The Chris Waller stable has advised stewards Turnbull Stakes winner Kings Will Dream will not tackle Saturday’s Caulfield Cup. Kings Will Dream was exempt from the Caulfield Cup ballot after his win in the Turnbull Stakes but stewards announced the gelding would not run in Saturday’s $5 million race. Kings Will Dream had an elevated […]
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Kolding heads NZ-bred trifecta in G1 Epsom
On a red letter day for trainer Chris Waller, Kolding (NZ) (Ocean Park) has delivered on the big stage in the Epsom Handicap, beating New Zealand cult horse Te Akau Shark (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle). Waller-trained horses won all four Group One races in Australia on Saturday with Kolding’s win over the famous Randwick mile […]
Verry Elleegant back in mix for Plate & Cup
Verry Elleegant (NZ) (Zed) has returned to winning form with a last-gasp victory in the Hill Stakes at Randwick, putting herself back in the frame for the major spring races. Trainer Chris Waller said the Cox Plate and Caulfield Cup were back on the table after the mare nailed Samadoubt in the final bound to […]
Trainer Chris Waller sets Group 1 record as Come Play With Me claims 2400m classic
Come Play With Me completed an unprecedented Group 1 clean sweep for champion trainer Chris Waller at Royal Randwick. Waller trained all three major race winners with Come Play With Me taking out the $750,000 The Metropolitan (2400m) to complement the wins of stablemates Kolding in the Epsom Handicap and Funstar’s Flight Stakes. The Hall […]
Chris Waller declares Funstar the ‘real deal’ after snaring first Group 1 win
There will never be another Winx but Funstar was able to achieve something the great champion couldn’t do at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Funstar underlined her emerging potential with a commanding all-the-way win in the Group 1 $500,000 Flight Stakes (1600m). Winx contested the Sydney spring carnival’s premier three-year-old fillies race in 2014 but was […]
Chris Waller strikes again in Breeders’ Plate with Global Quest
Global Quest and Every Rose won the opening two-year-old races of the season with dominant efforts at Royal Randwick. Trainer Chris Waller produced his second winner of the Group 3 $160,000 Breeders’ Plate (1000m) in three years when Global Quest stormed through the pace to score an impressive win. The flashy Every Rose, trained by […]
Kings Will Dream comes up trumps in Turnbull for all-conquering Chris Waller
The players may change, but the result stayed the same as Chris Waller won a third consecutive Group 1 Turnbull Stakes on Saturday with Kings Will Dream. Winx had won the race for the last two years, and while she is now enjoying retirement the yard continues to farm big-race successes as Kings Will Dream […]
Top Kiwi mare joins Chris Waller stable
Champion trainer Chris Waller will welcome another Kiwi Group I winner to his huge team. The 2018/19 New Zealand Champion Middle Distance horse Danzdanzdance will continue her career in Waller’s care. Chris Gibbs and Michelle Bradley trained Danzdanzdance to win the Group I Captain Cook Stakes (1600m) and Zabeel Classic (2000m) last season. Part-owner Kylie […]
Mister Sea Wolf wins the Shannon Stakes
Mister Sea Wolf has continued the winning run of trainer Chris Waller and jockey James McDonald with his victory In the Group II Shannon Stakes at Rosehill. Waller and McDonald combined to win Friday night’s Group I Moir Stakes at The Valley in Melbourne with Nature Strip and returned to Sydney for Saturday’s meeting at […]
Waller credits Meech with JRA Cup win
Captain Cook has discovered a way to win in Australia after the former English galloper led and won the Group 3 JRA Cup (2040m) at The Valley. Trainer Chris Waller said a daring ride from Linda Meech made the difference in a race where a whisker separated Captain Cook from the runner-up Sully. In one […]