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Champion trainer Chris Waller and jockey Hugh Bowman are eyeing another Queensland Oaks trophy after progressive filly Dawn Wall scored an emphatic win in the Gold Coast Bracelet (1800m). Two years ago, wonder mare Winx captured her first Group One win in the Queensland Oaks, when it was held at Doomben during the Eagle Farm […]

Shillelagh left behind the frustrations of autumn as she proved too strong for favourite Daysee Doom in the Godolphin Crown at Hawkesbury on Saturday. The Savabeel mare finally found firm footing and a victory on Saturday and trainer Chris Waller believes she can push on into the Brisbane winter carnival. “I know she has won […]

Champion trainer Chris Waller has predicted a bright future for imported gallopers Great Glen and Mortar Platoon after they fought out the Provincial Stayers (2100m) at Hawkesbury. It’s a race Waller has used to blood imports and promising stayers over the past five years and Saturday’s win was the trainer’s fourth straight success in the […]

Chris Waller believes he could have a replica of Foxplay on his hands after fellow three-year-old filly Noire broke her duck with an impressive win at Canterbury. The champion trainer said Noire displayed the same characteristics as Foxplay, a Group One winner at her last start in the Queen of the Turf Stakes at Randwick […]

Champion trainer Chris Waller has penned an open letter for Racing.com on why he believes there needs to be a rethink on training tracks opening before sunrise. Proposed changes to the 457 visa system could have a significant effect on the racing industry but Waller feels there is another issue that must also be addressed. […]

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 […]