2015 ATC Cup - Telepathic gives odds-on punters a painless victory

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Ridden patiently by James McDonald, Telepathic ($1.45 fav) was given plenty of room turning for home and had the race in her keeping at the 200-metre mark, scoring officially by 1-3/4 lengths.

The battle for second place was much closer with the Tony McEvoy-trained Lucky Lucky Lucky ($12) nosing out another of Waller's runners Vilanova ($12).

"Telepathic has been really consistent and deserved a listed win today,” Waller said.

"We've had a bit of success bringing horses back from 2000m to a mile.

"It's only a two-week turnaround though. She can have a quiet time for the next fortnight.

"We'll just do a little bit less intense fast work. We'll still need to do a bit of fast work to keep her blood levels up.

"She'll go to the Villiers and be very hard to beat.”

Waller doesn't have a confirmed rider for the Villiers Stakes but James McDonald was in no doubt about her chances.

"That was painless,” McDonald said.

"She's a big chance in the Villiers. Bringing her back to the mile will be spot-on for her.”

The Villiers Stakes is scheduled to be run at Randwick on Saturday December 12.

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