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Second at his first start at 3 in the Group 3 ATC Ming Dynasty Quality (1400m), not all went to plan in the Group 1 ATC Golden Rose (1400m) where his stablemate ran away with the race, but the confidence was clearly strong leading into the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas where he was backed to start one of the favourites.<\/p>\n
With Damian Lane in the saddle for the first time, the Chris Waller trained colt jumped away well from barrier one with last start Group 2 Stutt Stakes winner West Of Swindon (Wootton Bassett) going forward to cross the field and take up the running, where he was being tracked by his stablemate Observer (Ghaiyyath) in third.<\/p>\n
From the inside barrier it allowed Lane to settle Autumn Boy closer than normal with the colt was in fifth place about two lengths off Group 1-winning juvenile Vinrock (I Am Invincible) who was in fourth.<\/p>\n\n
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At the 600m mark when the runs were starting to come, with race favourite Wodeton (Wootton Bassett) was some 12 lengths from the leader with plenty to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Into the home turn, Observer went for a run between the leading pair but things didn\u2019t go to plan for jockey Ethan Brown as Lane accelerated down the outside of the field aboard Autumn Boy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Making up ground late down the outside, last start Group 3 Caulfield Guineas Prelude third placed Planet Red (Admire Mars) ran into second, while Observer had to come around the tiring leaders to make another run, finishing third in what a good pointer for further distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Securing back-to-back victories for Waller and Lane after last year\u2019s win by Private Life (Snitzel), Autumn Boy\u2019s owner Glenn Ritchie has been a long-time supporter of the Waller camp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe’re proud of all the horses that come through the stable,\u201d said Waller. \u201cBut when we\u2019ve got champions like The Autumn Sun and we\u2019ve got sons and daughters, it’s pretty special.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLast week, Autumn Glow, now it’s a super colt with Autumn Boy; it’s pretty special.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With this being his target race, Waller is unsure if he will head towards another race or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat looked his race,\u201d said Waller. \u201cWe like to just identify talent and then try and get them to that big ticket item.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cToday’s such an important race in the horse’s career, a colt who announces them on the big stage. Glenn Ritchie and his wife, they’ve been so supportive of us, Charlie and myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey’ve become good friends of ours and kept investing, kept investing, and we’ve managed to buy them a really nice horse.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When queried if he was concerned after the Golden Rose effort, Waller felt the winning effort of stablemate Beiwacht was full of merit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt was a track record time,\u201d said Waller. \u201cFull credit to the winner, he led them up and won. The backmarkers just didn’t quite get us the race because we were just running so quick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe didn’t lose faith, the ratings people and our form guys said he\u2019s the one, and sure enough, they were right.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe sectional timings suggested he actually ran quite well. It was his first time in the big dance or the big-time races. He’s come through the run well; he’s come down here with plenty of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n