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Source: justhorseracing.com.au Chris Waller’s decision to restrict Sun God to shorter distances has reaped immediate dividends with the import posting a stylish first-up victory in the Listed Luskin Star Stakes at Scone. A winner over 2400m in Europe, the four-year-old didn’t fire when tried over staying and middle-distances locally, prompting Waller to change tack this […]

Source: racingandsports.com.au Champion trainer Chris Waller claimed a fourth straight win in A$250,000 Gr.3 HKJC World Pool Rough Habit Plate (2000m) at Doomben on Saturday, with three of those winners being New Zealand-breds. Kilman led all the way for a $25 upset in the 2026 edition of the key Gr.1 Queensland Derby (2400m) trial, following […]

Source: racenet.com.au Resurgent stayer Asterix set a modern day weight-carrying record to score a memorable $200,000 Listed Gosford Cup (2100m) success on Saturday. Tasked with carrying the topweight of 61kg and a testing wide draw, the Chris Waller-trained galloper proved up to both tasks to snare his conditioner a fourth Cup win. No horse this […]

Source: justhorseracing.com.au St Gotthard showed he is worth every cent of his $2.7 million price tag with a stunning win in the Group 3 $200,000 Ken Russell Memorial Classic (1200m) at the Gold Coast on Saturday. The Chris Waller-trained St Gotthard was having just his second race start but kept his unbeaten record intact when […]

Source: breednet.com.au The Clarendon does not carry Black Type, but has traditionally been a stepping stone race for promising back season juveniles that have gone on to stakes success at three with all three place-getters sure to be on that trajectory. Wootton Bassett (GB) colt Stormy Marco was the longest priced runner of the Waller […]

Source: racenet.com.au Master trainer Chris Waller has landed his 199th Group 1 victory in Saturday’s Australasian Oaks at Morphettville, as legendary jockey James McDonald secured his first Group 1 win in South Australia. Jumping from barrier 13, Panova settled back in the field before coming with a huge run at the 550m as McDonald set […]

Source: breednet.com.au Having trained the trifecta in the $1m G1 ATC Champagne Stakes (1600m) earlier in the day, Chris Waller then recorded a one-two finish in the $1.5m G1 All Aged Stakes (1400m), with Godolphin’s 3yo colt Beiwacht recording an all the way win over Lazzura. Having not won in his four starts since his […]

Source: racenet.com.au Exciting juvenile Fireball delivered on his Group 1 promise to lead home a Chris Waller-trained trifecta in Saturday’s Group 1 Champagne Stakes (1600m) at Royal Randwick. In a thrilling finale to the third leg of racing’s 2YO Triple Crown, a tough-as-teak Fireball ($6.50) outlasted favourite Campione D’italia ($2.15) and Diameter ($26) in the […]

Source: racenet.com.au A perfectly timed Jason Collett steer propelled Asterix to a surprise first-up success at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Collett nailed the execution as the Chris Waller-trained Asterix ($16) saved ground on the inside before surging through a gap late to deny You Wahng ($9) in the shadows of the post in the $250,000 […]

Source: racingandsports.com.au The daughter of Ocean Park became only the fourth filly to complete the New Zealand Oaks-Australian Oaks double, following on from Domino (1990), Bonneval (2017) and Pennyweka (2023). Ohope Wins stamped herself as a standout talent among New Zealand’s staying three-year-olds during the summer, stringing together successive come-from-behind wins in the Gr.2 Sir […]