The juvenile fillies maiden over 1250m at Randwick on Wednesday produced another new winner for Home Affairs when the Chris Waller trained filly Consulate saluted as favourite.
A leggy filly that has needed time to fill into her frame, Consulate was sent for a spell after her sixth placing on debut back in February and returned with a good second at Canterbury last month.
That run put the writing on the wall and given a patient ride by Chad Scofield, Consulate let down with a good run and was strong to the line winning by a long neck.
Consulate was a $300,000 Inglis Easter purchase from Coolmore for Chris Waller Racing / Mulcaster Bloodstock / ARJB Racing and is the second foal and second winner from Tangier, a winning sibling to triple G1 winning Champion 3YO Filly Alizee and Group I winner and sire Astern.
“She had to dig deep and did a good job, but it’s a bit of a relief for the guys and girls who are involved in her as we had the half-brother called Battuta who showed a lot of early promise and then didn’t quite work out,” said stable representative Charlie Duckworth.
“He was part of the reason we ended up purchasing her, but she looks like she can go on with the task and obviously over further she's going to be better suited, so she has a bright future.”
Chad Schofield was well pleased with Consulate.
“She had the writing on the wall to come here and be hard to beat today,” he said.
“The draw was tricky, but I'm glad we ended up in the spot we were in. Just the way the race was running and turned out, it might have been hard to come back.
“She had a good run, travelled well and I think she's a filly that will would be even better over further. She just kept unwinding really nicely and did her best work on the line and through the line.”
Consulate is the 15th first crop winner for Home Affairs and the third of them trained by Chris Waller, who prepared Home Affairs for Group I wins in the VRC Coolmore Stud Stakes and Lightning Stakes.
Consulate’s dam Tangier produced a filly last spring by Justify (USA) and is now in foal to another of the young Coolmore sires in Switzerland.
