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Winx might have her farewell to racing during the 2019 autumn but the Australian Turf Club will ensure she has an enduring presence at her home of Rosehill. The club have commissioned statue of the great mare, who has won her last 29 races going into her final preparation, and the aim is to have […]

Chris Waller produced another training masterstroke to coax Sir Bacchus back to winning form at Warwick Farm. Sir Bacchus, the grey gelding with an ownership base that seemed to make up half the racetrack attendance, held off Spectroscope to win the December Handicap (1400m). Waller, Sydney’s reigning premier trainer and a member of racing’s elite […]

Wonder mare Winx is set to race on in 2019. Trainer Chris Waller released a statement early on Friday afternoon that revealed an agreement had been reached between connections that the seven-year-old would be prepared for one more racing campaign following a recent discussion. “She has nothing left to prove to us or her many […]

Premier trainer Chris Waller has his benchmark two-year-old for the season after Accession took out the Inglis Nursery at Randwick on Saturday. Waller spoke of the $300,000 Easter purchase being a mirror image of his sire Brazen Beau, whose first-season crop are making a mark after he also produced with early Golden Slipper favourite Tassort. […]

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 […]

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’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 […]

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 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 […]