Stablemates finish in contrasting Flemington wins Contrasting wins at Flemington . . . trainer Chris Waller Picture: Michael Klein Source: HeraldSun THE Chris Waller stable pulled off a double at Flemington in Melbourne yesterday with Instrumentalist and Index Linked. But the difference in winning could not have been greater. While Instrumentalist led from the middle stages, Index Linked flew home to win in impressive style. Index Linked, favourite at $2.80, was having his first look at Flemington and Waller's Melbourne representative Justine Hales said the six-year-old gelding seemed to relish the different way of going. "He seems to go really well this way and clears away from the field," she said. Ridden by Glen Boss, Index Linked came from eighth at the 800 metres to reel in the leaders and beat Angelology ($8) by 1-3/4 lengths with Prizum ($18) another three quarters of a length away third. Hales said she didn't know Waller's definite plans for Index Linked but the horse could stay in Melbourne for another 2000m Flemington race on New Year's day. Boss said the key to Index Linked was getting him to relax. "The further we got into the race he really switched off and when I asked him to come up on the bridle and sprint, he was instant," Boss said. He was very soft, he beat them easily. Chris pulled the right rein in bringing him down here and there might be another race for him. Salute To Jude won his way into Magic Millions Guineas calculations after winning the feature race at Flemington. Before his storming win in the $100,000 Fiesta Star Handicap (1200m), the son of Stratum was languishing at 39th in the order of entry for the $1 million race for three-year-olds. A $125,000 purchase at last year's Gold Coast Magic Millions yearling sale, Salute To Jude is now an $11 chance for the January 11 race. "He wouldn't have got a run before today's performance so he needed some money, and more than that, he needed to justify the exercise," trainer Robert Smerdon said. It's a long way to go just to get a kicking. I came here with reservations - I didn't envisage that happening. Salute To Jude ($12), with top apprentice Chad Schofield taking over from the suspended Mark Zahra, motored away to win by 2-1/4 lengths from Innocent Hero ($11). Mark Kavanagh's Oltre Finito ($5) filled third place, another three quarters of a length away.