Adelaide Working Towards Return

Last year’s G1 Cox Plate and GI Secretariat S. winner Adelaide (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) finished seventh of nine in a Rosehill barrier trial yesterday but remains on target for the A$4 million G1 Queen Elizabeth S. at The Championships in Sydney Apr. 11. Hustled from the gate initially by Hugh Bowman yesterday, Adelaide eventually settled one path off the rail with three beaten and failed to pick up in the lane under hand urging. 
The trial was the first public appearance for Adelaide under the care of Australian trainer Chris Waller, who seemed unfazed by the effort. He told Racing and Sports, “He was a touch slow early and he was on and off the bridle on a tight turning track; it’s all a bit different for him. But I’ve learnt to be mindful with the European horses not to fire them up too quickly.” 
Waller explained the plan had been to hustle Adelaide from the gate to get him accustomed to Australian racing conditions, which see horses racing closer to the pace than typically happens in European races. 
“They ran along quickly and Hugh said he could have dropped him out and let him run on, but he wanted to take him out of his comfort zone a bit because it’s going to be that way in a race like the Queen Elizabeth,” the conditioner explained. 
Waller said Adelaide would have one more trial and possibly a lead-up race prior to the Queen Elizabeth.