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Source: racenet.com.au The Australian Guineas shapes as an old-school Melbourne and Sydney battle after the Chris Waller-trained Sixties’ dominant win in the Group 3 CS Hayes Stakes at Flemington. The Ciaron Maher-trained Observer is the $2.50 favourite to add the Australian Guineas to his Victoria Derby trophy while Sixties became the $3.50 second favourite after […]

Source: justhorseracing.com.au During a spring campaign in which she pushed Via Sistina first-up, beat all bar Mr Brightside second-up, and contested a Cox Plate, Aeliana never quite pleased trainer Chris Waller. While she put in some exciting performances on the track, the champion horseman admitted she never looked the part. “She ate well through the […]

Source: racing.com Champion trainer Chris Waller has warned Aeliana is more than capable of giving the unbeaten Autumn Glow a mighty scare in Saturday’s Group 2 Apollo Stakes at Randwick. While confident Autumn Glow is clearly the horse to beat this weekend, Waller said Aeliana had returned in sensational touch after an indifferent spring campaign. […]

Source: racingandsports.com.au Chris Waller will saddle up the three horses at the top of Expressway Stakes betting. Less than a length separated stablemates Joliestar, Angel Capital and Lady Shenandoah when they clashed in The Everest, and ahead of their Expressway Stakes showdown, trainer Chris Waller is having difficulty splitting them. “Joliestar has come back really well. James (McDonald) […]

Source: justhorseracing.com.au Having experienced the intense pressure of maintaining Winx’s 33-race winning streak, Chris Waller is circumspect when it comes to protecting the unbeaten sequence of Autumn Glow. Arguably racing’s most exciting talent, the mare launches her latest campaign in Saturday’s Apollo Stakes (1400m) at Randwick and is a $1.55 favourite to make it nine victories […]

Source: justhorseracing.com.au Champion trainer Chris Waller continues to strengthen his Golden Slipper arsenal, producing unbeaten youngster Fireball for a classy first-up win in the $2 million Inglis Millennium at Randwick. Spelled after scoring on debut at Rosehill in November, the James Harron-owned colt and $4.60 favourite powered down the outside to deny Ghana’s Akan ($17) by a half-length […]

Source: justhorseracing.com.au Chris Waller has fired an early Golden Slipper salvo, producing stunningly related colt Hidrix for an emphatic debut win at Rosehill as favourite Incognito disappointed. Waller trained the quinella with Confederation ($3.40) finishing 1-3/4 lengths behind Hidrix ($13) in second, leader Eviction Notice ($4.80) holding down third a further long head back. The winner is a full […]

Source: racenet.com.au Former New Zealand mare Chica Mojito ended her Australian drought in emphatic fashion at Wyong on Saturday with a slashing victory in The Lakes (1600m). The five–year-old Zacinto mare went into the $500,000 feature as the winner at just one of her 23 career starts, that success coming at Cambridge in New Zealand […]

Source: Dennis Ryan, RACEFORM (NZ) Off all their joint milestones in the heady atmosphere of elite Australian racing, perhaps the most notable achieved by Chris Waller and James McDonald came at Flemington last month. Combining with Australian Horse of the Year Via Sistina on the final day of Melbourne Cup week, the New Zealand Racing […]

Source: breednet.com.au Former Gr.1 New Zealand Derby (2400m) winner Asterix returned to top form and scored his first Australian victory in the A$300,000 NZB The Beauford (2300m) at Newcastle on Saturday. The Chris Waller-trained gelding showed signs that he might be finding form with a close last-start fifth in the A$500,000 St Leger (2600m) at […]