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 […]
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Winx makes it 30 in a row
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 […]
Nature Strip launches 1st-up blitz in Rubiton Stakes
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. […]
Fiesta reigns supreme in the Inglis Sprint
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 […]
Tom terrific: Fan favourite back in the winner’s stall
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 […]
Ultimate accolade: Winx named best horse in the world
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 […]
Winx finally set to be recognised as world’s best
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 […]
Waller looks to Slipper with Rosehill winner Accession
Chris Waller has had just a handful of runners in the Golden Slipper and Accession has staked his claim as perhaps his best contender yet. A colt by the Waller-trained Brazen Beau, Accession was having his third start in yesterday’s appropriately-named Countdown To The Golden Slipper (1100m) t Rosehill. After being beaten on debut by […]
Winx connections accept award in California
Connections of Winx were in California on Saturday to collect the Secretariat Vox Populi award for the champion mare. Winx was voted the most popular horse in the world in 2018 in the Secretariat Vox Populi Award online poll, created by Secretariat’s owner Penny Chenery, and was the top choice among voters from 60 countries.
Back to back Magic Millions scalps for Chris Waller pair
Chris Waller-trained pair Tumultuous and Invincibella claimed consecutive editions of their respective Magic Millions category races at the Gold Coast meeting on Saturday. Tumultuous’ second win in the Magic Millions Trophy (2200m) on Saturday saw the five-year-old’s career earnings balloon to $1.4 million, about an hour before Invincibella claimed a second straight Magic Millions Fillies […]