Updated: 05.01.2009 | 03:04
Chris Waller News Headlines
02.09.2008, TRIPLE HONOUR FIGHTING AT RIGHT WEIGHT
| Triple Honour is aiming at the Group Two Chelmsford (1600m) after breezing through a 1200m trial. Having passed his first weight-for-age test with flying colours, Triple Honour has his eyes on the prize in the Chelmsford Stakes. Following his Premiere Stakes win on August 16, trainer Chris Waller decided to experiment with his gear by taking the blinkers off and he was pleased with what he saw in a barrier trial at Warwick Farm on Friday. Waller opted for the 1200m trial ahead of the Group Two Chelmsford (1600m) rather than another race and said the Doncaster Handicap winner had done enough work to be tuned up for Saturday’s return to racing at Randwick. “He trialled nicely without the blinkers and did what I wanted,” Waller said. “He’s a very clean winded horse and the 1200 metres of the trial is just what I wanted ahead of the Chelmsford. “He wanted to lay in again but straightened up right away and Glen (Boss) was happy.” Triple Honour is currently the second favourite behind Racing To Win for the Epsom Hcp (1600m) on October 4 but neither horse is assured of lining up. Racing To Win’s trainer John O’Shea has warned the star middle distance runner won’t start if he gets more than 59 kilos which seems likely while Triple Honour could be steered away from the race with the Cox Plate now looming as a target. The weight-for-age George Main Stakes (1600m) on September 27 could be the watershed race for both horses. “It’s still too far out to make a decision on the Epsom,” Waller said. “The George Main might be the test.” Racing To Win may also have another crack at the Cox Plate in which he started favourite two years ago and ran the worst race of his career. He was found to have muscle soreness in his back afterwards and spent a year on the sidelines. He claimed his fifth Group One victory in the All-Aged Stakes during the autumn and won the Warwick Stakes at his first start this campaign. The Hong Kong Mile at Sha Tin in December is among the options for Racing To Win. He would have to leave for Hong Kong from Melbourne prompting O’Shea to give the Cox Plate serious thought. Racing To Win’s lead up to the George Main is scheduled to be the Theo Marks Stakes on September 13. |
29.08.2008, WALLER CHANGES MIND WITH ENZEDEX EAGLE
Tuesday, 26 August 2008Trainer Chris Waller has changed his mind and will target the Group One Metropolitan Handicap at Randwick with tough stayer Enzedex Eagle if the horse wins the Listed Wyong Cup on Friday week.
Waller originally planned to spell the five-year-old after the Wyong Cup but believes the gelding has the class for a race like the Metropolitan (2400m) at Randwick on October 4.
“If he wins the Wyong Cup we will definitely press on towards the Metropolitan,” Waller said.
“If not then we will wait a little while before deciding if we will go ahead with the plan or send him for a spell.
“If he does start in the Metropolitan he will definitely go for a spell after it.”
Enzedex Eagle has been in work since March and has won four of his last five starts.
The gelding will trial at Warwick Farm on Friday to prepare him for the Wyong Cup.
Included in the same trial is Waller’s Epsom Handicap hope Triple Honour.
Waller led in a winning treble at the AJC meeting at Newcastle on Tuesday, winning the first two races, the Go Racing At Broadmeadow Maiden (1850m) with Il Capitano (Jeff Penza) and the Romantic Dream Maiden (1500m) with Corey Brown’s mount Baby Casino and later taking out the www.Ulinkcard.com.au Hcp (900m) with Anavila, ridden by Jeff Lloyd.
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