TRIBUTES poured in for Via Sistina after Chris Waller announced the 12-time Group 1 winner’s retirement from training, but who better to pay tribute than the man who knew her before she hit the big time, Stephen Hillen.
“It’s unbelievable what she’s done,” the Derry-born, Hungerford-based bloodstock agent reflects. “The first Cox Plate was sensational, really, it was probably a bit like the day when she first came to prominence at Newmarket in the Dahlia Stakes.


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