Chris Waller claimed his eighth Winx Stakes victory with a late-charging Through Sistina taking the now Group 1 $1 million race at Royal Randwick on Saturday.
2024 Winx Stakes winner Through 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 strong end, edging out stablemate Zougotcha by a slender, 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 Through 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 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 she or he’s crushed them at present, but it surely’ll be a match race I’m positive in a number of weeks’ time.
“It was a wonderful experience 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 way in which to the road.”
Jockey McEvoy praised Through Sistina’s aggressive spirit and Waller’s coaching efforts, noting that the mare’s victory within the Winx Stakes opens up thrilling prospects 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 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 type’. The unknown was 1400m on this grade, and first up.
“She actually motored the final furlong, so unbelievable coaching effort to see her do this first up at that stage, and the world is her oyster this prep now.”
Through 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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