As Winx made her move, the crowd went with her – as did millions more watching around the nation. This was the moment. The champion mare was racing for history and she wasn’t about to let anyone down. Winx fever had gripped race fans all week and the huge Royal Randwick crowd was willing her […]
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Omineca scores for Wests Tigers star
Sitting in the NRL top four with the Wests Tigers is hard to beat for co-captain Chris Lawrence, but being a winning racehorse owner is also a thrill. Omineca, ridden by Hugh Bowman, ran down $3.10 favourite Semper Fidelis late to break his maiden in the Pluck@Vinery Handicap (1600m) to Lawrence’s delight. “I’ve had a […]
A day in the life of legendary Winx trainer Chris Waller
All eyes are on champion mare Winx this weekend as she aims to equal Black Caviar’s record of 25 consecutive race wins. She’ll line up in The Championships’ Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Randwick on Saturday hoping to further cement her place in racing immortality. Her legendary trainer Chris Waller tells Ray Hadley his superstar mare […]
Who Shot Thebarman keeps the tills ringing for O’Leary clan
Durable, evergreen Whanganui-owned galloper Who Shot Thebarman has shown he is far from pension age just yet with a fast-finishing third in the Group 1 $A1.5 million Kia Tancred Stakes (2400m) at Rosehill on Saturday. The rising 10-year-old has the $A2 ATC Sydney Cup over 3200m on Saturday, April 14 as his immediate mission, but […]
Cellarman wins Doncaster Prelude
Cellarman’s rise through the ranks has taken his connections by surprise, so much so the winner of the Doncaster Prelude has not been nominated for the big race. When entries were taken for next Saturday’s $3 million race, the Chris Waller-trained Cellarman was running in benchmark races and wasn’t considered a Doncaster Mile candidate by […]
Winx to skip Royal Ascot and target fourth Cox Plate in spring
Winx won’t run in Royal Ascot this year with trainer Chris Waller keen to give the champion mare every chance to win an unprecedented fourth Cox Plate next spring. After months of speculation about will she or won’t she be sent to overseas to race, Waller and Winx’s owners, Peter Tighe, Debbie Kepitis and Richard […]
Chris Waller weighs up Derby or Doncaster for D’Argento after slashing win
DERBY or Doncaster for D’Argento? It’s a nice problem for trainer Chris Waller to ponder. D’Argento gave Waller and jockey Hugh Bowman successive Group 1 wins when, 40 minutes after mighty mare Winx had won the George Ryder Stakes, the striking grey three-year-old stormed home wide out to win the $600,000 Sky Racing Rosehill Guineas (2000m) […]
Winx notches world record as pressure mounts on Waller team
They don’t celebrate the wins for wins anymore – they just breathe a sigh of relief that she’s not beaten. Never has a world record been smashed with so little out-and-out euphoria. They smiled and kissed and hugged and did all the things you do when you win a $1 million race, but so rarefied and […]
Performer a genuine Slipper hope for Chris Waller Racing
The colt who recently sent Hugh Bowman crashing to the turf will carry the champion jockey’s hopes of a first win in one of Sydney’s signature races. Bowman has 77 Group One wins on his record in some of the world’s best races but success in the $3.5 million Golden Slipper in his home city […]
Impressive debut for Waller stable’s Zoustar colt
Australia’s leading first season sire Zoustar added another impressive debut winner to his tally on Wednesday with a first up Warwick Farm success for the Chris Waller trained colt Lean Mean Machine. Unbeaten in winning his only two previous trials in Feabruary and early March, Lean Mean Machine took that good form smoothly towards race […]