More Felons to Lodge serious Tancred bid

Time spent at Macedon Lodge has helped lay the groundwork for the autumn campaign of talented stayer More Felons.

More Felons winning the Parramatta Cup at Rosehill in Australia.
More Felons winning the Parramatta Cup at Rosehill in Australia. Picture: Steve Hart

Chris Waller's vision to utilise Macedon Lodge as a training facility for a selection of his stayers continues to reap rewards with Tancred Stakes contender More Felons the latest benefactor.

Waller acquired boxes at the Victorian property last year and has been using the former base of leviathan owner Lloyd Williams as a satellite operation.

Melbourne Cup runner-up Soulcombe was largely prepared from Macedon Lodge last spring and while Waller admitted it was still trial and error, he was finding the expansive facility invaluable for many of his staying horses.

Among them More Felons, a first-up winner of the Parramatta Cup (1900m) in February who has been a regular at Macedon Lodge this autumn.

The facility has helped Waller keep the five-year-old's fitness up to scratch despite a five-week break between runs leading into Saturday's Group 1 Tancred Stakes (2400m) at Rosehill.

"He was prepared out of Macedon for his first-up win and he went back there after it, so he has done plenty of endurance work," Waller said.

"It's a completely different type of training, I didn't know how different it was going to be.

"It has been an amazing learning curve. It suits some horses more than others but certainly stamina is the key."

Barn mate Buckaroo is also on schedule to contest the Tancred Stakes after recovering well from his third to Via Sistina in the Ranvet Stakes (2000m) last Saturday.

Given the slowly run nature of the race, Waller said Buckaroo had a relatively easy time and was happy with the import's effort to get closest at the finish.

"We will wait until Saturday morning but at this stage he will run," Waller said.

"It was a really good run the other day and it wasn't a gut-busting run because they didn't go that quick and zipped home.

"He sprinted home well, and he seems to have bounced out of it."

Waller will be chasing his third win in the Tancred Stakes after claimed the feature with Preferment in 2016 and Verry Elleegant in 2020.

His biggest stumbling block is shaping to be the William Haggas-trained Post Impressionist, a brilliant winner of the N E Manion Cup last Saturday who connections are keen to back-up in the Group 1.


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Rosehill

Saturday, 30th March 2024

8
16:35
(local)

KIA TANCRED STAKES (G1)

Age: 3yo and up Type: OPEN
AUD $1,528,200
2400m TURF GOOD
8
16:35
(local)
AUD $1,528,200
2400m GOOD

KIA TANCRED STAKES (G1)

Age: 3yo and up Type: OPEN
FP Silk Horse, Age & Sex
Sire & Dam
Jockey
Trainer
SP
WT
1st 7. KALAPOUR (IRE) 7yo G
WAR COMMAND (USA) - KALADENA (IRE)
DYLAN GIBBONS
KRIS LEES
$26
59kg
L Petagna, MJM Racing, Gurners Bloodstock Co, J Singh, W Guest, M Clemenger, T Watson, D Redgrove, Mrs S Redgrove, T Johns, I Clifton, P Filipovic, Mrs J Guest, Mrs J Cross, Mrs N Malone, Mrs S Grayson & Tah Boys
2nd 4. MORE FELONS (IRE) 5yo G
CHURCHILL (IRE) - PIVOTALIA (IRE)
JAMES MCDONALD
CHRIS WALLER
$6
59kg
R A Pegum, D L MacTaggart, P A Henry, R S Willis, Ms J V Cleary, Riverview Turf Club (Mgr: H J Bull), Mrs S J McGrath & P M Quirk

Sales Information

3rd 3. ASHRUN (FR) 8yo G
AUTHORIZED (IRE) - ASHANTEE (GER)
JASON COLLETT
CIARON MAHER
$6
59kg
Australian Bloodstock, H Wirth, B A Brogan, T O Murphy, J W Woodbridge, B A Watkins, J R Rourke, D T C Racing, J A Shaw, Power Thoroughbreds, L Caminiti, G & Y Racing, Hunter Renshaw Racing, D G Butcher, S S Roth, Walker Racing & Bloodstock, G & M Barnett Racing, D E P Smith & Ashrun

Sales Information

4th 9. ATHABASCAN (FR) 5yo G
ALMANZOR (FR) - ALZUBRA (GB)
TYLER SCHILLER
JOHN O'SHEA
$26
59kg
5th 1. BUCKAROO (GB) 5yo H
FASTNET ROCK (AUS) - ROHERYN (IRE)
TOMMY BERRY
CHRIS WALLER
$4
59kg
6th 2. MILITARY MISSION (IRE) 6yo G
MASTERCRAFTSMAN (IRE) - ATLANTIC ISLE (GER)
ADAM HYERONIMUS
G WATERHOUSE & A BOTT
$8.5
59kg

Sales Information

7th 8. BOIS D'ARGENT (GB) 7yo G
TORONADO (IRE) - MADONNA LILY (IRE)
CHAD SCHOFIELD
ANNABEL NEASHAM
$19
59kg

Sales Information

8th 5. POST IMPRESSIONIST (IRE) 5yo G
TEOFILO (IRE) - ISLAND REMEDE (GB)
TOM MARQUAND
WILLIAM HAGGAS
$2.5
59kg

Sales Information