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 […]
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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 […]
Soulcombe takes out Queen’s Cup
Source: Racing.com Chris Waller has unveiled another class stayer to watch in 2023 following the superb Australian debut of Soulcombe to win the Group 3 Queen’s Cup at Flemington on Saturday. Just two weeks ago, Waller saddled import Francesco Guardi to an impressive G2 Moonee Valley Cup win and while the Queen’s Cup might not […]
Atishu (NZ) Masters the Matriarch
Source: NZB 7 November 2022 Quality Karaka graduate Atishu (NZ) (Savabeel) showed her class on Champions Day at Flemington on Saturday, claiming the biggest win of her career so far in the A$300,000 Group Two Matriarch Stakes (2000m). Bought for $260,000 from Book 1 of Karaka 2019 by syndicators Go Racing, Atishu has now earned […]
First emergency Durston takes Caulfield Cup honours
Source: TDN The Waller camp’s feeling of disappointment after Nature Strip’s shock defeat in The Everest may have ebbed away quite quickly after witnessing Durston (GB) (Sea The Moon {Ger}) come from the clouds to see off all his rivals in the G1 Caulfield Cup. The British-bred son of Sea The Moon (Ger) only gained a start in the […]
Madame Pommery benefits from J-Mac masterclass
Source: TDN, by Trent Masenhelder and Lydia Symonds Coolmore stallion No Nay Never (USA), who shuttled to Australia for four seasons, sired his first Group 1 winner in the Southern Hemisphere when the Chris Waller-trained Madame Pommery claimed the Thousand Guineas at Caulfield, thanks largely to the brilliance of James McDonald. With the track rated a Heavy 9 by the […]