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Waller and JMac chasing the long-standing Smith and-Moore record

Autumn Glow, racing's "Miss Invincible", can move trainer Chris Waller and jockey James McDonald ever closer to one of the most enduring records in Australian racing at Royal Randwick on Saturday.

Trainer : CHRIS WALLER and Jockey: JAMES MCDONALD after, VIA SISTINA winning the Ladbrokes Cox Plate
Trainer : CHRIS WALLER and Jockey: JAMES MCDONALD after, VIA SISTINA winning the Ladbrokes Cox Plate Picture: Colin Bull / Sportpix
Waller and McDonald are chasing their 51st Group 1 win as a trainer-jockey partnership in the $1 million Verry Elleegant Stakes (1600m).

The only trainer and jockey to win more majors together are legendary duo Tommy Smith and jockey George Moore who combined for 54 Group 1 wins, establishing a national record which has stood for more than 50 years.

TJ (Tommy) Smith
TJ (Tommy) Smith Picture: Racing and Sports
Of course, there are a lot more Group 1 races on the Australian turf calendar in the modern era but Waller and McDonald have won 50 majors in just over a decade together and it is only a matter of time until they break the Smith-Moore record.

Sydney's all-conquering trainer and jockey, who need just one more win to bring up 500 wins together in all races, can claim another Group 1 with super mare Autumn Glow, a long odds-on favourite at $1.30 for the Verry Elleegant Stakes.

Waller, the Hall of Fame trainer, is a striving for a record-extending 12th win in the Verry Elleegant Stakes, having won the race previously with Danleigh (2011), Shoot Out (2012-13), Boban (2014), the mighty Winx (2016-19), Verry Elleegant (2021-22) and Via Sistina (2025).

AUTUMN GLOW winning the DARLEY TOY SHOW QUALITY at Randwick in Australia.
AUTUMN GLOW winning the DARLEY TOY SHOW QUALITY at Randwick in Australia. Picture: Bradley Photos
Autumn Glow is at Winx-like odds after returning with a runaway win in the Group 2 Apollo Stakes, stretching her unbeaten record to nine wins.

Waller's wonder mare is on a record chase herself, although it would be very unlikely if Autumn Glow will match the incomparable Black Caviar's amazing undefeated record of 25 wins including 15 at Group 1 level.

But if Autumn Glow wins the Verry Elleegant Stakes as expected, she becomes only the third horse to win 10 or more races to start a career.

Apart from Black Caviar, Perth sprinter Barakey was unbeaten in his first 11 starts including the Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes until he met defeat when unplaced behind Shamexpress in the 2013 Newmarket Handicap.

Shamexpress has gone on to even greater fame at stud as the sire of the world's best sprinter, Hong Kong's Ka Ying Rising, winner of his last 18 races in succession and 19 of his 21 career starts.

Autumn Glow's unbeaten streak matches that of another legendary Australian champion, Grand Flaneur, winner of his only nine starts including the 1880 Melbourne Cup.


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