Waller weekly news 27 march, 2015 Permit This week our four winners were headlined by our ‘stable pet’ Permit recording his fifth success at stakes level. Quite the character and not one to ‘work the house down at home’ come race-day when he’s hot he’s hot and when he’s not, well, he’s not which can leave punters rueing but as we often say, they’re not machines and although we pride ourselves on our systematic approach to training, there are some things we can’t control. We also celebrated another talented 2yo filly winning on debut following on from Always Allison and Pioneering, this time the Kepitis family’s Labdien. Silverball is also an exciting horse going forward after winning at the same Warwick Farm meeting while Disgraceful is far from it in our book as he’s a pleasure to have around and broke his maiden at Kembla on Saturday. While we always mention the winners each week, there are always plenty of horses that run close and are worthy of mentions, this week two 3yo colts in Preferment and Kermadec added to their stellar race-records with Group 1 placings and they look set for bigger honours in their next race-day appearances. Our home-track Rosehill is again set to stage another nail-biting day of quality racing tomorrow plus we have runners at Mornington and Newcastle - Chris and Liam have plenty of useful insights into our runners on the video preview - head to the website: www.cwallerracing.com to view it. We wish you all the very best of luck over the next week! INSIDE THIS ISSUE •WINNERS • fillies could give stable first autumn group 1, royal descent ready to deliver in doncaster, getting to know js drynski & photos. www.cwallerracing.com | [email protected] | +612 9760 5700 CHRIS WALLER RACING - WINNERS THIS WEEK PERMIT 8yo G Dansili – Cochin by Swain Having not won since last January and having been a wonderful member of the team since 2011, the up for retirement Permit must have decided he preferred the high-octane racehorse feed rather than the low GI rations the more sedentary equines eat and produced a great staying performance to win the Group 3 Manion Cup at Rosehill on Saturday. Ridden by Tommy Berry, he was challenged in the straight but fought on gamely with almost a length in hand on the line. Now with a bit of swagger back in his step around the stable knowing he’s still got it in him, Permit has staved off hanging up his race plates for a little longer and may contest the Chairman’s Handicap on the first day of The Championships, a race he won back in 2012 after also winning the Manion Cup. LABDIEN 2yo F Stryker – Bold Moment by Fasliyev Labdien produced a very good effort to win on debut for the Kepitis family’s Woppitt Bloodstock. With Tommy Berry on board she settled last in the six horse field and was angled wide on the turn before knuckling down and running on well in the straight for a narrow but very rewarding victory. With plenty more maturing to be done, Labdien is now spelling as we eagerly await working with a stronger version of this talented filly when she returns to the stable in the winter. This was an especially rewarding win for the stable having trained her sire Stryker (Fastnet Rock) for the Ingham Family. SILVERBALL 6yo G Kayhasi - Mikalia Having begun his career in France, the well travelled Silverball has also raced in Dubai and more recently in Hong Kong prior to joining CWR. Having been placed on his Australian debut at Rosehill 10 days ago, the son of Kayhasi scored a comfortable victory over 1600m at Warwick Farm last Wednesday. Ridden by the in form Blake Shinn, he seemed to relish the heavy track conditions on the day and travelled well throughout the race to score a good confidence boosting victory. Having proved that he can handle soft conditions underfoot, Silverball will have plenty of options open to him in the next few months. He is relatively lightly raced for his age having had only 18 starts in his career and should continue to improve as he adapts to Australian racing. Thanks to Bradley Photographers and Darryl Sherer for our weekly photos. www.bradleyphotos.com.au DISGRACEFUL 3yo G Redoutes Choice - They Say by Thirty Six Red The promising Disgraceful broke through for his maiden success over the 1400m course at Kembla Grange on Saturday. Having been placed twice previously from just three starts he made no mistake on Saturday winning comfortably. Racing in the colours of owner John Singleton’s Strawberry Hill Stud, the gelding was smartly away under Jeff Penza who controlled the race from start to finish. He never saw another rival and raced away in the straight for a comprehensive victory. He should gain plenty of confidence from this initial success and be ready to carry on his winning way now. CAPTION COMPETITION We