Early Double For Waller On Oaks Day

Thursday, 07 November 2013 02:39

Chris Waller collected the first two races at Flemington on Oaks Day when Multilateral came with a late burst to win the Swisse Wellness Trophy.

Multilateral starting favourite at $3.80 won by a long neck from longshot Adjuster ($26) with a short head to Red Inca ($15-$17).

Winning jockey Jim Cassidy, fresh from his 100th Group 1 win aboard Zoustar in the Coolmore Stakes on Derby Day, produced a well timed run.

Multilateral

"I was a little bit off the bit coming to the corner and they sort of pushed me out of the way, it took me a bit to get going, but I was strong late", Cassidy said.

"He was strong late the last bit and he was probably always going to do that coming back to the 1700 from the 2000 in Sydney a fortnight ago."

Cassidy believes that its necessary to ride Multilateral patiently in order for him to produce his best.

"He's just got to relax", Cassidy explained.

"He goes hard and if you can get him off the bit he relaxes and he's strong late."

Multilateral was Waller's fourth winner for Cup Week, making him the leading trainer by winners. He is also leading the Flemington trainer's table for the season with 7 winners overall.

Photo: Quentin Lang