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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.

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 […]

Chris Waller continues to be amazed by Winx since she returned to the stable, but it is Golden Rose and Caulfield Guineas winner The Autumn Sun and his fellow three-year-olds that give his team an x-factor for the autumn and beyond. Winx has had a couple of gallops, which is enough to show the champion […]

After a year in Australia, Naval Warfare has found his feet and produced an easy victory in the New Year’s Day Cup at Randwick on Tuesday, a result which could set the tone for a big 2019. Trainer Chris Waller lets his imports develop at their own rate and in their own time. Naval Warfare […]

The famous Winx colours were worn to another feature race win as Sexy Eyes took out a thriller in the Group 3 $160,000 Belle of the Turf Stakes (1600m) at Gosford. Jay Ford wore the Winx colours of dark blue, white “M” and epaulettes of part-owner Peter Tighe who is also in the syndicate that […]

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 […]