Chris Waller is going to wrestle with a big decision in upcoming months...Does he give a Cox Plate start to his Doomben Cup winner Metal Bender, who showed courage to drive to the line and win the Cup bya head from Gold Water ($7.50) with stablemate Triple Honour ($12) only a short half head away third. Waller has made his first easy decision - he confirms that Metal Bender will now be rested for the spring. CW says: 'Right now I just want the horse to go out happy and give him some rest time to
Chris Waller is going to wrestle with a big decision in upcoming months...Does he give a Cox Plate start to his Doomben Cup winner Metal Bender, who showed courage to drive to the line and win the Cup bya head from Gold Water ($7.50) with stablemate Triple Honour ($12) only a short half head away third. Waller has made his first easy decision - he confirms that Metal Bender will now be rested for the spring. CW says: 'Right now I just want the horse to go out happy and give him some rest time to start spring planning...I'm still learning about the horse. I know he is very good, but I'm not exactly sure the path we will take in the spring.'
Narrowly btn at Caulfield on Saturday, ex-NZer Fieldmaster is still a chance of making it into the Queensland Derby field. Trainer Patrick Payne says the horse will go to Brisbane next week to run in a 2200m race before a decision is made about a crack at the Grp 1 2400m Derby classic on June 12.