Chris Waller claimed his eighth Winx Stakes victory with a late-charging By way of Sistina taking the now Group 1 $1 million race at Royal Randwick on Saturday.
2024 Winx Stakes winner By way of Sistina led an all-Chris Waller trifecta within the spring’s opening Group 1. Picture: Steve Hart.
The gifted mare showcased her class with a robust end, edging out stablemate Zougotcha by a slender, half-head margin.
Fangirl, Waller’s defending champion, completed third after overlaying additional floor because the overwhelmed favorite rounding out the Winx Stakes trifecta.
Regardless of queries over the shorter distance which noticed her get out to a beneficiant $11 beginning value in Winx Stakes betting, the imported By way of Sistina delivered a surprising efficiency, securing her third Group 1 win and second in Australia following her first-up Ranvet success within the autumn.
Waller was stuffed with post-win reward for each the mare and her hoop Kerrin McEvoy.
“Clearly, she’s a really good horse, and yeah, privileged to be coaching horses like her,” he advised the media.
“She’s a pickup addition to the steady. The others are stalwarts and he or she’s overwhelmed them at the moment, however it’ll be a match race I’m certain in a couple of weeks’ time.
“It was a wonderful trip from Kerrin [McEvoy] he didn’t go round a horse, saved floor and had loads of horse topping the well-known Randwick rise, yeah, she was robust all the way in which to the road.”
Jockey McEvoy praised By way of Sistina’s aggressive spirit and Waller’s coaching efforts, noting that the mare’s victory within the Winx Stakes opens up thrilling potentialities for the spring marketing campaign.
“Nice win, she’s only a winner principally, I’ve solely sat on her as soon as, which was final Saturday, and he or she was on her personal, however she’s only a competitor,” McEvoy stated.
“Chris [Waller] simply stated ‘look, she’s in actually good kind’. The unknown was 1400m on this grade, and first up.
“She actually motored the final furlong, so improbable coaching effort to see her try this first up at that stage, and the world is her oyster this prep now.”
By way of Sistina is now the favourite for the Group 1 Ladbrokes Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley on October 26.
2024 Winx Stakes Outcomes
| End | No. | Horse | Coach | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Beginning Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | VIA SISTINA (IRE) | Chris Waller | Kerrin McEvoy | 7 | 57kg | $11 | |||
| 2 | 9 | ZOUGOTCHA | Chris Waller | Tommy Berry | 0.07L | 6 | 57kg | $6.50 | ||
| 3 | 6 | FANGIRL | Chris Waller | James McDonald | 0.49L | 9 | 57kg | $2.40F | ||
| 4 | 10 | SEMANA | Ciaron Maher | Dylan Gibbons | 1.33L | 5 | 57kg | $9.50 | ||
| 5 | 2 | DETONATOR JACK (NZ) | Ciaron Maher | Jason Collett | 1.65L | 2 | 59kg | $11 | ||
| 6 | 12 | ZARDOZI | James Cummings | Zac Lloyd (a) | 2.31L | 1 | 56.5kg | $26 | ||
| 7 | 5 | RIFF ROCKET | Chris Waller | Nash Rawiller | 2.76L | 12 | 58.5kg | $9.50 | ||
| 8 | 1 | BUCKAROO (GB) | Chris Waller | Joshua Parr | 3.36L | 8 | 59kg | $61 | ||
| 9 | 8 | ATISHU (NZ) | Chris Waller | Tyler Schiller | 3.37L | 10 | 57kg | $26 | ||
| 10 | 11 | TROPICAL SQUALL | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Adam Hyeronimus | 4.3L | 11 | 56.5kg | $8.50 | ||
| 11 | 4 | JUST FINE (IRE) | Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott | Ms Rachel King | 4.34L | 4 | 59kg | $61 | ||
| 12 | 3 | ZEYREK (FR) | Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes | Reece Jones | 4.47L | 3 | 59kg | $151 |
Desk Credit score: Racing Australia.
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