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Winx ticked off another faultless autumn campaign in style on Saturday as the champion mare sets her sights on a third Cox Plate but not before a well-earned holiday. Winx pulled up an absolute treat after claiming her 17th straight win in Saturday’s Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Randwick and will head to the spelling farm […]

Winx’s 17th straight win was summed up by ten words from Chris Waller. “People will remember her for the rest of their lives.” It was a quote reminiscent of Lee Freedman’s words after Makybe Diva won her third straight Melbourne Cup. ‘Go and find the youngest child on this course, because they will be an […]

Chris Waller won his first group 1 race with a horse other than Winx in more than a year as filly Foxplay beat her older rivals in the $1 million major at Randwick on Saturday.   Despite Winx capping another unbeaten season with a romp in the $4 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes barely an hour […]

She is slowly inching into the debate about Australia’s greatest racehorse, but how does science comprehend the almost unrivalled dominance of Winx? And just what makes her so good?   Starting as a little “Elle Macpherson who was all legs” at birth to having “all the athletic attributes of a greyhound” as a lean yearling, […]

Kerrin McEvoy was starting to worry. Hot favourite Foxplay looked to be struggling many lengths from the lead.   The champion jockey felt for the whip on the home turn and the grey filly looked out of contention in the Group 2 $200,000 Phar Lap Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday.   But within […]

Dawn Wall (Aus) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}), an A$1.3 million purchase by the BBA Ireland on behalf of the Niarchos Family’s Flaxman Stable at the 2015 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale, made it three consecutive wins Friday with a smart last-to-first rally to take out the A$200,000 G3 Arrowfield Kembla Grange Classic (1600m) Friday afternoon.   Punted […]

The plan crystallised for Elle Lou in the mud on Randwick Guineas Day, though the mare’s future is not as clear.   Once the five-year-old finished ninth in January’s Magic Millions fillies and mares race on the Gold Coast, trainer Chris Waller figured the Group Three $150,000 Aspiration Quality Handicap (1600m) was an achievable target. […]

Chris Waller can still surprise himself and that was the case when McCreery rattled home first-up to win the $150,000 Group III Liverpool City Cup (1300m) at Randwick on Saturday.   Handled by Hugh Bowman, McCreery ($4.20) was ridden quietly, relishing the fast pace set by tearaway leader and short-priced favourite Chetwood ($2.20 fav).   […]

You can imagine Chris Waller’s swirling thoughts as he trudged through the slops under his umbrella late on Saturday.   Waller had opted out with Winx twice before at Randwick; once, in a Queen Elizabeth Stakes, because he didn’t trust the shifting surface, once again months later because the track was simply too wet.   […]

If Australia’s champion racehorse Winx is beaten again, her trainer Chris Waller has narrowed it down to two ways it might happen.   After Winx made a winning return before an after-work audience at Randwick on Monday, Waller all but ruled out bad luck ruining her spectacular streak. Should the unthinkable happen, this is how […]