It wasn’t the way Hugh Bowman had expected Press Statement to win, but the jockey was thankful for the colt’s class edge making a difference in the $1 million Caulfield Guineas. Bowman abandoned a plan to ride Press Statement from behind when the three-year-old jumped brilliantly from a wide barrier. The Sydney jockey urged Press […]
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Vanbrugh wins Group One Spring Champion
Glyn Schofield has earned high praise from Sydney’s leading stable after riding Vanbrugh to win the Spring Champion Stakes at Randwick. A drifting favourite to give the Chris Waller and Glyn Schofield combination their third Group One win for the season, Vanbrugh lost his forward position in the middle stages before producing a late run. […]
Preferment lands Waller another G1 success
Preferment has emerged as the most serious threat to the northern hemisphere attack on the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups with his victory in the Turnbull Stakes. Last year’s Chris Waller-trained Victoria Derby winner is now the second favourite behind Japanese horse Fame Game for both Cups after his Group One win on Sunday at […]
Winx picks herself up to win the Epsom Hcp
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 […]
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 […]