More Success for Maori Chief

Tara Madgwick - Wednesday May 14

A homebred for Go Bloodstock, well bred I Am Invincible gelding Maori Chief has a spring in his step at present and made it back-to-back wins at Randwick when scoring on Wednesday.

Maori Chief makes it back to back wins at Randwick - image Bradley Photography

A last start winner of a lucrative $100,000 Super Maiden on ANZAC Day, the Chris Waller trained Maori Chief started favourite in the Benchmark 68 event over 1300m and led all the way for Nash Rawiller.

He travelled smoothly in front and fought on well to win by a long neck and has the overall record of two wins and three placings from seven starts with prizemoney of $129,000

“He probably did it the hard way as he's not a natural leader, but I think Nash just took luck out of the equation,” said Chris Waller.

“Nash said that before the race that he showed us a glimpse of what he's promised last start, and let's hope he does it again and so he has.

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“He’ll probably step up to 1400 as that would be probably logical and we can try and pick up some Saturday prizemoney.”

Raised at Newgate Farm for Go Bloodstock, Maori Chief is a half-brother to Group II winner Red Resistance and is the third winner from three to race for brilliantly fast Group II winning Lonhro mare Heatherly. She was bought by Go Bloodstock for $1.6million at the 2018 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale.

Heatherly has a yearling colt by Snitzel, a weanling filly by Exceed and Excel and was covered last year by Extreme Choice.

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Race Result - myPlates (Bm68) 1300m

Randwick-Kensington Track: Heavy(8) Time: 1:19.09
1
Maori Chief
- 3g I Am Invincible (AUS) x Heatherly (AUS) (Lonhro (AUS))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: N Rawiller 59.5
2
0.3
Hell To Pay
- 3g Hellbent (AUS) x Sugar Hill (AUS) (Hinchinbrook (AUS))
Tnr: John O'Shea & Tom Charlton Rdr: Anna Roper 57
MM Gold Coast Yearling Sale $200,000
Seller: Yarraman Park Stud, Scone, NSW (As Agent)
Buyer: Nathan Doyle Racing/Mitchell Bloodstock (FBAA)
3
2.1
Canara
- 3f I Am Invincible (AUS) x Karavali (NZ) (Nadeem (AUS))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: Tommy Berry 58.5
4
2.5
Alinea
- 3f Written Tycoon (AUS) x Serena Bay (AUS) (Sebring (AUS))
Tnr: G Waterhouse & A Bott Rdr: Rachel King 57
5
3
Mignonette
- 3f Zoustar (AUS) x Catkins (AUS) (Dubawi (IRE))
Tnr: C J Waller Rdr: Tyler Schiller 54.5
6
3.6
Dashing Rupert
- 3g Winning Rupert (AUS) x Ringstrasse (AUS) (Redoute's Choice (AUS))
Tnr: Annabel & Rob Archibald Rdr: J Parr 61.5
7
4.4
Piperita
- 3f Pierata (AUS) x Pepperberry (AUS) (Redoute's Choice (AUS))
Tnr: Sara Ryan Rdr: C Schofield 57.5
8
4.6
Correon
- 3g Tassort (AUS) x Spellbinder (NZ) (O'reilly (NZ))
Tnr: Michael Freedman Rdr: Jace McMurray 56.5
9
4.8
Cordina
- 3f I Am Invincible (AUS) x Tallow (AUS) (Street Cry (IRE))
Tnr: G Waterhouse & A Bott Rdr: Regan Bayliss 55
10
6
Motoscafo
- 3f Castelvecchio (AUS) x Jahre (AUS) (Encosta De Lago (AUS))
Tnr: John Thompson Rdr: A Adkins 57
11
7.3
Pussyfoot
- 3f Shamus Award (AUS) x Flintoff (AUS) (Pluck (USA))
Tnr: Michael Travers Rdr: Jean Van Overmeire 54.5
12
8.6
Iron Hawk
- 3g Written Tycoon (AUS) x Lady Dynamo (AUS) (Catbird (AUS))
Tnr: G Portelli Rdr: Molly Bourke 60.5
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