Chris Waller to train Ozzie Kheir purchase and New Zealand Oaks favourite Leica Lucy

Prominent owner Ozzie Kheir has bought into an exciting New Zealand filly who will be sent to master trainer Chris Waller.

Chris Waller will train Leica Lucy after the NZ Oaks favourite was purchased by Ozzie Kheir. Picture: Jeremy Ng/Getty Images

Prominent owner Ozzie Kheir has swooped on an exciting New Zealand filly who will later this year be trained by Chris Waller.

Three-year-old Leica Lucy, who has won three of her four starts across the ditch including a pair of Group 3 races at 1600m, has been partially sold to Kheir.

It was a deal brokered by Mathew Becker of Group 1 Bloodstock, in conjunction with Bruce Perry.

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Leica Lucy will race in partnership with her current owners and breeders, Peter and Heather Crofskey, and will continue her preparation for the 2025 New Zealand Oaks for her current trainer, Robbie Patterson.

She is the favourite to win the Oaks.

Leica Lucy is set to be seen this weekend in the Group 2 David & Karyn Ellis Fillies Classic, a 2000m race at Te Rapa.

Ozzie Kheir has purchased NZ Oaks filly Leica Lucy. Picture: Peter Rubery/Race Images Palmerston North

Following next month’s New Zealand Oaks, the filly is to be transferred to Waller for future racing campaigns.

It is a method Kheir has adopted previously.

He purchased filly Scarlet Oak out of New Zealand, after a debut Matamata maiden win, and she won Group 2 The Roses during last year’s Queensland winter carnival before starting the favourite for the Group 1 Queensland Oaks where she was well beaten.

Originally published as Chris Waller to train Ozzie Kheir purchase and New Zealand Oaks favourite Leica Lucy