Journalists Wandering Eyes Posted 11 hours ago Journalists Share Posted 11 hours ago James McDonald and Wodeton storm home in the Chandon Handicap in race 1 at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday, January 18. Photo: Bradley Photos The Chris Waller-trained Wodeton ($1.60) has stamped himself as the 2025 Golden Slipper (1200m) favourite with horse racing bookmakers after a dominant victory in the Chandon Handicap (1200m) at Rosehill on Saturday afternoon. The son of Wootton Bassett was expected to win handsomely prior to the jump on Saturday, with all the money pre-race coming the way of the unraced two-year-old colt. He justified the support in stylish fashion, with James McDonald unleashing Wodeton down the centre of the course, careering away with the $160,000 prize in a blistering debut. Rosehill 2025 Chandon Handicap Replay – Wodeton https://horsebetting.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Rosehill-2025-Chandon-Handicap-Race-1-18012025-Wodeton-Chris-Waller-James-McDonald.mp4 Stable representative Charlie Duckworth was on course at Rosehill to break down the ultra-impressive win. “He’s been incredibly dominant today,” said Duckworth. “His demeanor before the race, even with the delay, was amazing. He’s like an old hand at the job. Obviously getting caught three-wide is never ideal on debut, but he just idled up and put them away with great ease. “If it was in the Heavy range (the track) I think we probably wouldn’t have seen him today and we had him penciled in to run next week when obviously James (McDonald) won’t be here. “That had a bit of an indication that we wanted to have James on and when it came up in the Soft range and we missed some of those showers last night, I think we’re very fortunate to be racing on a Soft deck. “He’s an incredibly exciting horse. “He’s probably the most highly talked about colt when we were up at Magic Millions, It was just a trial and every was asking about him, so it’s amazing to generate that much hype off a trial you didn’t even win, but obviously every knew what they were looking at and he’s pretty exciting.” James McDonald was glowing about the performance in the aftermath as well. “I’ve sat on him a couple times now and he’s the real deal,” said McDonald. “He’s just got the most pure action. Unbelievable demeanor about him, and it’s going to take him a long way. “You just seen how he handled that. He wasn’t quick away and he just managed to slot in, control and then use his turn-of-foot, you wait to see him on good ground. “I find with these colts the first ones the hardest one. “Obviously the expectations huge and you just want it to all go well and him learn with the experience because maturities there and what he’s done at home has been pretty cool. “He’s an exciting colt.” Wodeton is now the current favourite at $5.00 with Neds for the Group 1 Golden Slipper (1200m) on March 22. Horse racing news View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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