Three heats at the Warwick Farm trials on Thursday morning were won by unraced juveniles including a couple of well bred youngsters by Home Affairs and Snitzel.
Trained by Chris Waller and ridden by James McDonald, Home Affairs filly Coral was having her second trial and improved sharply on her first. In her first outing she led and was shut down to the line to finish near the back of the field, but this time she was allowed to lead and keep going to score by a head over Stay Inside colt Secret Emperor with expensive Zoustar filly Sumeria looking menacing in third place.
A homebred for Geoff and Mary Grimish, Coral is a half-sister to Group III placed Overlord and is from dual Group I winner Red Tracer, a full sister to Group I winner Shellscrape, so expectation would be high for this girl.
The Waterhouse Bott trained Snitzel colt War Banner has having his third trial and second this prep and produced his best effort so far to outgun his stablemate Visionary, a son of So You Think that won his only previous trial.
War Banner is a homebred for Go Bloodstock and is a three-quarter brother to former slick Group winning juvenile Red Resistance from Group II winner Heatherly.
Additional winner was Regal (King’s Legacy).
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