More than 18,500 race fans on track and plenty watching around the nation the extraordinary Autumn Glow overcame adversity to score to protect her unbeaten record. She's eight from eight and is only just getting started."Autumn Glow is a star, it is as simple as that,"
Waller
said.
McDonald
chose to ride at Royal Randwick rather than Derby Day at Flemington so he could partner Autumn Glow in the Golden Eagle. His celebratory gestures when he rose high in the saddle and waved his whip to the crowd showed what the win meant to him."She gives me that ‘ooh la la' feeling and I don't think we've seen the best version of her yet either – she is just incredible," McDonald said."We're so lucky to have her. She can be out on her feet and she just keeps finding. She's incredible, I'm telling you. She is fair dinkum."McDonald said Autumn Glow was tested for probably the first time in her career as she was not comfortable on the rain-affected track.
Arrowfield Stud supremo John Messara has raced so many good horses over the years but Autumn Glow could be the best of them all."To have a horse like her, it is special to win eight in a row because you think when will this picket fence end," Messara said."I've raced a lot of good horses but she is something very special because I know how difficult is it to win eight in a row at this level.
