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 proficient mare showcased her class with a strong end, edging out stablemate Zougotcha by a slim, half-head margin.
Fangirl, Waller’s defending champion, completed third after protecting additional floor because the crushed 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 shocking efficiency, securing her third Group 1 win and second in Australia following her first-up Ranvet success within the autumn.
Waller was filled with post-win reward for each the mare and her hoop Kerrin McEvoy.
“Clearly, she’s a really sensible 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 she or he’s crushed them as we speak, however it’ll be a match race I’m positive in just a few weeks’ time.
“It was a good looking journey 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 sturdy all the best way 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 mainly, I’ve solely sat on her as soon as, which was final Saturday, and she or he was on her personal, however she’s only a competitor,” McEvoy mentioned.
“Chris [Waller] simply mentioned ‘look, she’s in actually good kind’. The unknown was 1400m on this grade, and first up.
“She actually motored the final furlong, so unbelievable 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 Worth
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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