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Top New South Wales trainer Chris Waller celebrated the highs and lows of racing in the space of 40 minutes at UBET Park Hobart.   Waller’s first starter in Tasmania Sebring Sally scored an emphatic win in the $100,000 Listed Strutt Stakes (2100m) to book a berth in the Tasmanian oaks in a fortnight.   […]

The Breeders’ Classic trophy is heading back to the Chris Waller stable for the third successive year, but not with the horse the trainer originally planned.   Catkins has won the 1200m Group Two race for the past two years but it was Amicus who represented the stable at Randwick on Saturday.   The winner […]

Royal Descent, a mainstay of trainer Chris Waller’s formidable team of Group I stars, has been retired.   The winner of five races and more than $2.7 million in prizemoney, Royal Descent suffered a minor tendon injury while being prepared for the Sydney autumn carnival.   “A decision was made to retire her immediately as […]

Chris Waller’s emerging New Zealand import Start Wondering was luckless in defeat earlier this month but the gelding rewarded his backers at Rosehill on Saturday with a comfortable victory.   Start Wondering faced only four rivals in the opening event – the McGrath Estate Agents Handicap (1500m) – and proved a class above his opposition, […]

The Australia Day meeting at Randwick produced a popular result in the opening event of the day with royally bred High Chaparral (IRE) filly Chandana saluting as a hot favourite in the Australian flag colours.   Featured on Breednet when breaking her maiden at Warwick Farm in November, the Chris Waller trained filly has been […]

Glyn Schofield is becoming Chris Waller’s “go-to” man.   Sydney’s premier trainer turned to Schofield when he needed a last-minute replacement for Loophole in the Australian International Horse Racing Federation Handicap (2000m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday.   Tye Angland aggravated a disc in his lower back after riding Canny Rocket in race two and […]

Star Thoroughbreds were the leading buyers among all syndicators at the 2016 Magic Millions Yearling Sale and featured with a promising winner at Canterbury on Wednesday with the Chris Waller trained Trafalgar charging home for a thrilling victory.   It took eight barrier trials before Hinchinbrook gelding Trafalgar was deemed ready to go to the […]

Champion Victorian jockey Damien Oliver has been lured interstate to ride the Gosford Gold Cup favourite.   Oliver will link with leading Sydney trainer Chris Waller when he partners Telepathic in the $150,000 provincial race on Friday.   He will also ride the Waller-trained Sweet Fire in the Belle Of The Turf Stakes, a Group […]

Vilanova’s upset win in the Listed $100,000 Tattersalls Club Cup (2400m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday was another example of the training genius of Chris Waller, according to jockey Tommy Berry.   “This is where Chris is so good at what he does,’’ Berry said. “This horse hasn’t won for a while but Chris has […]

Ben Melham proved time spent in reconnaissance is rarely wasted when plotting a wide course to win Saturday’s Barrie Kerr Handicap (1600m) at Flemington on the smart Chris Waller-trained mare All Cerise.   Having led to the home turn, Melham made a concerted move to come towards the outside rail before committing for home.   […]