Chris Waller trained horses will make up almost half of the field for the 2019 Group 2 $500,000 A.D. Hollindale Stakes (1800m) at the Gold Coast on Saturday.

Shillelagh, above, is one of six runners for trainer Chris Waller in the 2019 A.D. Hollindale Stakes at the Gold Coast. Photo by Ultimate Racing Photos.

Shillelagh, above, is one of six runners for trainer Chris Waller in the 2019 A.D. Hollindale Stakes at the Gold Coast. Photo by Ultimate Racing Photos.

Waller accepted with six horses in the fourteen horse A.D. Hollindale Stakes field that also has four emergencies added on.

Last start Doncaster Prelude winner Mister Sea Wolf (barrier 12) will carry the number one saddlecloth with James McDonald in the saddle while top local jockey Jeff Lloyd takes the ride on Life Less Ordinary (barrier 11).

My Nordic Hero (barrier 14) and Youngstar (barrier 16) also drew wide gates while Shillelagh (barrier 6) and Savvy Coup (barrier 9) came up with single digit barriers.

Training partnership of Ciaron Maher and David Eustace will saddle up two runners in the A.D. Hollindale Stakes, last start Group 1 Coolmore Legacy Stakes winner Kenedna and French import Mask Of Time.

Jockey Clayton Douglas takes over from Johnny Allen on Kenedna who has drawn in close at barrier three while local hoop Michael Cahill takes the ride on Mask Of Time who came up with gate ten in the original draw.

James Cummings will saddle up Tally with Tim Clark to ride from barrier four while Kiwi galloper Consensus drew the rails for Mark Du Plessis and the Brent Stanley trained Red Alto will jump from the outside gate with Brad Stewart to partner.

The Anthony Freedman trained Plein Ciel was installed as the early favourite before final acceptances but the six year old has been relegated to the third emergency and will need a lot of luck to sneak into the final field.

Final field for the 2019 A.D. Hollindale Stakes (1800m)

No Last 10 Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight Hcp Rating
1 56118050×1 MISTER SEA WOLF (IRE) Chris Waller James McDonald 12 59kg 108
2 x5435233x8 LIFE LESS ORDINARY (IRE) Chris Waller Jason Collett 11 59kg 104
3 375519×937 RED ALTO Brent Stanley Brad Stewart 18 59kg 99
4 x58691514x TALLY James Cummings Tim Clark 4 59kg 107
5 41240×3246 MASK OF TIME (IRE) Ciaron Maher & David Eustace Michael Cahill 10 59kg 100
6 72x2139x57 MY NORDIC HERO (GB) Chris Waller Jeff Lloyd 14 59kg 102
7 921x003x43 FIT FOR PURPOSE Liam Birchley Dale Smith 17 59kg 92
8 415×062055 SHILLELAGH (NZ) Chris Waller Hugh Bowman 6 57kg 112
9 x04201x931 KENEDNA Ciaron Maher & David Eustace Clayton Douglas 3 57kg 110
10 13x63276x0 YOUNGSTAR Chris Waller Kerrin McEvoy 16 57kg 108
11 52170×0005 SAVVY COUP (NZ) Chris Waller Robbie Fradd 9 57kg 105
12 485030×823 LUVALUVA (NZ) John Sargent Blake Shinn 8 57kg 98
13 x660611310 CONSENSUS (NZ) Stephen McKee Mark Du Plessis 1 57kg 105
14 1210532×14 MISS SISKA Grahame Begg Jordan Childs 13 57kg 98
15e 3110×34231 HALLELUJAH BOY (JPN) Kris Lees Matthew McGillivray 15 59kg 97
16e 86x124x414 ORDER AGAIN (NZ) Brian Smith Larry Cassidy 5 59kg 95
17e x3103x6731 PLEIN CIEL (GER) Anthony Freedman 7 59kg 102
18e 1x28321x67 FIERCE IMPACT (JPN) Matthew Smith Jason Collett 2 59kg 98

 

 

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Mark is a passionate journalist with a life-time involvement in the racing industry. He spent many years as an analyst and form expert at the Courier Mail and also has hands-on experience working with some of Queensland’s top trainers.