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Chris Waller‘s triple Group 1 winning mare Joliestar is tipped to continue her elite level wins landing herself in a winnable elite-level assignment second-up in the Canterbury Stakes 2026 in Sydney.

Royal Randwick is host to two Group 1 features for Randwick Guineas Day with the three-year-olds facing off in the meeting’s namesake race accompanied by a class line-up of sprinters in the $750,000 Canterbury Stakes (1300m).

Winner of the Newmarket Handicap in Melbourne on this day 12 months ago, Waller’s now five-year-old daughter of Zoustar, Joliestar, is a dominant favourite in Canterbury Stakes betting paying $2.50 through Ladbrokes.com.au to go back-to-back this prep.

Fresh she resumed with an excellent effort to win the Group 2 Expressway Stakes (1200m) adding to her strong Randwick record (10:4-2-1).

The extra 100m is a non-issue for her now second-up as she gets up to the trip she claimed the Group 1 Kingsford-Smith Cup over in Brisbane last winter.

The mighty James McDonald sticks in the saddle as Joliestar looks to become the latest winner of the Expressway / Canterbury Stakes double since Savatiano (2021).

She was explosive late in the Expressway and with that confidence boosting return behind her she’ll strip fitter and maps to get things her way again.

Another multiple Group 1 winning mare from the Waller yard, Lady Shenandoah, presents as the threat paying $4.50 to turn the tables on Joliestar after she ran third to her stablemate in the Expressway to get her autumn underway.

A four-year-old daughter of Snitzel, Lady Shenandoah was one of the spruik fillies last season winning the Flight Stakes over the Randwick mile in 2024 before completing the Group 1 Surround Stakes / Coolmore Classic double last spring.

While winless since her incredible effort to deny her older rivals int he Coolmore Classic, she’s matched motors with plenty of topline sprinters since.

Nash Rawiller sticks with, is likely to go back from the draw (9) and charge late to challenge.

Two other runners are currently at single figure Canterbury Stakes odds for this weekend with the resuming Ciaron Maher-trained Gringotts ($8.50) and the early market mover Linebacker ($9) for John O’Shea & Tom Charlton.

Tommy Berry partners Per Incanto six-year-old Gringotts in the Canterbury first-up with the $6 million earner looking to atone for his last start 11th in the summer’s Group 2 Ingham here in a brave run only four lengths beaten despite carrying 61kg from a horror barrier 20 draw.

Prior to that he was on fire completing the $3 million The Big Dance / The Gong double for the second year running.

A very good horse on his day, he’s suited to the track and WFA conditions but is likely to improve up in trip on whatever he does this weekend.

Linebacker meanwhile is garnering a bit of early support from the punters as the Super Seth four-year-old prepares to step out for the first time in 2026.

He scored an upset half-length win over Broadsiding in the Randwick Guineas on this day last year later claimed a dominant 2.6 length Silver Eagle victory over this course and distance.

At his latest he was seventh to the unbeaten Autumn Glow in the $10 million Golden Eagle, the form of which is proving to be very reliable, and he’s not without place claims here after a promising winning Randwick trial on February 19.

For value, Napoleonic at $10 stands out as a potential Each Way play from the same stable.

The Wootton Bassett colt is attempting to become the first three-year-old Canterbury Stakes winner since Holler (2016) as he lines-up in his first Group 1 race.

He presents fit third-up off back-to-back seconds this time in not far beaten by the gun filly Tempted in the Group 3 Eskimo Prince Stakes before crossing next best behind Ninja in the Group 2 Hobartville.

The 2026 Canterbury Stakes is set to run as Randwick 9 at 5:15pm (AEDT) as the penultimate event on Saturday’s card in Sydney.

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