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 […]
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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 […]
Who Shot Thebarman ‘This is your Life’ – The Melbourne Cup 2018
On Tuesday, Who Shot Thebarman will chalk up 125,000 kilometres in races when Australasian racing’s most popular 10-year-old contests his fourth Melbourne Cup. The Chris Waller-trained gelding will line up for the 56th time under race conditions, the 10th time he’s run in a two-mile handicap. The management of the veteran stayer is a testament […]
Shillelagh doubles up on Derby day
Shillelagh has repeated her effort from 12 months ago by winning another group 1 mile on Derby Day. This time the seven-year-old mare shot up on the inside under jockey James McDonald to blow away her rivals in the Empire Rose Stakes, a race for fillies and mares. In 2017, it was the Kennedy Miles […]
A fitting exit for Winx would be the Queen Elizabeth Stakes
Winx is destined to face the final curtain when an unparalleled racing career draws to a close in Sydney next autumn. The $4 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) at Randwick in April during The Championships will provide the ideal stage for an emotional finale. Not to appear during Melbourne Cup week at Flemington, Winx will […]