Source: racenet.com.au Resurgent stayer Asterix set a modern day weight-carrying record to score a memorable $200,000 Listed Gosford Cup (2100m) success on Saturday. Tasked with carrying the topweight of 61kg and a testing wide draw, the Chris Waller-trained galloper proved up to both tasks to snare his conditioner a fourth Cup win. No horse this […]
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St Gotthard romps home in the Ken Russell Memorial Classic
Source: justhorseracing.com.au St Gotthard showed he is worth every cent of his $2.7 million price tag with a stunning win in the Group 3 $200,000 Ken Russell Memorial Classic (1200m) at the Gold Coast on Saturday. The Chris Waller-trained St Gotthard was having just his second race start but kept his unbeaten record intact when […]
Waller 2YOs Trifecta $160,000 Clarendon Stakes
Source: breednet.com.au The Clarendon does not carry Black Type, but has traditionally been a stepping stone race for promising back season juveniles that have gone on to stakes success at three with all three place-getters sure to be on that trajectory. Wootton Bassett (GB) colt Stormy Marco was the longest priced runner of the Waller […]
‘I’m getting emotional’: Waller lands 199th Group 1 in Australasian Oaks
Source: racenet.com.au Master trainer Chris Waller has landed his 199th Group 1 victory in Saturday’s Australasian Oaks at Morphettville, as legendary jockey James McDonald secured his first Group 1 win in South Australia. Jumping from barrier 13, Panova settled back in the field before coming with a huge run at the 550m as McDonald set […]
Beiwacht Leads Home Waller Quinella in G1 All Aged Stakes
Source: breednet.com.au Having trained the trifecta in the $1m G1 ATC Champagne Stakes (1600m) earlier in the day, Chris Waller then recorded a one-two finish in the $1.5m G1 All Aged Stakes (1400m), with Godolphin’s 3yo colt Beiwacht recording an all the way win over Lazzura. Having not won in his four starts since his […]
Corks popping as Fireball leads home Waller trifecta in Champagne
Source: racenet.com.au Exciting juvenile Fireball delivered on his Group 1 promise to lead home a Chris Waller-trained trifecta in Saturday’s Group 1 Champagne Stakes (1600m) at Royal Randwick. In a thrilling finale to the third leg of racing’s 2YO Triple Crown, a tough-as-teak Fireball ($6.50) outlasted favourite Campione D’italia ($2.15) and Diameter ($26) in the […]
Asterix erupts late to win JRA Plate first-up
Source: racenet.com.au A perfectly timed Jason Collett steer propelled Asterix to a surprise first-up success at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Collett nailed the execution as the Chris Waller-trained Asterix ($16) saved ground on the inside before surging through a gap late to deny You Wahng ($9) in the shadows of the post in the $250,000 […]
Ohope Wins completes Oaks double
Source: racingandsports.com.au The daughter of Ocean Park became only the fourth filly to complete the New Zealand Oaks-Australian Oaks double, following on from Domino (1990), Bonneval (2017) and Pennyweka (2023). Ohope Wins stamped herself as a standout talent among New Zealand’s staying three-year-olds during the summer, stringing together successive come-from-behind wins in the Gr.2 Sir […]
Diameter proves he can measure up to Champagne Stakes
Source: racenet.com.au Champion trainer Chris Waller bolstered his already considerable Champagne Stakes stocks after Diameter scored a decisive win in the Listed Fernhill Mile (1600m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Stepping out for start five, the Godolphin-owned Brazen Beau colt had given every indication that the rise to a mile would be right in his […]
“I got it wrong”: Waller shows enormous grace in Glow’s shock defeat
Source: racenet.com.au There’s an old saying in sport which states that you learn more in defeat than you do in victory. And it’s an adage expected to ring true in the wake of Autumn Glow’s shock first loss in Saturday’s Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m). The glamour mare, which had won 11 from 11 […]