Chris Waller trio JAPONISME, DELECTATION and COUNTERATTACK added some star power to last Friday morning’s Randwick trials and all came through in flying colours ahead of their big Group 1 test at Doomben in the BTC Cup set down for this weekend. Speaking of colours, it was the cerise clad Japonisme that who won Heat […]
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Hutchings draws inspiration from Waller’s words
The pre-race words of Chris Waller must have been ringing in the ears of apprentice jockey Rory Hutchings as the young Kiwi expertly steered promising four-year-old Harlem Lady to a swooping victory at Warwick Farm on Wednesday. Waller told Hutchings “the next three months are the most important of your career” approximately an hour before […]
Chris Waller’s wait for 200th winner over in no time
Sydney’s champion trainer Chris Waller didn’t have to wait long to get the winner he needed to bring up his “double century” for the season when the promising Via Napoli scored impressively in the Anzac Day meeting opener at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Via Napoli’s success gave Waller his 200th winner on all racetracks this […]
Japonisme’s class prevails in Arrowfield
Hugh Bowman has had to pull out all the stops to get Japonisme home in the Group Two Arrowfield Stud Stakes at Randwick. As the only Group One winner in Saturday’s $500,000 1200m sprint, Japonisme was the punters’ favourite at $3.20. Japonisme made his move inside the final 200m and it looked as if the […]
Waller’s wonder hits new heights in stunning victory
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 […]
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 […]