Winx nestles comfortably in the pantheon of the all-time greats after her 21st successive win in the Turnbull Stakes preceded her crowning as Horse of the Year at an awards ceremony in Brisbane on Sunday night. Sydney’s wonder mare claimed Australian racing’s ultimate honour after an undefeated 2016-17 season where she won her eight starts […]
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Waller claims sure win in three-horse race
The Benchmark 90 Handicap at Randwick has turned into a race impossible for Chris Waller to lose. Three scratchings before Saturday’s race left the premier Sydney trainer with the only three runners to share the $100,000 prize money but $1.55 favourite Up ‘N’ Rolling and jockey Kerrin McEvoy were quickly put to the test. Outsider […]
Winx joins elite as sporting great
It is a magical thing when a horse has the extraordinary star power to capture the imagination of sports fans – not just racing fans – and unite people as one in support. As a young child in the early 1980s, I remember the star power of Kingston Town and Manikato The two champion warhorses […]
Breeders’ Plate breakthrough for Waller
Chris Waller has added a new training achievement to his impressive record, with Performer securing his first Listed Breeders’ Plate with a record-setting debut at Randwick. Waller has rarely succeeded with a two-year-old before Christmas but the Exceed And Excel colt lived up to his name to start recouping his $450,000 price tag. Ridden by […]
Chris Waller, Gerald Ryan team up to tackle Everest
Chris Waller won’t train a runner in the field for The Everest but he and stable supporters are chasing the $10 million prize pool and the diamond-encrusted trophy with Rosehill neighbour Gerald Ryan. The Ryan-trained Deploy will occupy Waller Racing’s slot for the world’s richest sprint race at Randwick. Deploy is the eighth confirmed starter […]
Waller runners to the fore in Queensland
Chris Waller showed his team was ready to play a major role in Queensland when he had a two centre treble on Saturday. The premier Sydney trainer won with Colosimo and Loving Home at Ipswich and with expensive galloper Silverwin at the Gold Coast. Waller opened a Queensland stable at the Gold Coast in early […]
Comin’ Through lays down credentials for Epsom challenge
Criterion’s half-brother Comin’ Through staved off maligned stablemate Tom Melbourne in a desperate finish to Saturday’s Group III Bill Ritchie Handicap (1400m) at Randwick. Comin’ Through ($2.30 fav), prepared by Chris Waller, was courageous in victory after working overtime to sit outside the leader Burning Passion in a contest that finished 0.02 seconds outside of […]
Waller wins another Kingston Town Stakes
Resurgent galloper Libran gave Chris Waller his fourth consecutive Group III Kingston Town Stakes (2000m) at Randwick on Saturday. Waller saddled up five runners in the $150,000 contest, including $2.90 favourite Life Less Ordinary and $5 chance Antonio Giuseppe, but it was $26 pop Libran which stole first prize in a stunning return to form. […]
Winx makes it 20 and it was ‘almost like auto-pilot’
Jockey Hugh Bowman has never exerted so much energy aboard super mare Winx but in the end she made it look easy, claiming her second Group I George Main Stakes (1600m) at Randwick on Saturday. “Once she got the scent, she just cuts in,” Bowman said. “It’s almost like auto-pilot.” Winx wasn’t the best to […]
Surprise Winner for Waller Impresses
Chris Waller’s bloodstock agent Guy Mulcaster has a knack for finding good horses at the sales often overlooked by others and this impressive debut winner caught most by surprise. By the young stallion Harbour Watch (IRE), who shuttled to Emirates Park for two seasons before lack of interest curtailed his travels, three year-old colt Paret […]