Chris Waller pleased with Egg Tart but won't be drawn into comparisons with Winx

Leading Sydney trainer Chris Waller says he understands why many are already drawing parallels between his champion mare Winx and her younger stablemate Egg Tart, who makes her autumn return at Rosehill on Saturday.

While Winx established her name as an autumn three-year-old, Egg Tart did similar by racing in Sydney, Queensland, Adelaide and Melbourne, achieving two group 1 victories, and has put together six straight wins.

While Waller concedes that Egg Tart's autumn was strenuous, yet highly successful, comparisons with Winx are "far too premature".

Egg Tart returns from a spell on Saturday and will commence in the Theo Marks Stakes, a pipe opener for the Flight Stakes, the Epsom Handicap and possibly the Myer Stakes during the Melbourne spring.

"Think back to Winx's early four-year-old days and who would have ever thought that she would just keep improving by the week and in doing so haul in so many major races.

"That's probably her trademark. Winx just kept improving," Waller said. "Don't get me wrong, Egg Tart is a lovely mare but she too must improve at that same rate for any genuine comparison with Winx. But she's worked well and shows no signs of an autumn carnival that practically zig-zagged Australia affecting her."

Egg Tart is named after the favourite dessert of one of the mare's owner's children from Hong Kong.

"I think the Flight Stakes and the Epsom and perhaps the Myer will see her through," Waller said. "The autumn will come around quickly next year so I don't want to push her too hard too quickly as I think she's a very very good mare."

Despite four year-old mares having such a remarkable record in Caulfield Cups, Waller said that he would resist the temptation of putting the four-year-old through a tough cup campaign as she was better off having a handful of starts at 1600 metres.