love people who can have a laugh at themselves and we had to chuckle too when Paul Kepitis told us to check this photo of him gazing up at Liam quite admirably on the Bradley Photos website after Winx’s recent win. Paul’s suggestion that we start a weekly photo competition has now got wings and thanks to Prestige Hire Cars, the best caption as judged by the office girls will get a $100 voucher and a CWR prize. Email your submission to [email protected] by COB Wednesday 1 April. If anyone would like to offer up a prize an have their business featured in the newsletter alongisde this, let Haylie know too! Fillies could give Chris Waller his first autumn group 1 in Vinery Stud Stakes It has been a case of being around the mark for Chris Waller in the Sydney group 1s this autumn without snaring a winner. That will change in the next couple of weeks as the grand final of the Championships draws closer, but the BMW and Vinery Stud present the premier trainer with a great opportunity to kick off his top level tally at Rosehill on Saturday. Waller has gone to another level again, already winning nine group 1s for the season. However, he has so far had to have been happy with placings in the nine group 1 autumn races in Sydney. He didn't have starters in two of the group 1s, but he has had runners-up in Catkins and Perferment, which was brave in Saturday's Rosehill Guineas, another two thirds and two fourths. Winx Waller has a strong class of three-year-old fillies and they get their chance in the Vinery Stud Stakes. Thousand Guineas winner Amicus, which was fourth in the Coolmore Classic last start, Winx and Ballet Suite will start in the Vinery on the way to the Australian Oaks at Randwick on April 11. "They get to 2000m, which is a trip that should suit them and, as we saw with Preferment on the weekend, once those staying types get to those trip they are very comfortable," Waller said. "Amicus wasn't that far off getting another group 1 in the Coolmore and Winx won against the boys over 1500m [in the Phar Lap Stakes] and they are both looking for the 2000m." That pair are the established fillies from the spring but Ballet Suite, a winner of both her starts for Waller, could emerge from midweek grade in the Vinery. "I have no doubt about her at [group 1] level over this trip and it is a step up but she can take it," he said. Keith Nolan Classic runner-up Wine Tales will follow the Royal Descent path to the Australian Oaks, which Waller used with success a couple of years back and run in the Adrian Knox Stakes at Randwick. Waller will have up to half a dozen starters in the internationally packed BMW, which will be a highlight on Saturday. Japanese star To The World and possibly triple Melbourne Cup runner-up Red Cadeaux should line-up in the 2400m weight-for-age, which is a unique contest on the Australian racing calendar. Add Melbourne Cup winner Protectionist and Hartnell, which are both in their first preparation for Australia stables and it turns into a Northern Hemisphere against Australasia battle. Who Shot Thebarman completes the Melbourne Cup trifecta from November and he leads the Waller team along with Metropolitan winner Opinion, while Beaten Up, Foreteller, Junoob and possibly He's Your Man could take their places. "Who Shot Thebarman and Opinion are aiming at the Sydney Cup but they get to a distance that is right for them and they have both been racing well," Waller said. Source: Chris Roots, SMH. Amicus Royal Descent ready to deliver in the Doncaster Premier trainer Chris Waller believes Royal Desent is on target to deliver a big pay for a lucky owner for the day in next month’s Doncaster Mile at Randwick. The mare has recovered well after running into fourth in the George Ryder Stakes last Saturday and is on the upward spiral for her autumn goal in the Doncaster Mile. Her owner Gerry Harvey has offered a 10 percent share in the mighty mare, which could deliver up to $150,000 to the winner of a competition, which is being run by Fairfax Media and Aushorse, the marketing arm of Thoroughbred Breeders Australia. “It was a good run in the Ryder - actually it was the perfect second-up run and I think she is on a par with where she was heading into the race last year [when she ran second],” Waller said. “She has the same weight as last year [in the Doncaster] and I don’t think we could have expected anymore from her in the Ryder.” Royal Descent was fifth in the Ryder in 2014 before coming out and looking the winner in the Doncaster before being edged out by stablemate Sacred Falls. Waller hopes the trend of going one position better will continue on April 4. “Her sectional times were very good in the Ryder and we are very happy with her because we know she will be competitive at this