Trainer Chris Waller will have to watch the replay of his 50th Group One win having closed his eyes when Winx almost came down in the Epsom Handicap at Randwick. But after what looked like a disaster looming on the home turn, Winx and her jockey Hugh Bowman remained calm and powered to an […]
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Patient approach pays off with Harlem Lady
Chris Waller can see no reason why late bloomer Harlem Lady (pictured at Karaka as a yearling) won’t go on with the job after breaking her maiden at Rosehill on Wednesday. A daughter of legendary sire Zabeel who died on the weekend, the four-year-old finished hard near the inside to take out the TAB […]
Vanbrugh gallops away with Gloaming Stakes
Vanbrugh has reignited Chris Waller’s Group One hopes for him this spring with a barnstorming victory in the Group Three Gloaming Stakes at Rosehill. The colt has booked a spot in next month’s Spring Champion Stakes with his 1-3/4 length decision over the consistent Tatoosh on Saturday. Waller had Vanbrugh earmarked for the […]
Press Statement Guineas fav after G2 romp
Deposed jockey Tye Angland was among the first people to congratulate Chris Waller after Press Statement made a one-act affair of the Stan Fox Stakes at Rosehill. Angland, the horse’s regular rider, was replaced by Hugh Bowman on Saturday after Press Statement’s unlucky Golden Rose fifth. Waller said a desire to get a […]
Chris Waller’s strike rate puts him alongside legends of the turf and there’s more to come
Chris Waller’s remarkable strike rate this season sits him alongside the legends of the turf but it is not just his winners that punters should be noting. Waller has had 206 starters in NSW for the term, 145 of them have arrived home in the first five, 46 winning, but it has been his […]
No stopping Chris Waller as Preferment pounces on Group 2 feature at Randwick
The all-conquering Chris Waller trained half the program at a Sydney Saturday meeting for the second week in a row when Preferment fought back to win the Group 2 $200,000 Hill Stakes (2000m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Waller had another day out with his four stakes wins including the Group 1 George Main […]
Waller aims Kermadec at the Cox Plate after George Main win
Kermadec gives everyone who rides him a Rolls-Royce feel and he is starting to develop a record to match after the Doncaster winner added the George Main Stakes to his record at Randwick on Saturday. The four-year-old let down hard to beat stablemate Royal Descent, the runner-up in the group 1 for the third […]
Hugh Bowman’s gem delivers Beyond Thankful in time to take the Newcastle Cup
Premier trainer Chris Waller conquered Newcastle’s biggest day of the year with a winning treble capped by Beyond Thankful taking out the Newcastle Cup on Friday. The Waller juggernaut appears unstoppable, with Devil Hawk winning the Spring Stakes and She’s Clean the Tibbie Stakes before a classic Hugh Bowman ride won the day for […]
Mates come and go, but master trainer Chris Waller has best friend in darling of the turf
Mates come and go, horses stay forever. Catkins will always be the darling of the Ingham family – with an adoring Sydney racing public also laying a small claim to her now – and she is more than just a horse to Sydney’s premier trainer. “Unfortunately you lose a lot of mates because of the […]
Eyes wide open for Chris Waller as Winx looms as next golden girl
With a wry smile, Chris Waller knew Winx wasn’t supposed to win the Theo Mark Stakes in her return to racing. Not when she trailed the field into the straight, spotting leader Strawberry Boy a seemingly impossible lead. “I was always confident,” Waller chuckled. And he could afford to. Bar second favourite Press Statement’s train […]