Golden Slipper runner-up Wodeton will spearhead a blockbuster day at Randwick for champion jockey Ryan Moore, as the colt prepares to step out in Saturday’s Group 1 Inglis Sires’ (1400m).
Trained by Chris Waller, Wodeton will wear winkers once again and is expected to be ridden conservatively from barrier nine.
Waller was full of praise for the way the Wootton Bassett colt has bounced out of his Slipper performance, describing him as “thriving” ahead of his first test over 1400 metres.
“You don’t have to overtrain them after their grand final,” Waller said. “He’s a colt, he’s a young horse. He has come through the Slipper really well and the 1400 will be no problem.”
Wodeton heads Saturday’s market as horse racing bookmakers’ favourite at $2.80.
It will be Moore’s first time aboard Wodeton, but the pair headline a strong book of five rides for the visiting UK hoop, who also partners exciting colt Switzerland for Coolmore in the T.J. Smith Stakes (1200m) and Desert Hero for William Haggas in the Chairman’s Quality (2600m).
The international flavour continues Moore’s long-standing success on Australian shores, with Saturday shaping as a pivotal afternoon for the star jockey across multiple feature races.
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