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Waller weekly news
5 SEPTEMBER, 2014
Georgey Aeroplane remains unbeaten at Rosehill.
We’re back in our winning way this week with four winners including two on Saturday at Rosehill. Both Georgey Aeroplane and
Rugged Cross have had more than their fair share of issues and time in the paddock so their victories were even more rewarding for
their patient owners. Chris’s confidence building plan for Hero I Am saw him step back to mid-week grade and he duly saluted at
Canterbury while Hollywood Bound was explosive at the same meeting for a well-deserved win.
This Saturday we will be looking to secure our third Group 2 Chelmsford Stakes in a row with Danleigh winning in 2012 and
Hawkspur set to try and make it back to back wins. He will be joined by five stable-mates including fellow Group 1 winners Royal
Descent and Sacred Falls. Also on the day we have some other great chances at Randwick and six runners in Melbourne at Moonee
Valley. We will also be sending our best to assistant trainer Peter Muscutt’s son Daniel who has continued to boot home winners at
a rate of knots in recent weeks and has a ride on a Dansili 3yo called Galizzi for Sheikh Marwan Al Maktoum in a £150,000 race at
Ascot on Saturday.
For a full list of tomorrow’s runners and our thoughts on them, visit the website for our video preview www.cwallerracing.com
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
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WINNERS
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BRAZEN BEAU TO BYPASS GOLDEN ROSE, PRESTIGE HIRE CARS
COMPETITION, A WALK FOR NATHAN UPDATE, GETTING TO KNOW
ROB COOPER & PHOTOS.
CHRIS WALLER RACING – WINNERS THIS WEEK
GEORGEY AEROPLANE
7YO G Yamanin Vital – Nancy Wake (Personal Escourt)
Rosehill, BM80 2400m, 5.5L.
Winning in amazing style for some of his owners who hadn’t met
him in the flesh before, Georgey Aeroplane took off around
Rosehill to win by 5.5 lengths. He stayed the distance well and
really relished the ground and with a confident ride from Hugh
Bowman he put the race to bed turning into the home straight.
The Newcastle Cup was an option but he may be sent for a spell
now as Chris considers him to still be in the rehabilitation phase
after a tendon injury. Then next winter we can target some
serious races with him and take him up through the grades.
RUGGED CROSS
6YO G Cape Cross – Lunda (Soviet Star)
Rosehill, BM95 1500m, 1.3L.
Rugged Cross made a winning return to Sydney after his stint
down in Melbourne with a dominant win. He won well on a
track rated heavy 9 after all of the rain we had during the week.
He’s a different horse on this sort of surface and can really
quicken through it and if this weather sticks around, he will be
aimed at the Group 3 Cameron Handicap on the 17th. He will be
able to run in that with a nice light-weight in what has been a
relatively weak Group 3 in recent years.
HERO I AM
3YO C Hussonet – Donna Dior (Marscay)
Canterbury, BM68 1580m, 0.1L.
Racing in stakes company in his two Australian starts and
showing promise, Hero I Am stepped back to Wednesday grade
for a well-deserved and hard-fought win. Formerly raced in New
Zealand, owner Jayven See transferred him to CWR in search of
some better prize-money with this colt looking well on his way
to some loftier heights with the Gloaming Stakes a likely target.
HOLLYWOOD BOUND
5YO G Royal Academy – Sutton Rarju (Marju)
Canterbury, BM70 1580m, 2.3L.
Hollywood Bound streaked away for a very well-deserved win
on Wednesday at Canterbury. A consistent galloper who has
lacked a bit of luck, he never looked in doubt in the hands of
James McDonald and will now most likely back up on
Wednesday before heading out for a spell. A $67,500 purchase
at Magic Millions, he’s now won almost $150,000 for owners
Mark and Leah Timms.
Thanks to Bradley Photographers www.bradleyphotos.com.au
& Darryl Sherer for our race day photographs.
