Premier trainer Chris Waller produced two of the best horses in the country to win within 40 minutes of each other at Randwick, plus a group 1 winner in Melbourne, but his heart was with fallen dual Derby winner Riff Rocket on Saturday.
“The start of the week was tough,” an emotional Waller said. “Losing a horse like Riff Rocket affects everyone and everything we do. It was so hard. You have a day like today and everyone thinks that makes it better. It doesn’t.“We had a couple of very good winners today, but I’m still feeling Tuesday . Racing moves on at pace, but it is hard for everyone in our stable to do that.”
But it was just the prelude for unbeaten Autumn Glow in the Tea Rose Stakes and long-time stable favourite Fangirl booming down the centre to outclass rivals in the 7Sport Stakes. “Her best is yet to come,” Waller said. “She’s all class. We’re scared to ask too much at home, because she is so good. So we’re just taking her quietly. She’s improving with each run, being trained that way. We’ve got one race to go in the Flight Stakes this time. Next time she will be better.”“She’s very good. She’s just so economical in her action,” McDonald said of Autumn Glow. “She has all the class in the world, it will take her a long way.
“We’ve all come to realise that she’s one-dimensional, so we all know where she’s going to be,” McDonald said. “We put our heads together, and obviously we’re going to ride her to her strengths, which we’ve nailed down. McDonald did as Rawiller had in the Concorde following a strong speed set by Way To The Stars on the fence before taking over at the 200m pole.
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