Chris Waller looking for 10th group 1 of the year with Moriarty in Kingston Town Classic Moriarty: Has had an unusual preparation. Chris Waller will look to finish the year with a 10th group 1 win as Hong Kong champion jockey Douglas Whyte takes the reins on Moriarty in the Kingston Town Classic at Ascot on Saturday. Australia's leading group 1 trainer for the season with seven wins, Waller is the first to admit that it has been an unusual preparation to get to Moriarty. "You wouldn't usually recommend 2400m [of the Caulfield Cup] back to 2000m in the Mackinnon [Stakes] then a mile last time in the Railway," Waller said. But it seems to have worked and you would have to say that he was a bit unlucky to run third in the Railway because he just had a tough run. Moriarty will get back out to 1800m at weight-for-age in the search for his first group 1 victory. He is already a three-time group 2 winner at 2000m, 2200m and 2400m in a Brisbane Cup and won the Craven Plate at 2000m in October before heading to Melbourne. Nash Rawiller had been booked to ride Moriarty but was suspended in Hong Kong last Wednesday. Waller opted to stay with an international jockey in Whyte, who rode Junoob in the Caulfield Cup. "We had already paid for a business class ticket for Nash, so when he got suspended we looked for another jockey over there," Waller said. We asked Joao [Moriera] but he wasn't available, so Douglas was our next call and he could ride him. He has won 13 jockey titles over there and did a very good job for us in the Caulfield Cup. Moriarty is the $4.60 Kingston Town favourite ahead of Railway Stakes winner Elite Belle at $5.50. Gai Waterhouse has booked Tommy Berry to ride Pheidon in group 1 and he is rated an $8 chance by TAB.com.au. Meanwhile, Peter Snowden has been granted more boxes at Randwick when Grahame Begg finishes up this month. "It is all over the websites and everyone seems to know," Snowden said. We still have to work out where they will be but I'm very happy the ATC could help us with more stables.