Punters may have been put off by Opinion’s weight in the Stayers Cup at Randwick but he has shown exactly why he earned it with a comprehensive win. The only other race apart from the Sydney Cup run over 3200 metres in Sydney, Saturday’s race attracted a field of 11 with Group One winner Opinion […]
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War veteran Geoff Grimish always on the Counterattack to help out with charities in Vietnam
A big part of Geoff Grimish will rejoice if Counterattack wins the Stradbroke Handicap on Saturday. But the Vietnam War veteran will also feel a sharp pang of guilt. Grimish, who has owned and bred Group 1 winners including Red Tracer and Shellscrape, makes regular trips back to Vietnam for charity work, including supporting an […]
Marenostro laps up wet conditions
Marenostro confirmed his place as one of Sydney’s best wet-trackers with a gritty win at Rosehill on Saturday but trainer Chris Waller was quick to point out he’s no one-trick pony. The five-year-old recorded his seventh wet-track victory, and fourth on heavy ground, in posting his ninth success in the FIIG Handicap (1400m). Waller said […]
Mackintosh remains unbeaten for Waller with Grand Prix Stakes win
Former Kiwi trained three year old Mackintosh remains unbeaten for trainer Chris Waller and will now head to the Queensland Derby after winning the Group 3 $150,000 Mullins Lawyers Grand Prix Stakes (2200m) at Doomben today. Macintosh has had three runs for Waller for three wins and will remain at the top of the betting […]
Rodrico reignites Queensland Derby hopes
The on-again off-again Queensland Derby mission is back in the frame for Rodrico who has shown his tenacity with a hard-fought win at Randwick. After two wins in April, the Chris Waller-trained gelding lost his position in the pecking order for Brisbane when he ran fourth to stablemate Encosta Line at Randwick on May 7. […]
Marenostro upstages more favoured stablemate on the back of impressive trial for Tye Angland
An easy spin around in a barrier trial had jockey Tye Angland bullish about Marenostro’s chances at Rosehill on Saturday and he was justified when the honest gelding posted an upset first-up win. Most expected Marenostro’s stablemate Rockolicious to salute in the Neville Begg Handicap (1400m). Angland, who rode the five-year-old to successive city wins […]
Counterattack stakes his Stradbroke claims with strong win
Chris Waller’s high opinion of Counterattack was vindicated when the colt booked a Stradbroke Handicap start after his win in the Fred Best Classic at Doomben. Waller has stated publicly he believes Counterattack is a group 1 winner in the making and gets his chance to test that theory in the $1.5million Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) […]
Chris Waller trio stake Group One claims
He is still a work in progress but Encosta Line has shown he is heading the right way with a Rosehill victory that puts him in the frame for a Classic mission. At his first start beyond 1600m, Encosta Line ($11) put paid to his stablemate Chandana ($4.60) by four lengths. His trainer Chris Waller […]
Chris Waller trio Japonisme, Delectation and Counterattack fire ahead of Doomben test
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 […]
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 […]