Expat New Zealand trainer Chris Waller has been nominated for Buddle Findlay Coach of the Year at February’s 56th ISPS Handa Halberg Awards in Auckland. The Hall of Fame trainer, who is among 14 nominees for the award, has won the last seven trainers’ premierships in his adopted home of New South Wales and has […]
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Abdon and dusted
Abdon had been 854 days between wins, but Chris Waller never lost faith in the English import, who used to be punched around back home by the great Frankie Dettori. The six-year-old gelding finished over the top of stablemates Merovee, Araaja and Naval Warfare to make it a Waller first four in the Summer Racing […]
Zalatte sets autumn marker
Zalatte’s triumphant initiation to Saturday racing at Rosehill induced comparisons to a high-profile stablemate. The Chris Waller-trained Zalatte ($4) sprouted wings over the final 100m to overtake the highly rated Baller ($3.10 fav) in the 2019 Membership Benchmark 76 Handicap (1400m) and score by a length. It was a performance that evoked memories of when […]
Chris Waller’s fresh approach pays dividends with My Nordic Hero
Sydney’s champion trainer Chris Waller maintains age is just a number when it comes to his racehorses after seven-year-old grey My Nordic Hero scored a career-best win at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. My Nordic Hero might be at an age when most horses are past their best but he is going better than ever as […]
Exoteric back to best in Listed ATC Cup
Exoteric has put his last-start defeat behind him with a solid win in the Listed ATC Cup at Rosehill to cement plans for more staying features over the summer. After winning the Port Macquarie Cup (2000m) and Tattersalls Cup (2400m) in October, Exoteric had a short break before disappointing connections when fifth of six as […]
Who Shot Thebarman officially retired
For weeks there has been much speculation that fan-favourite Who Show Thebarman would be retired, and Chris Waller confirmed on Friday that the veteran stayer had run his last race. In a statement released online, Waller said the decision had been made amongst the ten year-old’s connections that retirement was the best option. “He has […]
Chris Waller wins the Group I gong for spring
Chris Waller’s rebuilding phase has paid dividends during the spring with the Sydney-based trainer leading the way with Group I victories. After the final meeting of the Melbourne spring carnival at Flemington on Saturday, Waller heads Australia’s Group I tally with eight winners for the season. Winx certainly played her part for Waller with four […]
Cliffsofmoher’s demise a sad reminder of how much we love our horses
We love our horses. We love everyone’s horses because we know what it is like to live with them. That makes what happened on Melbourne Cup day so heartbreaking for the everyone in the industry. We feel it when a horse is tragically injured like The Cliffsofmoher and doesn’t come home. There can only be […]
Chris Waller leads home local Cup runners
Leading trainer Chris Waller’s imported stayer Finche has finished fourth to be the first Australian-trained horse home in the Melbourne Cup. And the champion Sydney-based trainer also prepared the first Australian-bred galloper to finish in Tuesday’s race at Flemington with sixth-placed Youngstar. English-bred Finche, who did his early racing in France, arrived in Australia on […]
Shraaoh toughs it out in the mud, long term aim is Sydney Cup
Humans tend to be flustered and bothered by lengthy travel delays. The same, it seems, cannot be said for racehorses. The Chris Waller-trained English import Shraaoh was one of a number of Melbourne Cup raiders who were stranded on the tarmac at Sharjah in the UAE when the plane they were travelling in to Australia […]