level. That is just her,” Waller said. Royal Descent has been runner-up in all five of her starts at the Randwick 1600m, including three times in group 1s, so is due a change of luck and Harvey hopes the owner for the day can bring that. The prize includes a tour of Chris Waller’s stables, returned flights for two from the nearest capital city to the winner and two nights of accommodation in a Sydney five-star hotel. The winner will give a race day hospitality package for six. The winner of the share in Royal Descent will be decided by who comes up with the best name for her first foal. Entry is free and can be made at ownachampion.com.au Mulaqen making easy work of his jump out at Flemington. GETTING TO KNOW Jean-Stephane DRYNSki One of our Rosehill track-work riders, ‘JS’ was born in France and left the family home when he was 13 to go to Afasec (which is the French racing school located in the famous city of Chantilly). JS picks up from here with a bit of background on himself... I did my apprenticeship during three years with M.Christiane Head (more than 200 horses in the yard at this time) for who I use to ride a couple of races…. but I was too young and not patient enough so I left and I went to England at Newmarket to ride trackwork and in a couple of races for Mr Ernst Oertel, then I went in Deauville (France) where Mr Yves De Nicolay gave me a couple of rides. I left there for the same reasons too ambitious and not patient enough so I came back at Chantilly for Mr Robert Collet who was the trainer for who I was riding the most in the city. Health problems in part caused by the very very strict diets I had to be on then made race riding too hard for me. I left Chantilly and I went in south of the country where I was a scuba diving teacher for a year, Not very happy, missing friends and horses I came back to Chantilly, worked for M.Head where I was rider and provincial head travel man. Then rider for Mikel Delzangles during a year, then Bart and James Cummings for nine months and during this time James was teaching me about the very different way they train horses in Australia involving galloping horses with time and swimming them. Finally, I started as a rider for Mr Waller and have been here for a bit more than a year. Nickname: JS Best quote: I do have 3 - the 2 tattooed on my arms ‘What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger’ and ‘Don’t dream your life,live your dreams’ and another one which is ‘Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise up.’ Favourite part of the job: Proving to everyone that every successful person or successful horse isn’t all the time “someone’s son” and in this case our boss is the perfect example!!! Favourite horse: I love them all, that’s why I’m doing this job!! But due to the fact that I have to make a decision - Romantic Time! Best horse ever seen: Treve. She won the Prix de Vermeille five lengths in front of our filly Orion Love, the Prix de Diane and twice the Arc de Triomphe which is the biggest European race and I truly think that she is able to win it a third time in October… I’ve ridden her a couple of times when I was working at CH.Head racing. She was yearling and at this time NO ONE knew that she was going to be good as that!!! Role model: My parents because they started from the bottom of the society with no money at all and they have ended up with lot of money and a successful career behind them. Favourite food: Pasta - so much that I ask myself if I am not from Italy! Favourite jockeys: In my country Stephane Pasquier, in Australia Hugh Bowman and around the world Joao Moreira. If you weren’t in racing,what would you have done? When I was young I wanted to be fighter pilot but at 10 years old I already knew that I wanted to be jockey. If you could invite two people for dinner,who would you invite? Lucie Pontoir and myself !!! I am not very sociable :) Event in the world that you would most like to attend? None,I hate busy places . What would you do with your last $5? Oh my god I will just do my best for never ever having to answer this question !!! Tip for the Weekend? Foreteller should do well. Rowen Craigie accepts Permit’s Group 3 Manion Cup. Labdien Silverball with Blake Shinn and Chrissy. CWR foremen in control at the trials. Andrew Clarken the former king of Mt Isa and former champion Turkish apprentice Umut. Yaaawwwwnnnn! Replacement Miss. Reigning NSW Strapper of the Year George Tucker models the new CWR uniform with Bubbles ‘N’ Boats. Japonica Allon on He’s Your Man Guess whose Group 1 winning silhouette this is and correct answers will go into the draw for a prize - send entries to [email protected] Mulaqen Grub’s up! Clare and Calming Influence.
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