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Chris Waller will follow a similar path worn by multiple Group One winner Boban with his impressive Randwick winner Kaonic (NZ) (Savabeel).
Waller said Kaonic headed into his autumn three-year-old campaign as one of the stable’s leading Randwick Guineas contenders but the trainers feels it “might have all come too quickly” for the colt which went some way to redeeming his reputation on Saturday.
“Go back to a horse like Boban who won a similar race to this and went on and won five in a row including an Epsom and an Emirates,” Waller told Racenet.
“I’ll look to go on a similar path with Kaonic and we’ll see how far he gets.”
Kaonic got the job done in the Australian Turf Club Benchmark 82 Handicap (1400m) with leading New Zealand apprentice Sam Weatherley showing patience beyond his years waiting for a rails run, before diving into the smallest of gaps and pouncing.
The victory gave the young Kiwi jockey his first Sydney metropolitan double.
“You might be hearing more about him mightn’t we,” Waller said. “That was a 10 out of 10 ride there.”