomben on Saturday.

Rothsay ($2.80 fav) overcame a torrid run in the $100,000 1615m feature, three deep throughout, and made his rivals look like hacks when he exploded in the straight to secure himself Queensland Guineas favouritism.

The best of the beaten brigade was local galloper Our Lukas ($31) who battled bravely after travelling outside the leader to finish 2-1/2 lengths back second with Hadaaf ($5.50) 1-1/4 lengths back third.

Winning trainer Gerald Ryan said Rothsay would have his next start in the Guineas (1600m) on June 12 rather than tackling the older horses in the Stradbroke (1400m) on the same day.

"It's against his own age group and I've got him to the mile (1600m) now so why go back in distance," he said.

Ryan already has three Guineas trophies on his cabinet after winning with Magnifier (2000), Regent Street (2002) and Saxon (2005) but said Rothsay was a far superior animal.

"He's a much better horse than my previous Guineas winners. This is a very good horse," Ryan said.

"From the time he was broken in and the first time I galloped him I knew he was very special.

"He lived up to what I thought he could do today. He was three and four wide all the way and to sprint like he did shows he is the real deal."

Winning rider Blake Shinn said he was always confident Rothesay would win despite the wide trip.

"He was comfortable out there and I was really confident a long way out," Shinn said.

"I knew I had plenty of horse under me on the turn and he sprinted like a really good horse when he let down."

Meanwhile, Peter Snowden is almost certain to avoid the temptation of a Stradbroke start and stick to his original plan with consistent mare Beaded after her win in the $125,000 Group Three Darley Sprint (1200m).

Beaded finished powerfully in the straight to beat Secrets Untold and Drenalin in the race sponsored by her owners and Snowden said she would be freshened for a tilt at the Winter Stakes at her next run on June 26.

"That was our plan when we brought her up. We'll take her to the beach and let her enjoy the sunshine in the Queensland weather and stick with our original plan," Snowden said.