Even Chris Waller had to concede what everyone else had believed for some time. Winx is a champion. There was every reason to believe the mare was heading for her first defeat in nine races in the Doncaster Mile. But she put the doubts behind her like she does her rivals with that dash of […]
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Preferment too Strong in Group 1 BMW
Karaka graduate Preferment (NZ) (Zabeel) claimed his second consecutive Group 1 win when he won Saturday’s A$1.5 million Group 1 BMW (2400m) at Rosehill. This was the powerful galloper’s fourth Group 1 win, he has also won the Victoria Derby as a three-year-old and has since added the Turnbull Stakes, Australian Cup and now […]
Winx sets the standard in George Ryder win
Chris Waller has stopped short of calling Winx a champion, but the Rosehill crowd has voiced its own opinion. The mare returned to the winners’ stall for the eighth successive time to the cheers of Saturday’s racegoers who got the George Ryder Stakes as an entree to the Golden Slipper. In her latest […]
Libran firms as favourite for Sydney Cup
Chris Waller is noted for his success with European stayers and Libran has cemented his place on the pecking order with a Group Three victory at Rosehill. The five-year-old has firmed from $6 to $3.50 to win the Sydney Cup following his win in Saturday’s Manion Cup (2400m). Libran lived up to his […]
Preferment lands G1 Aust Cup
A week after stewards dismissed an Australian Guineas objection, Saturday’s Group One result was overturned in favour of Preferment at the expense of the Leon and Troy Corstens’ outsider Awesome Rock. Preferment’s jockey Hugh Bowman claimed interference from the 400m against first past-the-post Awesome Rock, ridden by Stephen Baster. A short half head […]
Waller’s Libran stakes Sydney Cup claims
Premier Sydney trainer Chris Waller has strengthened his Sydney Cup hand with Libran staking his claims in the Randwick City Stakes. Libran joins stablemates Preferment and Who Shot Thebarman on $8 for the Sydney Cup (3200m) on April 9 with Our Ivanhowe the other of four equal favourites. Waller said Saturday’s Listed win […]
Boban and Catkins have both been retired
Two of Chris Waller’s stable stars have been retired with Catkins heading to the broodmare barn and Boban to a new life as a hack. Multiple Group One winner Boban suffered his second bleeding attack in Saturday’s Futurity Stakes which means a lifetime ban in Australia. Popular grey mare Catkins did not win […]
Chris Waller’s star colt Press Statement blows rivals away in Hobartville Stakes
Champion trainer Chris Waller admitted he felt similar pressure to win first-up with Press Statement as he does with Winx — but for very different reasons. Winx is the nation’s premier galloper and Waller understands she is expected to win every time she steps out, as she did in last week’s Apollo Stakes. […]
Chris Waller’s big chance for historic ton
Premier trainer Chris Waller has five runners across four races at Canterbury Park on Wednesday to secure the one win he needs to become the fastest-ever to reach 100 Sydney wins in a season. Waller is represented by juveniles Foxplay and Omei Sword in the opening race then Spiritos (race 4), Miss Denni (race […]
Winx in a class of her own in G2 Apollo
If winning the Cox Plate with Winx was nerve-racking for trainer Chris Waller, her return in the Group Two Apollo Stakes was even more so. But with the coolest, calmest jockey in charge at Randwick on Saturday the mare toyed with her rivals as she strolled to a one-length win over Solicit. Hugh […]