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 […]
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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 […]
Sebring Sally wins Strutt Stakes for Waller
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. […]
Amicus gives Chris Waller third Breeders’
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 […]
Chris Waller’s Royal Descent retired
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 […]
Start Wondering bounces back
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, […]
Promising Win for Chandana
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 delivers for Chris Waller after late call up on Loophole
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 […]