Who produced the best Epsom Handicap trial — Mackintosh or McCreery? Hong Kong’s superstar jockey Joao Moreira rode both to win feature races for trainer Chris Waller at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday and replied without hesitation when asked the best Epsom trial: “I’d say the first one (McCreery).” But whether McCreery goes to the Epsom […]
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Chris Waller decides to run Omei Sword in the Golden Rose
Silver Shadow Stakes winner Omei Sword is favourite for Saturday’s Golden Rose after Chris Waller surprised punters by announcing on Monday she would run. “Our stable intends to have two runners in the De Bortoli Wines Golden Rose, the first being Omei Sword who has done well since her first-up run and whilst taking on […]
Foxplay raises the stakes after powerful win in Furious Stakes
Foxplay’s win at Randwick on Saturday may have opened the door for stablemate Omei Sword to run in the $1 million Golden Rose. Trainer Chris Waller is yet to decide whether three-year-old filly Omei Sword will take on the boys in the Golden Rose (1200m) at Rosehill this Saturday or stick to her own sex […]
Winning Return for Sir Bacchus
The equal highest earning BOBS winner for the past season, consistent Sebring four year-old Sir Bacchus returned from his winter spell with a late surging victory at Rosehill on Saturday. “We’ll take him through the grades now – probably another Saturday race next start and then we might look for something better.” A $130,000 Magic […]
Winx gets the crowd rolling in late for her show
Winx is box office gold and if she keeps putting a show like she did in Saturday’s Warwick Stakes, punters should turn out in record numbers at Randwick in the next month. The Australian Turf Club took a crowd figure at 3pm on Saturday but by 3.40pm when Winx jumped into action it went up […]
Chris Waller trains Rosehill trifecta
Waiting for the result of a photo finish can be agonising for a trainer, but with the trifecta in the bag Chris Waller could afford to be calm. Race favourite Dubaiinstyle ($3.90) gave Sydney’s premier trainer the win in the Dooleys Handicap (2000m) at Rosehill on Saturday, with stablemates Firebird Flyer ($11) and So […]
Chris Waller awarded NZ Global Achiever award
The NZTR Award for Outstanding Global Achievement was founded last year to honour the exceptional deeds of New Zealanders overseas. Its first winner was the exceptional jockey James McDonald, and tonight’s second winner was the unstoppable Sydney trainer Chris Waller. Waller, who was at tonight’s ceremony to receive his award, trained 169 winners in […]
Chris Waller eases nerves as he gets off the mark with a winning double
Chris Waller played a bit of cricket in his youth, but never opened the batting. He was more of a medium-pacer, but he knows about the nerves of getting off the mark. The six-time Sydney champion trainer, who had a record 169 wins last season, started on zero like everyone else on Wednesday, but quickly […]
Chris Waller breaks record for most Sydney wins in a season with treble at Rosehill
An emotional Chris Waller declared he’d never forget this season after he broke his own Sydney training record with a treble at Rosehill on Saturday. It’s been nothing short of an amazing 12 months for Waller — 15 Group 1s, over $30 million in prizemoney, a sixth Sydney trainers’ premiership and now a new mark […]
Waller closing in on metro milestone
As he rewrites the record books, the only bar Chris Waller has to get over is the one he sets himself. The premier trainer had one winner at Rosehill on Saturday to remain in striking distance of his own Sydney record of 167-1/2 set three seasons ago when there were 124 metropolitan meetings compared to […]