Trainer Chris Waller said it all when he quipped to jockey James McDonald straight after Autumn Glow’s brilliant win in the $10 million Golden Eagle, “She’s a star. We’ve got a replacement for the champ”.

A week after eight-year-old Via Sistina gave Waller and McDonald back-to-back Cox Plate victories, Autumn Glow, heavily backed into a $1.70 favourite, overcame a three-wide run and a difficult soft 7 track to capture the second-richest race in Australia on Saturday at Randwick, taking her perfect record to eight wins from eight starts.

Autumn Glow surges to the lead in the Golden Eagle. Credit: Getty Images

The 1500m feature for four-year-olds had been all about the daughter of The Autumn Sun, and she delivered with a gritty effort to beat Sepals by one-and-a-quarter lengths. Evapo

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