Source : RACING CONFIDENTIAL, RAY THOMAS 23 October 2020 THE Chris Waller stable dominated the prestigious NSW Racehorse Owners Awards held at Royal Randwick on Thursday evening. For the 10th year in succession, Waller won the coveted Bart Cummings Medal which is voted on by Sydney racing journalists and awarded to the season’s most outstanding performer […]
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A day for the ages for Zahra and Waller as Verry Elleegant takes Caulfield Cup
Source: The Age, By Michael Lynch, October 17, 2020 In the biggest of races, class will always come to the fore – both equine and human. And so it did in the Caulfield Cup, when Australia’s champion trainer Chris Waller saddled up the multiple group 1-winning mare Verry Elleegant to take the $5 million prize from […]
Nature Strip voted Australia’s best for 2019-20 season
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald, By Damien Ractliffe, October 5, 2020 Enigmatic sprinter Nature Strip has been crowned Australian Racehorse of the Year as well as Champion Sprinter for 2019-20 following a stellar season. Winx held the mantle as Australia’s best for four seasons, but with last season’s title up for grabs it was the TJ […]
Turnbull Stakes: Verry Elleegant leads home Toffee Tongue, Finche in Chris Waller clean sweep
Source : Leo Schlink, Sunday Herald Sun, October 3, 2020 Chris Waller’s imposing Caulfield Cup arsenal has strengthened after the master Sydney trainer delivered a stable trifecta in the Group 1 Turnbull Stakes (2000m) as Verry Elleegant notched her fifth victory at elite level. Verry Elleegant, $5 favourite, led home Toffee Tongue ($71) and Finche […]
Kolding takes Waller to seventh heaven in George Main Stakes
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald – By Chris Roots – September 19, 2020 Kolding made the most of a perfect run to give Chris Waller another George Main Stakes and lead home a first four for the premier stable at Randwick on Saturday. It was Waller’s seventh win in the weight-for-age group 1 over the Randwick […]
Haut Brion Her returns a winner in Sheraco
James McDonald touted Haut Brion Her as an Everest candidate during the week and Chris Waller did nothing to dispel that theory after the mare ‘s Group Two Sheraco Stakes win. Having her first start since she pulled up lame following a Flemington victory last spring, Haut Brion Her showed her quality to defeat a […]
Mister Sea Wolf wins the Group Two Chelmsford Stakes
An emotional Chris Waller has dedicated Mister Sea Wolf’s Chelmsford Stakes victory to trainer Rick Worthington, who just hours earlier lost his battle with cancer. News of the 60-year-old’s death filtered through Randwick on Saturday and Waller said he was devastated to lose a man he counted as a friend. “All the trainers learned about […]
CHRIS WALLER, RACING’S PERFECT SHOP WINDOW
In many ways horse racing is only as good as its spokespeople. A good horse is only half as good if its people are not decent. If they are well spoken, even in the coarse language of the racetrack, horse racing is more easily appreciated. Peter Moody was hardly Shakespearean but he was a wonderful […]
Waller gets Humidor to turn back the clock
Humidor underlined Chris Waller’s brilliance as a trainer when he turned back the clock to win the Group Two Feehan Stakes at Moonee Valley and resurrect a career which looked finished. In taking out Saturday’s 1600 metre event, Humidor scored a golden ticket into the Cox Plate, a race in which he finished runner-up to […]
Nature Strip set to tackle small field first up
Just five rivals have been nominated to go toe-to-toe with The Everest favourite Nature Strip in Saturday’s Group III Concorde Stakes at Randwick. Fellow The Everest contender Gytrash was among the list of possible combatants for the 1000m scamper, with nominations for the race extended until Tuesday morning. The Concorde Stakes will be the first […]