Although his stablemate was all the rage, Chris Waller’s Written Tycoon colt Horologist appreciated the step up to 1400m for the first time, with the Coolmore and partners raced 3yo breaking his maiden impressively at Warwick Farm on Wednesday in a $100,000 Super Maiden.
Ridden by the inform Sam Clipperton, Horologist settled in a mid-field position on the outside of another of Waller’s runners in Snitzel’s Girl while the Greg and Jim Lee trained My Ju Ju took up the running.
The short-priced race favourite Quarterback (NZ) appeared to be getting a lovely run in transit, settled in fourth position on the rail, with the first three in a line ahead of him.
As the home turn was reached and the three in front were all placed under pressure, James McDonald needed an out aboard the favourite, but unfortunately nothing was appearing, and the champion jockey was only getting more desperate.
The widest into the home turn, Clipperton let rip aboard Horologist as the Written Tycoon colt hit the lead at the 200m mark, pulling clear in the style of a runner on the up to score by a length and three quarters.
Battling on for second after being one of the three in the lead for most of the trip, Joe Pride’s Tarzino (NZ) Master Chief (NZ) gelding clearly appreciated the step up to 1400m at just his second start and should be watched next time out.
Finishing third was the outsider of Waller’s for runners with the Sienna Grima ridden Snitzel A’La Rouge producing his best effort to date, while the favourite finished seventh in a run that can be overlooked.
??Winner for #WrittenTycoon ?? Horologist, out of dual Gr.1 winner In Her Time, makes a winning start to his 3YO campaign, scoring comfortably at Warwick Farm for @cwallerracing. The 3YO colt was a $1.8 million purchase for @CoolmoreAus from Yulong’s 2025 @mmsnippets Gold Coast draft. #aworldofopportunity
— Yulong Investments (@YulongInvest) October 28, 2026
Stable rep Darren Beadman was pleased to see the colt get he maiden victory out of the way.
“He's part of the colt syndicate with Coolmore and, he's out of a very well-bred mare and I just loved the way that he just put them away with such ease.
“Getting back on top of the ground, I think was the key to him, even though it's probably a soft five, but I think it's a pretty good surface for all competitors today.
“It was nice to tick that box and get him on the board.”
Having ridden the colt once before, Sam Clipperton felt he had filled out a lot since that run at 2.
“He's got that first preparation out of the way where he was racing well, but just probably needed a bit of seasoning,” said Clipperton. “He's come back a more mature horse. He's had two good trials into today.”
“First up, 1400, he was well-primed. He turned up and put in a good performance. He's a nice horse going forward.
“He certainly filled out a lot. He's a big, strong colt and that day when I rode him at Canterbury it was a heavy nine, and you could see him, or could feel him trying to quicken. He just kept dipping and diving, and the wheel spun.
“So on a beautiful surface today, he was really effective, and he won as he liked.”
Purchased for $1.8m by Tom Magnier from the draft of Yulong at the Magic Millions yearling sale, the son of Champion Sire Witten Tycoon is the third winner from three to the races out of the multiple G1-winning Time Thief mare In Her Time.
The mare has since produced a filly by Diatonic (Jpn), a colt by Pierata, and most recently foaled a three quarter-brother to Horologist, foaling a first crop colt by G2 Danehill Stakes winner World Settler (Written Tycoon).
The sire of 82 stakes winners headlined by 18 individual G1 winners, the Yulong based Written Tycoon has his fee listed as FOA for this season.
