Chris Waller To Have Big Team At Randwick
- Sunday, 31 August 2014 09:23
Sydney's recent wet weather has been challenging for all trainers including Chris Waller who has a big team heading to the spring features.
Waller will nominate some of his Group One stars for races in Sydney and Melbourne on Saturday as insurance against further rain this week.
"Foreteller will go to the Dato Tan Chin Nam at Moonee Valley and we will probably nominate Sacred Falls, Hawkspur and Royal Descent as well," Waller said.
"But the latter three are unlikely to go to Melbourne with the Chelmsford Stakes the preferred option.
"Our Voodoo Prince will be entered for a 1600 metre race in Melbourne as well as the Chelmsford."
"It is a balancing act but all the horses are well.
"Jim Cassidy will be back on Hawkspur in Sydney and Kerrin McEvoy will ride Sacred Falls."
Cassidy has been on an extended holiday since the end of the Brisbane winter carnival and will rejoin the Sydney riding ranks at Canterbury on Wednesday.
Royal Descent, Sacred Falls and Hawkspur ran second, fourth and fifth respectively in the Warwick Stakes (1400m).
The race was won by Group One winning sprinter and wet track specialist Tiger Tees.
Australian Derby winner Criterion, third in the Warwick Stakes, will also be entered in the Dato Tan and the Chelmsford, both over 1600 metres.
But trainer David Payne said he was more likely to stay in Sydney before heading to Melbourne to continue his Cox Plate preparation.
The Waller-trained Weary, sixth in the Warwick Stakes, will have another 1400m start on Saturday when he runs in the Tramway Stakes.
The winner of the Tramway earns automatic entry to the Group One Epsom Handicap (1600m) in October.
"Vilanova will also go to the Tramway while Whittington runs in the Concorde and Winx in the Ming Dynasty," Waller said.
Winx had two starts as a late two-year-old, winning over 1100 and 1400 metres.
