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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]