A LOOK AT THE SYDNEY AUTUMN CARNIVAL
GROUP ONE WINNERS
Chipping Norton Stakes: Winx
Randwick Guineas: Le Romain
Canterbury Stakes: Holler
Coolmore Classic: Peeping
The Galaxy: Griante
Rosehill Guineas: Tarzino
Ranvet Stakes: The United States
George Ryder Stakes: Winx
Golden Slipper Stakes: Capitalist
Vinery Stud Stakes: Single Gaze
The BMW: Preferment
ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes: Yankee Rose
ATC Australian Derby: Tavago
TJ Smith Stakes: Chautauqua
Doncaster Mile: Winx
Queen of the Turf Stakes: Azkadellia
ATC Australian Oaks: Sofia Rosa
Sydney Cup: Gallante
Queen Elizabeth Stakes: Lucia Valentina
Champagne Stakes: Prized Icon
All Aged Stakes: English
GROUP ONE TRAINERS
Chris Waller – 4
Kris Lees, Robert Hickmott – 2
John O’Shea, Ron Quinton, David Brideoake, Mick Price, Peter and Paul Snowden, David Vandyke, Team Hawkes, Nick Olive, Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young, Ciaron Maher, Stephen Marsh, James Cummings, Gai Waterhouse – 1
GROUP ONE JOCKEYS
Hugh Bowman – 5
Damien Oliver, Kerrin McEvoy, Tommy Berry, Sam Clipperton – 2
Christian Reith, Kathy O’Hara, James McDonald, Craig Williams, Craig Newitt, Blake Shinn, Zac Purton, Glyn Schofield – 1
THEY SAID IT
“She’s a champion” – Chris Waller said what the public already believed about Winx after she won the Doncaster Mile
“We left him in the last 100 metres, then it was just me and her and that was ever so sweet” – Jockey Hugh Bowman describes the moment Winx pulled away from Kermadec in the George Ryder Stakes
“There is only one Chautauqua” – Managing owner Rupert Legh after the gelding came from last to win the TJ Smith Stakes
“It’s every trainer’s dream but to come here from Canberra and do it against the trainers that are here is amazing” – Trainer Nick Olive pulls off an upset as Single Gaze wins the Vinery Stud Stakes
“One of my best thrills in racing was winning the Hong Kong Derby on Designs on Rome but to do it in my homeland in Australia, God its brilliant” – Tommy Berry rides New Zealand-trained colt Tavago to victory in the Australian Derby
“My heart is still beating a million miles an hour. I’m speechless mate” – James Porter, one of Yankee Rose’s 18 first-time owners, after the filly won the Sires’ Produce Stakes
“She is top class. She is the best three-year-old filly in Australia” – Gai Waterhouse after English won the All Aged Stakes, the final Group One race of the carnival
