Post Type Archives: News

Eckstein might be heading to the breeding barn soon but she is still has plenty of offer on the racetrack. In fact, trainer Chris Waller hinted retirement plans might be put on hold temporarily for Eckstein after she scored a tough win in the Listed $150,000 Winter Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill Gardens. Waller said he […]

A plan to use new front-running tactics on classy mare Another Dollar proved a winning move at Doomben on Saturday. There were only six runners in the race and none of them had led at any of their starts Trainer Chris Waller’s Queensland manager Paul Shailer realised the situation and instructed jockey Ryan Maloney to […]

Lightly raced Irish import Dabiyr is off the mark in Australia at just his second local appearance, racing to victory in a midweek city race at Sandown. Now with leading Australian trainer Chris Waller after beginning his career with Dermot Weld in Ireland where he won one of his three starts, Dabiyr stepped up from […]

The Chris Waller-trained filly Voila has overcome a slow start to claim the first win of her preparation at Caulfield. Although he expected to settle in the second half of the field on Voila in Saturday’s MRC Membership Renewal Handicap (1100m), jockey Michael Walker was forced to come from last after she leapt in the […]

Toryjoy has not missed a Saturday meeting in June and finally got some joy as she proved too tough for her rivals over the Rosehill 1800m on Saturday. Kathy O’Hara took her to the front and defied all challengers has she held off Chris Waller stablemate Waking Moment, much to the satisfaction of the jockey. […]

Jason Collett broke his Group I duck and Chris Waller knocked Tommy Smith out of the record books as bonny mare Invincibella won a memorable and emotional Tatt’s Tiara at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Former Kiwi Collett had won more than 900 races in his career and had recorded a stack of Group I placings […]

Jockey Jay Ford was in no doubt one of the best horses racing at Randwick on Saturday was the impressive Funstar which made it two from two when taking out the ATC Heritage Volunteers 2YO Handicap (1200m). Funstar is the half-sister to Group I winner Youngstar and raced by most of the owners that form […]

Chris Waller has always held a high opinion of Kolding but it took the ultimate gear change to get the best out of him. The Ocean Park gelding is destined for big things and chalked up the best win of his career with an impressive victory in the Group II Ascot Green Queensland Guineas (1600m) […]

Chris Waller became the first trainer to prepare the winners of at least $40 million prizemoney in a single season after the wins of Catwalk and Invincibella yesterday. Catwalk produced an impressive fast-finishing effort to win the opener at Royal Randwick, the Winter Racing Handicap, leaving Waller needing just another $10,000 race prizemoney to achieve […]

A failed mission to win the New Zealand Derby appears to have been the making of Nobu who will be given the chance to win the season’s last Classic in Queensland. The Chris Waller-trained gelding beat one horse home in the NZ Derby at Ellerslie at the beginning of March. Waller brought him back to […]