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Brazen beau to bypass golden rose
Champion trainer Chris Waller briefly flirted with
the idea of starting Brazen Beau in the Golden Rose
after his blistering trial on Tuesday morning.
Chris Waller says he is content to leave Sydney’s big
race on Saturday to stablemates Sniper Fire and Law
to try and win him back-to-back Golden Roses. But
Waller elected on Tuesday night to stick with his gut
feel and send his colt to Melbourne for a first-up start
in Saturday week’s Group 2 Danehill Stakes (1200m)
at Flemington.
Brazen Beau was scratched from the Run To The
Rose on Saturday because of the wet, yet kept ticking
over with a 900m tune-up where jockey Hugh
Bowman weaved a path to the front. It was arguably
the trial of the morning, and you have to imagine
how much Brazen Beau’s Golden Rose price would
have trimmed.
Waller, however, said he was content to ditch the $1 million race with Brazen Beau, and leave it to stablemates Sniper Fire and Law
to try and win him back-to-back Golden Roses.
“The horse is fine as you can see, I just wasn’t confident about starting him on a heavy track last Saturday, and it would have
flattened him,’’ a croaky Waller told The Daily Telegraph from high up in the Rosehill stands.
“The Golden Rose was discussed with the managing owner, but at the same time we didn’t want to jeopardise the rest of his
preparation for the sake of a Group 1 race, which would be near-impossible to win first-up. The Danehill Stakes is where he’ll run.
From there he’ll either come back to Sydney for the Roman Consul, or remain in Melbourne.’’
Brazen Beau’s main mission this spring will be the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes on Derby Day. The Group 1 Coolmore Stud
Stakes (1200m) on Derby Day is the colt’s ultimate spring prize. Waller’s Zoustar won the Coolmore Stud Stakes last year, but only
after he clinched the Golden Rose. Law and Sniper Fire will have the job of trying to win a second successive Golden Rose for
Waller, with the trainer admitting: “I’m the first to admit my two horses need to improve, but they’ll improve back on good tracks,
and they’ll be fit. I see it as an open race.”
Source: Christian Nicolussi
PRESTIGE HIRE CARS WEEKLY $100 VOUCHER DRAW
Last week we asked for the names of the Choisir x Graceful Lily
filly’s famous older brother was. Of course the correct answer
was Danleigh and from our pile of entries, Kerrie (our resident
Justice of the Peace) pulled out of the hat, the Lamphee Racing
Syndicate. We’re sure the Lamphees will put their $100 voucher
and jacket and cap to good use being regulars at the races being
part-owners in the likes of Eigelstein, Murphy’s Delight and
Skipper who we will see back at the races later this year.
To enter the draw for a $100 Prestige Hire Car, a CWR jacket
and hat this week, email Haylie ([email protected]) the
name of Chris’s first winner in Australia by COB Wednesday.
www.presitgehirecars.com.au
CHRIS WALLER RACING
A walk for nathan UPDATE
Last week our fundraising bets for 4tracks4kids A Walk For Nathan would have been better going straight to the very worthy
charity before they were placed... Let’s hope ‘the girls in the office’ go better this week!
Mel backed Brazen Beau who was scratched last week so she’s put $20 on
Royal Descent.
Star’s Emma Cully will
have $5 each way on
Whittington of course!
Haylie – Moriarty - $10 to place.
Kerrie – Grand Marshal - $10 to
win.
Sophie – Weary - $10 to win.
You can support Team Waller’s efforts, with the proceeds going to the National Jockey’s Trust, the Sydney Children’s Hospital
Network and Epilepsy Action Australia by going to the link below:
https://www.4tracks4kids.com.au/fundraising-donate.php?id=10083 5
Gloaming likely target for hero I am
Champion trainer Chris Waller says the Gloaming Stakes appears a realistic target for Hero I Am after the three-year-old recorded
his first Australian win at Canterbury on Wednesday.
The TAB Early Quaddie Handicap (1580m) was
run in a howling south-westerly that saw horses
running into a headwind down the back straight.
