Reigning Champion Sydney trainer Chris Waller is hoping his numbers can overcome a high-class field in today’s $1 million Emirates Stakes (1600m) at Flemington, the final Group 1 race of the Flemington Spring Carnival.¬†Waller will saddle three runners ‚Äì Danleigh, Albert The Fat and Red Tracer ‚Äì and believes they all have chances.

‚ÄúObviously the Cox Plate runners are there and normally you’d bank on them not being there.¬†I was hoping it’d be a race like the Epsom, it looks a little bit stronger than that to me, but we’ve still got three really good chances.¬†Danleigh should be peaking, Albert The Fat should be peaking and Red Tracer, this certainly has been an afterthought, but she’s had a good freshen up and a trial to keep her fitness levels up.‚Äù

Danleigh (Mujahid) is a four-time Group 1 winner and classy mare Red Tracer (Dane Shadow) is coming off a placing in the Group 1 Epsom Handicap, but Albert The Fat (Magic Albert) is the runner Waller fancies best out of his trio.

Last year’s BTC Cup winner is yet to win at 1600m, but he steamed home to finish second to Love Conquers All in the 1400m Moonga Stakes at Caulfield on 15 October, a run that made Waller think he will get run the mile.

‚ÄúAlbert The Fat is probably the form horse of our three and the one most suited to the race,‚Äù Waller said of the seven-year-old, who will carry 54kg from barrier 11.¬†His runs have been terrific behind Love Conquers All on a couple of occasions and he’s well-weighted.¬†He’s racing as though he’ll get the mile and he’s ready for it but often those type of horses can look like they’ll get a strong mile and don’t, so we’ll only know that on Saturday.‚Äù

Waller knows Danleigh (55.5kg), a last-start eighth in the Drummond Golf Crystal Mile at Moonee Valley, can run 1600m with this year’s Chipping Norton Stakes among his elite-level wins.¬†‚ÄúHe’s the old warhorse of our three and he’s probably pretty well-weighted,‚Äù Waller said. ‚ÄúHe’s not in the best of form, but each of his runs have had merit and he’s certainly looking like he’s ready for a tough mile.

‚ÄúHe’s well, he’s been gradually attacking the line and he’s as fit as we can get him in the twilight of his career.‚Äù

Isopach completed a stakes winning weekend for Patinack Farm when he won the 1800m UCI Stakes (Listed) at Flemington on Sunday. Hussousa won Saturday’s Gimcrack Stakes at Randwick to give Husson (Arg) a stakes winner with his first Australian runner and Isopach finished the weekend off in style to put himself in VRC Derby contention.

Although drawn wide Isopach (3 g Magic Albert – Curvaceous, by Zabeel) went forward to race behind the leading group until into the home straight where he raced to the front, eventually defeating Eagle Command (Dash For Cash) by one and half lengths.

‚ÄúHe is a lovely horse.” said winning jockey Danny Nikolic. “He is maturing all the time. My instructions were to go back today and he sort of bounced pretty quickly. If he had of drawn a marble I would’ve landed only three lengths from them and given him a cheaper run but he was three deep with cover.”

“As it was he hit the front too early and held them very strongly. He is a nice horse that has got the right attitude and he’s maturing all the time. He’s a nice horse going forward.‚Äù

Isopach is now likely to tackle Group company according to Patinack’s Melbourne foreman Glen Thompson. ‚ÄúHe’ll go towards the Norman Robinson then probably onto the Derby.‚Äù

The well-named Ingham Magic (3 f Magic Albert – Chiamo, by Catbird)  ran out the impressive two and a half length winner of the ATC Guineas Restaurant Handicap over 1100 metres at Canterbury yesterday. As her name suggests, Ingham Magic is raced by the Ingham family and carries their famous all cerise colours.

Trainer Chris Waller had earlier scored with Rolston (Ad Valorem) and he was a happy trainer. “From barrier one you can always be too aggressive. A lot make sure they are up with the trail or even up on the lead, but I said to Hugh before the race to get her breathing right. He certainly did that and that was Hugh Bowman at his best.”

“She’s just been lacking a bit of confidence. She’s turned the corner now and hopefully we can go on to better things.‚Äù

Ingham Magic sold for $110,000 at last year’s Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale consigned by Yarraman Park Stud, where her sire Magic Albert stands. ¬†Yarraman have a yearling half-brother to Ingham Magic by War Pass (USA) entered for the 2012 Magic Millions Yearling Sale series.

Yarraman Park stallion Magic Albert has enjoyed another successful year and yesterday Hot Millie (2 f Rippling Mill, by Crested Wave) became his 100th winner this season when winning her 1200m Maiden at Wyong yesterday.

Like her dam Rippling Mill, Hot Millie is trained at Randwick by Les Bridge, who paid  $60,000 for the two-year-old as a yearling at the Magic Million Gold Coast Sale from the draft of Yarraman Park Stud, where Magic Albert stands at a fee of $16,500 in 2011.

“We‚Äôre delighted to see Magic Albert get the century, that‚Äôs a good effort when you consider the quality of mare he‚Äôs had to work with over the years,‚Äù said Yarraman principal Arthur Mitchell. “In recent years he‚Äôs had stronger books of mares and that‚Äôs beginning to show on the track, so hopefully it will be onward and upward.¬†He‚Äôs been booked out since just after Easter and will cover his best ever book of mares this spring.‚Äù