Premier Sydney trainer Chris Waller maintained his dominance of group one weight-for-age races with a one-two finish to the Doomben Cup with imported stayers Beaten Up and Foreteller yesterday.
Shoot Out was former New Zealander Waller's sole spring Group One winner in the George Main Stakes and started the ballrolling for Waller in the autumn in the Chipping Norton Stakes at Warwick Farm.
Foreteller continued the trend in the Ranvet Stakes at Rosehill while Reliable Man won the Queen Elizabeth Stakes, both at weight-for-age.
Royal Descent (Australian Oaks) and Sacred Falls (Doncaster Mile) also won in Sydney with Beaten Up giving Waller his seventh group one win for the season.
The former English horse will now be aimed at weight-for-age races during the spring with the Cox Plate an option.
"It will all depend on how his lead-up form is but the Cox Plate is there if he shows he's going well enough," Waller said.
Waller was full of praise for the ride of winning jockey, New Zealander Leith Innes, who brought Beaten Up ($9) with a well-timed finish to defeat Foreteller ($4 fav) by three-quarters-of-a-length with Secret Admirer ($15) a half-head away third. "Leith got him to switch off and that's what wins group one races," Waller said.
Grahame Begg, trainer of third placed Secret Admirer, confirmed shortly after the race the dual group one winner had been retired.
