 |
|
| Staff Writer |
 |
Yonkers, trained by champion trainer Chris Waller, knows the going will be tough in tomorrow's Furphy-Railway Stakes, but he is confident in his chances.
After competing in the Australian Cup and the Doomben Cup earlier this year, the gelding will attempt his third Gr.1 level race in the iconic Ascot mile.
Yonkers seems to be enjoying his new home at Adam Durrant's stable, according to trainer Chris Waller, who won the Railway Stakes in 2015 with Good Project.
Yonkers will be competing in tomorrow's $1.5 million event after finishing fifth in his most recent appearance, the $750,000 Rosehill Gold Cup, behind eventual winner Star Of India.
That was his only race this season at a decent course.
Yonkers ran second to Gunstock in the Gr.3 Coongy Handicap at Caulfield and fourth to Cascadian in the Group 2 Hill Stakes at Randwick before the Rosehill Gold Cup.
Yonkers's trainer, Chris Waller, has said the horse will fare better in the Northerly Stakes on December 3 under Weight-For-Age rules.
Yonkers won last year's Gr.2 Shannon Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill, so despite Waller's doubts, he has proven he can run well at this distance. Yonkers, ridden by WA state champion jockey Paul Harvey, was given post position 11 earlier in the week.