Waller gets his first juvenile winner for 2013-14

Premier Sydney trainer Chris Waller saddled up his first two-year-old winner this season when Brazen Beau led all the way in Wednesday’s Australian Turf Club Maiden Handicap (1100m) at Canterbury.

The trainer has developed a reputation for breaking records with older horses since arriving in Australia more than a decade ago. To put it in perspective, Waller has already trained 120 winners this season yet Brazen Beau’s win was his first in the juvenile category.

Waller is adamant you get more out of your bloodstock when they’re allowed time to mature despite the Australian trend of pushing horses in their two-year-old season.

"I don’t know why we do it. We have one two-year-old race a week,” he said.

"There’s 16 races for three and four-year-old and we all try and smash horses up for two-year-old races.”

Brazen Beau won’t be thrown into the deep end in a hurry with the trainer signalling "a 1200 metre race at Randwick” on February 22 as his next target.

"He’s still green and still learning and this is his first preparation,” he said. "He’ll get his chance to step up but we’re not getting too far ahead of ourselves.”

Brazen Beau ($2.70) defeated the Gai Waterhouse-trained Hampton Court ($2) by 4-1/2 lengths with another five lengths back to the Gary Portelli-trained Testashadow ($14) in third.

The market: Brazen Beau opened at $2.50 drifted to $2.90 and then firmed back into $2.70.Hampton Court eased from $1.80 to $2.10 before starting $2 while Testashadow firmed from $21 into $14. The market closed at 111 percent.