Metal Bender looks like a class-A prospect for the Caulfield Cup for boom Sydney trainer Chris Waller. He might also be a Cox Plate chance AND a Melbourne Cup hope, though the 3200m is likely to be beyond him. Waller says: 'I don't think we'll know until we put him in the big races...I'm not a genius with the big cup races, the Cox Plate, but we've got plenty of time to look at the record books and work out a program.' The popular Kiwi trainer has a strong team lined up for the spring. His Donc
Metal Bender looks like a class-A prospect for the Caulfield Cup for boom Sydney trainer Chris Waller. He might also be a Cox Plate chance AND a Melbourne Cup hope, though the 3200m is likely to be beyond him. Waller says: 'I don't think we'll know until we put him in the big races...I'm not a genius with the big cup races, the Cox Plate, but we've got plenty of time to look at the record books and work out a program.' The popular Kiwi trainer has a strong team lined up for the spring. His Doncaster Handicap winner Triple Honour is heading for the Hill Stakes and Craven Plate before going south. Waller warns: 'Triple Honour has come back great and I want to have a real crack at the Caulfield Cup with him.'