AUTUMN MARKETS OPEN WITH RED HOT FAVOURITE

Chris Waller trained Espiona opens red hot favourite for Surround Stakes

The power filly has opened up as a clear favourite for the Group 1 Surround Stakes over 1400m in 2022.

The TAB aren’t pulling any punches with the Chris Waller-trained juvenile and have installed the three year old as a $2.50 favourite for the fillies contest. 

Espiona heads the market by some way as well with stablemate Fangirl opening at an $8 price point on the second line of betting.

One of Wallers rising stars, Espiona arrived on the scene in impressive fashion and took the tag of one of the most exciting horses in Australia when demolishing her rivals by 6.5 lengths in the Desirable Stakes on Oaks Day as James McDonald sat still on the three year old. 

The Surround Stakes features early on the Autumn Carnival schedule and sits on the undercard to the Chipping Norton Stakes day run in late February at Randwick Racecourse.

Espiona features heavily in Autumn in the Group 1 betting markets with the Waller filly sitting third in the line of betting for the G1 Randwick Guineas over 1600m. Espiona only sits behind Anamoe and the talented Profondo in betting.

The three year old also sits as an $11 shot for the Doncaster Mile which was won by Cascadian in 2021.

Other noticeable entries for the Surround Stakes include former Thousand Guineas favourite Argentia who sits alongside Jamaea, Four Moves Ahead and Starantes at $15 in betting for the Group One feature.

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