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Peter Tighe, a part-owner of Winx, paid tribute to the genius of Chris Waller after he trained his 100th Group 1 winner with the great mare’s Queen Elizabeth Stakes success at Royal Randwick. “I don’t think anyone is more deserving than Chris of getting his 100th Group 1 winner with the best horse that has […]

Jay Ford broke his Group 1 drought with a cool ride on Shraaoh over the 3200m at Royal Randwick to give trainer Chris Waller three majors in as many races. Waller had won the ATC Oaks with Verry Elleegant then his champion Winx got the job done in the Queen ­Elizabeth Stakes before Ford steered […]

More than 40,000 fans will converge on Randwick to watch Winx’s farewell on Saturday but her trainer Chris Waller will be nowhere to be seen. In fact, he’s the one who asks others what it’s like to watch Winx. Waller never watches his horses race in the flesh, preferring to sit alone in a small […]

Jockey Brad Stewart produced one of his best rides to land his second Toowoomba Cup on The Lord Mayor, 20 years after winning his first. Stewart won the Toowoomba Cup on Gene’s Interest in 1999 and has ridden more than 1000 winners since but few have been better rides. He got The Lord Mayor one […]

Chris Waller’s Gold Coast stable had one of its most important days when The Lord Mayor and Sexy Eyes completed the Toowoomba Cup-Weetwood Handicap double at Clifford Park. While Waller is motoring towards a century of Group 1 winners on Day 2 of The Championships next week, his Queensland stable manager Paul Shailer acknowledged how […]

Winx had her usual exhibition gallop a week before a run at Randwick on Saturday morning and thankfully there wasn’t much to say for Chris Waller and Hugh Bowman. Winx galloped over 1000m in 1min02.59sec and she was cranked up to 85 per cent capacity over the final 600m to run it in 34.67sec. “We’re […]

Ringerdingding missed out on a start in the $3 million Group 1 Doncaster Mile (1600m) but gained his consolation by beating three-year-old rivals in Saturday’s $200,000 G3 Carbine Club Stakes (1600m) at Randwick. Trained by Chris Waller and ridden by James McDonald, Ringerdingding ($3.10) settled midfield on the fence from barrier one before driving between […]

Champion trainer Chris Waller thinks the seven-day back-up into the Doncaster Mile will be a tall order for Mister Sea Wolf despite the import leading home a stable trifecta in Saturday’s Group III Doncaster Prelude (1500m) at Rosehill. Mister Sea Wolf ($8) earned a Doncaster Mile ballot exemption when he finished a head in front […]

The decision to apply raceday ear muffs to Verry Elleegant paid immediate dividends on Saturday when the classy filly scored an explosive win in the Group I Vinery Stud Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill. Noted as a filly that overdoes it in her races, trainer Chris Waller removed the nose roll and replaced it with ear […]

Nature Strip silenced his knockers by winning his first Group 1 race at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday in a thrilling finish over Pierata. It was Chris Waller’s third Group 1 success of the day after The Autumn Sun and Winx scored popular wins, and the champion trainer was grinning from ear-to-ear after Nature Strip held […]