"I'm restricting myself to a maximum of five rides a day and I have not been riding at all the meetings."
Waddell kicked home five winners in succession last weekend, scoring on Tavi Mac and Jewel Of Patch at Trentham (his only rides last Saturday) then Run To Perfection, Pimlico and Lincoln King at Ellerslie.
The most memorable of his 14 wins since Christmas Day was the Gr.1 Sistema Railway (1200m) at Ellerslie on New Year's Day aboard Julius, his mount tomorrow in the Gr.1 JR and N Berkett Telegraph (1200m).
That notable victory on John Bell's stable star was Waddell's 11th Group One win of his career and his previous Group One triumph was a month earlier at Trentham in the Captain Cook Stakes (1600m) on Wyndspelle, his mount in the Gr.1 Harcourts Thorndon Mile (1600m).
"To be riding my two favourites, Julius and Wyndspelle, on the same card will be special," Waddell said.
Waddell will be chasing consecutive Thorndon Mile wins, having won last year's event on Shadows Cast.
He was given the choice between Shadows Cast and Wyndspelle for the Thorndon Mile, just as he was when the pair last met in the Gr.1 Captain Cook Stakes (1600m) on the same course and Waddell guided Wyndspelle to a decisive win.
"I'm grateful that I was offered the ride back on Shadows Cast," Waddell said. "He's been very good to me, but I didn't want to get off Wyndspelle. He's such a favourite." - NZ Racing Desk