All Cerise led from barrier to box scoring a narrow win, her second at Flemington since coming from Sydney in the The Curragh Racecourse Trophy.

She was in control from the outset, the pace was set by her, she dictated the terms while there no challenges early; she was travelling along in her comfort zone.

Much of the success of the Waller stable at Flemington can be attributed to Justine Hales, stable manager, an excellent horsewoman that does a magnificent job and always approachable.

She spoke in glowing terms about the winner, All Cerise, “a favourite about the stable, a popular horse with all the staff and easy to look after, nothing troubles her,” she said.

All Cerise is raced by Ms Debbie Kepitis, she also owns the champion mare Winx, winner of the Cox Plate who returned to racing last Saturday, with a win in the Apollo Stakes at Randwick.

Ms Kepitis inherited the love of horse racing from her father, Bob, and her late uncle, Jack Ingham, the most successful owners the Australian turf has known.

Whilst Ms Kepitis races horses in her own colours, she named her mare All Cerise in memory of the silks carried by Octagonal, his son, Lonhro, and the many others that bore the Woodlands brand.

All Cerise winning at Flemington

                            A Serious Challenger For Slipper

A serious challenger to the dominance of the Golden Slipper Stakes favourite, Capitalist, has emerged after Flemington on Saturday, Weatherly could be the one to ruin the party.                

While there were no world beaters in the field, they were hardly a classy lot opposing him, but he did give them a short back and sides.

There is room for improvement in him; a decision has to be made as to the next step the colt will take.

John Messara is adamant that he will be directed to the Golden Slipper Stakes, however, son Paul, the trainer, wants to chew it over a bit longer, he is not giving up yet on the Blue Diamond Stakes, there is still time.

Caulfield can be a grave yard for Sydneysiders, it was Kingston Town’s waterloo.

Craig Williams allowed Weatherly to remain on the outside of the track after he drew wide at the gate, no point dragging the colt about having him unsettled.

Weatherly looked a picture when he was stripped after the race, he is a very nice colt with a lot of quality; he has only been out twice and has impressed each time. .

He is by Beneteau, who stood at Arrowfield for just two seasons before dying, he was a great loss to the breeding industry.

Beneteau won the Blue Diamond Prelude and finished third to Star Witness and Shaaheq in the Blue Diamond of 2010

Weatherly on track for the Slipper

Don’t Doubt Mamma back in form

Don’t Doubt Mamma was back in form, after a short break, since being placed in the Sandown Guineas behind Mahuta in November.

She obviously appreciated being back among her own sex and fresh since mid November, she settled and with the aid of a good ride from Dwayne Dunn she ran on well

Discussing the merit of her win, Tony McEvoy said,” she was really good I was running her in those shorter races, we elected to go this way when it came up so strong, I double checked myself, she really excited me today.”

“She is a high quality filly and to beat those fillies as she did, there is a lot to look forward to, the Australian Guineas will be looked at.

She is a more than a handy filly but taking the colts on is another dimension, she would be sure to bump into a few stumbling blocks along the way.

Don't Doubt Mama - Looks to have a good Autumn

Superlatives flow for Chautauqua

Those that race Chautauqua would have been searching for their heart tablets, as the gelding made one desperate lunge to safely secure the Black Caviar Lightning Stakes.

The field of six split, only two runners remained on the inside of the track, both were Sydneysiders, Exosphere and Va Pensiero, while the other four went to the outside rail, with Dunn, on Chautauqua, appearing to drag the gelding extravagantly over behind the other runners.

It was hard for some little time to line the runners up as they charged down the straight, Exosphere had the better of Va Pensiero, but the winner was going to come from the outside, Terravista was going great runs with Japonisme, Chautauqua was not even in the hunt

Terravista looked certain to have his name inscribed on the trophy, when the grey gelding, by Encosta de Lago, lunged to the amazement of the crowd, numbering 11,110.

The original plan was to take Chautauqua to Hong Kong before heading to the U K, after that Royal Ascot with its straight track looks attractive.

If he takes his A game with him and stands up to the travel and acclimatises, he will give them some curry.

Chautauqua about to claim his opposition