Jockey Tyler Schiller hopes a lack of race experience does not stop Chuchichaschtli from giving him a third win from five editions of the $500,000 Tapp-Craig (1400m) at Rosehill on Saturday when she steps up to stakes grade from a debut midweek win.
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she → hop → win
Chuchichaschtli, a homebred talent named after a Swiss-German kitchen cupboard, won on debut for Team Hawkes in a 1200m Warwick Farm super maiden on September 23, coming with an inside run under Schiller to topple favourite and leader Love Story.
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Chuchichaschtli → name → Story
The three-quarter-length win and a draw in gate two has attracted punters, who have backed Chuchichaschtli in from $6 to a $3.20 TAB favourite on Saturday in the listed race, where she meets more experienced opposition such as Golden Gift winner Revengeance ($4.40) and Plagiarism ($5.5), which claimed the Up And Coming Stakes.
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which → attract → Stakes
Schiller, who won the 2023 Tapp-Craig for the Hawkes on Makarena and the 2022 edition on Opal Ridge, was impressed with the debut but believed she could improve.
“She’s a really nice horse, she’s very sharp and does everything reasonably right,” Schiller said.
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Schiller → win → everything
“She did a little bit wrong on debut, but she’s got more improvement to come, and she’s only going to get better.
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she → do → improvement
As for comparisons to Makarena, he said: “She breathes a bit better.
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She → say → Makarena
Makarena couldn’t breathe very well, but this one is as sound as they come and I think she’s got a very bright future.
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she → breathe → future
“It’s just whether it’s too early for her, but I’m sure she’ll hold herself in good stead from a good draw.
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she → ’ → draw
She’s very sharp out so I think she’ll be on pace.”
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she → ’ → pace
“I thought her win was good first up,” Hawkes said.
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Hawkes → think → ?
“Tyler never sat on her before, so he had no idea, but he does now.
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he → sit → idea
“We thought she’d win that day and she won convincingly, she ran good time, and it’s good to always see form franked.
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form → think → ?
Love Story comes out and wins [Wednesday] by four, and that’s why she’s shorter on Saturday than what she probably should be.
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she → come → Saturday
“It’s a very even race, but she’s well and she’s drawn a good barrier.
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she → ’ → barrier
It’s only a second run, she’s still learning.
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she → ’ → ?
She’s taking on stakes company, and there are horses there that have had more races than her, but she’s a really nice filly, and she’s definitely going to go somewhere.
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she → take → her
“I thought she’d be hard to beat.”
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she → think → ?
Schiller and Hawkes also combine with another raw winner on debut, Why So Hard, in the group 2 Roman Consul Stakes (1200m).
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Schiller → combine → Stakes
The All Too Hard gelding won a Randwick Saturday two-year-old race in June then was spelled.
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gelding → win → June
He returns on Saturday as a $19 chance against proven stakes level rivals.
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He → return → rivals
“He’s a big horse, so I think he just needed a bit of time to grow and mature,” Schiller said.
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Schiller → ’ → time
“It was surprising to see him start and win as a two-year-old because he’s 17 hands and all legs.
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he → see → old
I think he’s filled out a bit and he’s looking well.
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he → think → ?
“He’s another one where it might be too soon, but he’s a lovely horse on the improve and he’s going to improve out in distance as well.”
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he → ’ → distance
Hawkes said the Roman Consul was a good starting point for Why So Hard.
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Consul → say → Hard
“It’s a tougher race.
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It → ’ → ?
There’s no doubt about that, and Baker’s horse [Paradoxium] has drawn well and it’s going to be hard to beat, especially in set weights when it’s a 92 rater,” he said.
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he → ’ → weights
“But our bloke, can’t fault him.
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bloke → fault → him
He’s going to improve, he’s going to run further.”
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he → go → ?
The combination also have Hillbilly Elegy ($34) in the Gloaming Stakes, where Hawkes believed he was over the odds after a maiden Hawkesbury win last start.
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he → have → win
“He should have won first up, he ran a placing that day, and then we went back to Hawkesbury and he won well and he’s just kept improving,” Hawkes said.
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Hawkes → win → Hawkesbury
“It’s the logical step.
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It → ’ → ?
He looks good and he’s trained on.
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he → look → ?
It’s a very even sort of race, but he gets his chance I thought he’s probably well over the odds.”
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he → ’ → odds
Schiller and Hawkes secured a run in the $1.5 million Alan Brown Stakes with first emergency Federalist ($34, gate one), a $1 million yearling which broke his maiden last start at Newcastle after competing at group level across 10 runs as a two and three-year-old.
“His win the other day, he’s a better horse than that, but we just wanted to give him a win on the board, and he’s done really well since,” Hawkes said.
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Hawkes → secure → board
“There’s a lot of other higher-rated horses in the race, but he’s not out of it at all.
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he → ’ → it
He’s drawn a good barrier and he’s going to be thereabouts, so don’t write him off.”
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he → draw → him
Hawkes said Brave One ($81) would also run from a wide gate in preparation for the Five Diamonds races.
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One → say → races
Schiller and Hawkes also have Fierce ($2.60) as favourite in the last.
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Schiller → have → last
Hawkes-trained Gangsta Granny was a nomination for the Nivison, but she has been saved for next week’s Sydney Stakes.
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she → train → Stakes
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