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Chris Waller gets to the Warwick Farm stable that once hosted four-time Chipping Norton Stakes winner Tie The Knot and admits that champion still amazes him. He never thought he would have a similar horse, let alone one which would surpass his feats as Winx, who lines up to chase her fourth consecutive Chipping Norton […]

The Autumn Sun, the most expensive racehorse in training with a conservative $50 million price tag, is so richly talented even his usually reserved trainer Chris Waller is talking him up – and with good reason. “This colt has the ability to be anything,’’ Waller said. “He ticks all the boxes. “He’s unlucky not to […]

Jaminzah will stick to distances around 1600m despite again indicating he could be a stayer with a win at Eagle Farm. The Chris Waller trained five-year-old ($16) was having his first run since December when he came from last and stormed past stablemate Veladoro ($7.50) to win by a 1/2 length in the Midori Open […]

Chris Waller witnessed his prized three-year-old colts Lean Mean Machine and Zousain beaten at their return runs in 2019but the best of them all, The Autumn Sun, maintained his excellent winning record in Saturday’s $400,0000 Group 2 Hobartville Stakes (1400m) at Rosehill. The Hobartville Stakes shaped as a banana skin for Australia’s championthree-year-old colt, returning […]

The Apollo Stakes may only be a Group 2 race worth $250,000 but for Chris Waller it held significant importance for the career of his astonishing mare Winx. For us on the outside peering in, the equation looks simple. She’s the equal-highest-rated horse in the world and light years ahead of anything that Australian racing […]

The shift to another racing superpower hasn’t fazed brilliant sprinter Nature Strip judging by his outstanding win in Saturday’s Group II Rubiton Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield. Darren Weir’s four-year ban forced his owners to look for another trainer before sending the speedster to join a plethora of other top performers at the Chris Waller stable. […]

It shaped as a two-horse race and the $1 million Inglis 3YO Sprint didn’t disappoint with star fillies Fiesta and Estijaab fighting out the finish at Warwick Farm on Saturday. Golden Slipper winner Estijaab was returning from 10 months on the sidelines after having tie-back surgery in the spring while Fiesta made the most of […]

Perennial placegetter Tom Melbourne broke his 1044-day win drought while stablemate Religify broke down in what was a bittersweet listed Carrington Stakes (1400m) for the powerhouse Chris Waller stable. As comeback kid Blake Shinn did the unthinkable and got Tom Melbourne to win his first race in three years and first Sydney, Religify was 200m […]

The final accolade, one which had eluded her until now, was given to Winx in London on Wednesday when she was named as the equal World’s Best Racehorse. Australia’s wondermare shares the title with English star Cracksman for 2018, on a rating of 130. Winx ran her 130 rating in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes at […]

She has been unbeatable on the track for more than three years and it seems only the Longines World’s Best Racehorse committee have been able to find a way to get the better of Winx since her 29-run winning streak began. Winx has been the best-rated horse in Australia for 2015-16-17 and was rated in […]