Wyong Race Club’s leading ladies Kim Waugh and Kristen Buchanan have had a successful seven days with both training winners at Hawkesbury last Thursday, October 10.
Victory by Waugh’s Mogul Monarch in the 1100m CG&E BM64 brought up the stable’s second win for the week and their ninth for the season.
Waugh has dominated the local training ranks for the past eight seasons claiming the Wyong Trainers Premiership trophy.
She shared the title with Buchanan for the 2022/23 season but was the sole winner last season posting 40 wins.
Waugh said the addition of blinkers made a difference to Mogul Monarch at Hawkesbury.
“He’s been going great but just not putting them away,” she said following the win.
“We thought blinkers might help and they did.”
Jay Ford rode Foolish to victory, the now senior ride spent a number of years apprenticed to Waugh.
The stable’s other winner last week was Foolish, who proved too strong in the 1450m Class 3 at Kempsey.
Buchanan brought up her fifth winner for the 2024/25 season with Shoutaboutit breaking through for her first career win in the 1100m Maiden at Hawkesbury.
Buchanan has a good opinion of the filly, who is raced by an all-ladies syndicate, and broke through at her sixth career start.
“Thoroughbred girls are a big part of the owner contingent, and they were very excited,” she said.
“The owners have been quite patient. This filly showed me a fair bit of flair early, but she just wasn’t ready.
“The owners had good faith in her and it was so good for her to pull off the win. She’s starting to put it all together.”
One of our smaller stable trainers John Cooper made a long trip down south to Cootamundra pay off when Just One Look clinched a narrow victory in the 1100m BM66.
The five-year-old brought up his fifth career win from 32 starts.
Cooper, a former elite equestrian rider, trains his small team from his property Falcon Sportshorse Equestrian Centre at Central Mangrove.
He is an owner/trainer, riding and working his horses himself, along with his wife Pip.
And it could be a big weekend for #teamwyong.
Tracey Bartley has Titanium Miss in the nominations for the $250,000 Group 3 Reginald Allen Quality at Randwick, while Sara Ryan has last start Bathurst Cup winner, Money From The Sky, in the nominations for the 1400m BM88.
The Frankel three-year-old’s Cup victory ensured entry to the $3M Big Dance at Randwick on November 5.
