Ohope Wins to join Waller
Ohope Wins (NZ) (Ocean Park), the impressive winner of last Saturday’s Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) at Ellerslie for trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott, is set to continue her racing career in Australia and will transfer to the stable of champion trainer Chris Waller in Sydney next week.
The daughter of Ocean Park is raced by Yulong Investments and her connections have opted to forgo the Gr.1 World Pool New Zealand Derby (2400m), for which she was $1.70 favourite, to instead target the Gr.1 Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill next month and the Gr.1 Australian Oaks (2400m) at Randwick.
Ohope Wins has been installed a $3 favourite for both Sydney targets, while her ownership-mate and Oaks runner-up Autumn Glory, is now the $3.50 favourite for the New Zealand Derby, despite needing to be late-nominated for the race on March 7.
