In what was likely to be her farewell to Sydney racing for 2018, Winx once again thrilled the crowds at Randwick with the world’s best racehorse stretching her winning run to 27 when she took her third Group 1 Colgate Optic White (George Main) Stakes on Saturday. Winx unleashed what is now a trademark performance […]
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Carzoff lands Cups double
Kerrin McEvoy reminded punters why he’s considered one of the world’s premier jockeys with an inspired steer to lift Carzoff to victory in Friday’s Group 3 Newcastle Gold Cup (2300m). The $3.80 favourite had a wall of horses in front of him at the 300m but McEvoy was able to drive the six-year-old through a […]
Lean Mean Machine shifts up a gear on road to Golden Rose
Lean Mean Machine, aided by a brilliant Tye Angland ride, proved he will take beating in the Golden Rose with an impressive win on Saturday. Trainer Chris Waller had three promising colts in the Group 2 $200,000 Run To The Rose (1200m) and it was Lean Mean Machine who came from well back on the […]
Mister Sea Wolf wins Listed Rowley Mile
After breaking his Australian duck in the Listed Winter Challenge, Mister Sea Wolf has gone on with the job to win the Rowley Mile at Hawkesbury yesterday. As he did at Rosehill on July 28 when he wore blinkers for the first time, the Chris Waller-trained Mister Sea Wolf ($3.50 favourite) got the better of […]
Fiesta takes first leg of Princess Series
In the first real test for the new season’s three-year-old fillies, Fiesta has set the benchmark in the Silver Shadow Stakes at Randwick. The Chris Waller-trained Fiesta, raced by a Star Thoroughbreds syndicate, won the Group Three Widden Stakes in February before finishing second to subsequent Group One winner Seabrook in the Sweet Embrace Stakes. […]
Unstoppable Winx goes past Black Caviar with 26th consecutive win
Winx breaks the hearts of her rivals, moves grown men to tears and makes racing sport’s feel-good story. Racing’s winning machine is now a seven-year-old but age, like her rivals, isn’t catching up with the champion as she proved with her runaway win in the race named in her honour, the Group 1 $500,000 Winx Stakes (1400m) […]
Paret stamps Epsom Handicap claims
Premier Sydney trainer Chris Waller has had to wait until the last race at Rosehill to welcome a winner with a horse he believes can step up to Group One company. Paret lived up to his $2.70 favouritism to win Saturday’s benchmark 81 handicap over 1350m and stamp himself as a contender for the Epsom […]
Paret panache points to so much more, says upbeat Chris Waller
Sydney’s champion trainer Chris Waller came up with a novel description of Paret after the gelding’s win at Rosehill Gardens. “Paret is a second-tier good horse,’’ Waller said. “Each carnival we see one go through the grades and I’m hoping it is Paret this spring. “He could get to the Epsom Handicap, we will see […]
Waller ends season with four at Rosehill
Chris Waller has celebrated his most successful season with four winners at Rosehill, including the final stakes race for 2017/18 with Mister Sea Wolf in the Winter Challenge. In the course of winning his eighth Sydney premiership, Waller has racked up a record 189 metropolitan winners, beating his previous standard of 169 reached in 2015/16. […]
Waller the wizard strengthens his grip on Sydney with eighth crown
The numbers are staggering — an eighth successive Sydney trainers’ premiership with an all-time record 189 city wins, nearly 340 race wins nationwide, 13 Group 1 successes and stable earnings of more than $34 million. This has been some 12 months for Chris Waller who capped his record-breaking 2017-18 season with four winners including Mister […]