Source: Racenet, by Gilbert Gardiner “We’re on a winner.” James McDonald knew he was on the right horse to win the Champions Stakes (2000m) at Flemington before being legged aboard Chris Waller-trained Atishu. Confidence in the mare grew 40 minutes prior to the jockeys and trainers assembling in the mounting yard when Pride Of Jenni […]
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Riff Rocket lifts off in Derby
Source: ANZ News, by Daniel Harrold Coolmore’s former shuttler American Pharoah (Pioneerof The Nile) became the first US Triple Crown-winning stallion to sire an elite-level winner in Australia since the great Secretariat (Bold Ruler) when the Chris Waller-trained Riff Rocket held off all challengers to land the $2 million Victoria Derby (Gr 1, 2500m) at […]
‘She took over my life’: Waller’s emotional 150th Group 1 win
Source : Racenet, by Ray Thomas. Chris Waller trained his 150th Group 1 winner in a race named after his all-time great champion and with a mare racing in the famous all-cerise colours of the Ingham family. The synergies were sublime as Fangirl stormed home to win the first major of the new season, the […]
Chris Waller mare the Queen of Randwick
Source : Sportnews Usually front and centre of the biggest races on the biggest days, Chris Waller didn’t saddle up a runner in this year’s Queen Elizabeth Stakes. But it didn’t stop him making his mark on Day Two of The Championships, the champion trainer celebrating a Group 1 win with Atishu in the Queen Of The Turf […]
Shinzo wins Golden Slipper to seal grand slam for Waller
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald, by Chris Roots. Champion trainer Chris Waller has Australian racing’s grand slam and Coolmore Stud its first Golden Slipper after Ryan Moore flew in and gave Shinzo a rail-hugging ride at Rosehill on Saturday. On a day where jockeys wanted to get off the fence, Moore took the shortest way […]
2023 Phar Lap Stakes Results: Winner Zougotcha Onto Doncaster Mile
Source: Racenet Chris Waller has named the Group 1 $4 million Doncaster Mile (1600m) as the next-up target for his very nice filly Zougotcha who was far too good for her rivals second-up dominating the 2023 Phar Lap Stakes results on Coolmore Classic Day. Waller made the decision to scratch the class young daughter of Zoustar from the meeting’s Group 1 Coolmore Classic […]
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Source: Racenet by Ray Thomas Espiona finally lived up to the hype and provided trainer Chris Waller with one of the few Sydney Group 1 races to elude him at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. The $600,000 Coolmore Classic (1500m) is invariably one of the most competitive majors every season and it was no different this […]
Chris Waller confident Pago Pago winner Shinzo can measure up in Golden Slipper
Source: Herald Sun Photo: Ashlea Brennan Photography Shinzo surged into the Golden Slipper conversation with a brilliant, barnstorming win at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. Trainer Chris Waller confirmed Shinzo will back-up in the world’s richest two-year-old race after the colt’s fast-finishing effort in the Group 3 $200,000 Pago Pago Stakes (1200m). “He looks the real […]
Osipenko to the fore in the Hobartville Stakes
Source: Just Horse Racing Just 20 minutes after the disappointment of Nature Strip’s unplaced return in Melbourne, Chris Waller had something to smile about when lightly raced colt Osipenko claimed the feature race at Rosehill. Osipenko ($8) put his hand up as an autumn force when he scooted through along the inside to win the Group […]
Champion racemare Verry Elleegant for Hall of Fame
By Dennis Ryan The roll of honour for the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame is set to be enhanced by champion racemare Verry Elleegant, who will be on the list of 2023 inductees at the Hall of Fame Dinner in Hamilton on May 7. In common with recently announced inductee Melody Belle, Verry Elleegant […]