Spring Goals for Caboche

Media Release - Wednesday August 24

New Zealand-bred gelding Caboche could be in for a big spring according to his trainer Chris Waller.

The son of Vadamos has returned in good order after capping his three-year-old season with a placing in the Gr.1 Queensland Derby (2400m) and Waller believes the best is yet to come from the New Zealand-bred.

Vadamos (Fr) is the sire of Caboche.

Vadamos (Fr) is the sire of Caboche.

“He has come back really well,” Waller told Sky Racing.

“We think he can take the next step as a four-year-old. He was a late developer at three and did a good job in Queensland.

“He will be joining in against the better horses hopefully later in the spring.”

He will kick-off his preparation over 1500m at Rosehill on Saturday.

Caboche was purchased out of Curraghmore’s 2020 New Zealand Bloodstock Book 1 Yearling Sale draft by bloodstock agent Guy Mulcaster for $180,000.

Waller is also looking forward to lining up fellow Kiwi-bred Grace And Harmony over 1400m on the same card.

The Listed Gold Coast Bracelet (1800m) winner resumed with a pleasing runner-up result at Randwick earlier this month and Waller believes she too could be instore for a lucrative spring.

“It was her first run in a long time, so we thought she may have needed it,” Waller said.

“The way she finished off was really good. She has got a lot of class on her side, as we saw in her three-year-old year, and it looks like she has come back really well.

“We expect her to run well and she will be a nice horse heading to some of the nice races later in spring.”

A homebred for Greg Perry’s Greenwich Stud, Grace And Harmony is a three-quarter-sister to the Gr.1 Flight Stakes (1600m) runner-up Sezanne out of the top-class Choisir mare Champagne Harmony. – NZ Racing Desk

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