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Source: racing.com Chris Waller’s Golden Slipper hand improved on Saturday when the beautifully bred Campione D’italia won her way into the race, courtesy of a narrow victory in the Group 2 Skyline Stakes at Randwick. The Snitzel colt touched off the desperately unlucky stablemate Central Europe, himself a blueblood colt by Frankel out of the […]

A standout alliance from the racing world is gearing up for one of the sport’s most inspiring off-track initiatives. Team Via Sistina will take its place in Tour d’Horse 2026, representing elite racing connections while supporting the life-changing work of the KIDS Foundation.  Champion trainer Chris Waller and global thoroughbred powerhouse Yulong Stud have joined […]

Source: racingnews.co.nz Close up in strong company in the spring, Go Racing’s Lord Penman (NZ) (Contributer) broke through and claimed his first Australian victory in the A$160,000 Racing and Sports Handicap (1400m) at Rosehill on Saturday. The New Zealand-bred Contributer gelding ran second on his Sydney debut in August, then filled the runner-up spot behind […]

Source: justhorseracing.com.au James McDonald won’t yet put Autumn Glow in the same bracket as Hong Kong superstar Romantic Warrior, but he concedes she is on the way. Turning in a performance that McDonald admitted gave him goosebumps, the mare swept to a 2-1/2 length win over Aeliana in Saturday’s Apollo Stakes (1400m) at Randwick to […]

Source: justhorseracing.com.au Chris Waller declared Joliestar was finally the complete package after the mare enhanced her already dynamic first-up record to win the Expressway Stakes at Randwick. When former stablemate Caballus ($4.60) skipped to a commanding lead halfway up the straight, Waller admitted he was unsure if Joliestar ($2.60 fav) could bridge the gap. But the mare pinned […]

Source: racenet.com.au The Australian Guineas shapes as an old-school Melbourne and Sydney battle after the Chris Waller-trained Sixties’ dominant win in the Group 3 CS Hayes Stakes at Flemington. The Ciaron Maher-trained Observer is the $2.50 favourite to add the Australian Guineas to his Victoria Derby trophy while Sixties became the $3.50 second favourite after […]

Source: justhorseracing.com.au During a spring campaign in which she pushed Via Sistina first-up, beat all bar Mr Brightside second-up, and contested a Cox Plate, Aeliana never quite pleased trainer Chris Waller. While she put in some exciting performances on the track, the champion horseman admitted she never looked the part. “She ate well through the […]

Source: racing.com Champion trainer Chris Waller has warned Aeliana is more than capable of giving the unbeaten Autumn Glow a mighty scare in Saturday’s Group 2 Apollo Stakes at Randwick. While confident Autumn Glow is clearly the horse to beat this weekend, Waller said Aeliana had returned in sensational touch after an indifferent spring campaign. […]

Source: racingandsports.com.au Chris Waller will saddle up the three horses at the top of Expressway Stakes betting. Less than a length separated stablemates Joliestar, Angel Capital and Lady Shenandoah when they clashed in The Everest, and ahead of their Expressway Stakes showdown, trainer Chris Waller is having difficulty splitting them. “Joliestar has come back really well. James (McDonald) […]

Source: justhorseracing.com.au Having experienced the intense pressure of maintaining Winx’s 33-race winning streak, Chris Waller is circumspect when it comes to protecting the unbeaten sequence of Autumn Glow. Arguably racing’s most exciting talent, the mare launches her latest campaign in Saturday’s Apollo Stakes (1400m) at Randwick and is a $1.55 favourite to make it nine victories […]