Racing NSW steward Greg Rudolph described the
conditions as "the strongest winds” he can
"remember at Canterbury”.
Hero I Am went into Wednesday's event off the
back of two respectable Australian performances
where he finished 1-1/4 and 2-3/4 lengths behind
Scissor Kick in the Listed Rosebud and Group III
Up And Coming Stakes.
Hero I Am ($3.30), ridden by Jason Collett,
defeated the Peter Moody-trained Monteux ($6)
by a short head with Gai Waterhouse's
Himpapawid ($2 fav) two lengths back in third.
"He's raced in top company in New Zealand and
good company in Australia and will continue to improve, the Gloaming Stakes looks a suitable type of race for him” Waller said.
The Group III Gloaming Stakes (1800m) is run at Rosehill on September 27. Source: Racenet
HORSE OF THE WEEK
CASINO PRINCE – FAMILY JEWELS FILLY
BY THE SAME SIRE AS STAR ROLLING – IMPRESSIVE GROUP 2 PB LAWRENCE STAKES WINNER.
This classy filly is from the notable Pedrille family (the same family a
Champion First Season Sire I Am Invincible).
Her winning dam, Family Jewels is by Secret Savings, the dam-sire
of top liners Samaready and Secret Admirer.
At the sales, she caught the team’s eye with Chris commenting “The
Family Jewels filly is a lovely individual with a strong hindquarter
and shoulder. She’s also very athletic and free moving.”
“Her good pedigree and being a quality physical specimen makes her
an exciting investment.”
$12,950 per 10% share incl GST.
Visit www.starthoroughbreds.com.au
for more information.
CHRIS WALLER RACING
GETTING TO KNOW ROB cooper
Born in England, Rob grew up in County Clare in Ireland and was a jump jockey in the UK for 16 years before he made the move
to Australia. Rob started at CWR as a rider earlier last year and has now taken up a position as a foreman.
Nickname? Rob-dog or Jesus!! lol nah Irish.
Best quote? Sometimes the bad things that happens in
our lives put us directly on the path to the best things
that will ever happen to us!!
Favourite part of the job? Clocking out and emptying
boxes only joking lol!! Watching the winners we have
wherever they may be.
Favourite horse? Plenty Special and Glorious Prospect
Best horse ever seen? Red Rum won a sprint race and
ran in five Grand Nationals – he won three and ran
second twice!!
Role model? Adam Stewart (fellow CWR foreman)!! Lol
Favourite food? Thai and Indian.
Favourite jockey? Timmy Murphy and Richard Dunwoody ex jumps
jockeys in the UK.
If you weren’t in racing, what would you have done? Been a soccer
player.
If you could invite two people for dinner who would you invite?
My parents – I haven't seen the olds for a while now.
Event in the world that you would most like to attend? Monaco
Grand Prix.
What would you do with your last $5? Keep it.
Tip for the weekend? Royal Descent.
POSTCARD
FROM THE
PADDOCK
While Hollywood Bound keeps the
winners rolling in Sydney for Mark and
Leah Timms, Black Jag is loving a bit of
Queensland sun on his back while he spells
in his perfectly manicured paddock at their
Grand Parkview Stud.
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Jason Richardson photo bombs the Rugged Cross crew at Rosehill on Saturday! Photo: Sophie Baker.
Ready to Run.
Changing things up… Fulgur free jumping and loving it!
CHRIS WALLER RACING
Star’s Cocoa Labelle – one of seven CWR-trained
2yo trailers on Tuesday at Rosehill.
Rugged Cross
looking like a
Rockstar with his
spiky mane and red
lycra suit outside his
stable…
Tired young man, Hero I Am catches up
on some sleep after his win.
Winners! NSW Strapper of the Year Georgey
Tucker and Hero I Am return from Canterbury.
Sophie hedging her bets and wondering
if she should choose Winx instead of
Weary…