The affection Chris Waller has for his horses was evident on two fronts after Catkins cruised to her 15th career win in the Group Two Emancipation Stakes. Sydney’s most consistent mare is clearly also a stable darling, with Waller marvelling at her incredible will to win after she made the race a one-act affair at […]
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Silverball makes up for unlucky Aust debut
The meticulous placement that has been a trademark of Chris Waller’s success with imported horses is about to be challenged with former Hong Kong galloper Silverball. Making up for an unlucky Rosehill defeat at his Australian debut, Silverball revelled in the heavy going to come from the back of the field to win the Liverpool […]
Permit Could Be Retired After Manion Cup Victory
Trainer Chris Waller has revealed that imported stayer Permit could be retired after he returned to winning form in the 2015 Manion Cup at Rosehill Gardens this afternoon. Permit started his 2015 Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival campaign with disappointing performances in the Listed Parramatta Cup (1900m) at Rosehill Gardens on February 21 and the Listed […]
Dance Of Heroes makes winning Aust debut
Being a close relation to an English Derby winner is unlikely to count for much when it comes to saving the manhood of first-up Warwick Farm winner Dance Of Heroes. A three-quarter brother to High Chaparral, Dance Of Heroes made a heart-stopping Australian debut for prominent owner Richard Pegum and trainer Chris Waller in the […]
Boss banks Cup aboard Index Linked
Glen Boss added another Victorian country cup to his collection with victory aboard Index Linked in the $100,000 Jack Hirsch Memorial Yarra Valley Cup. The three-time Melbourne Cup-winning jockey turned in a fine ride to get the Chris Waller-trained gelding home to a narrow-but-impressive win over fellow import Wish Come True. The victory was a […]
Chris Waller pulls right rein with Winx
WINX turned potential into performance when she toyed with her rivals in the Group 2 $175,000 Phar Lap Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. Sydney’s premier trainer Chris Waller, who was at Flemington where his crack colt Brazen Beau scored a brilliant win in the Newmarket Handicap, decided against a Coolmore Classic start for […]
Brazen Beau wins the G1 Newmarket Handicap
Brazen Beau has upstaged the best sprinters in the world to win the $1 million Newmarket Handicap at Flemington. Dominating the race from the 200m for Hong Kong-based jockey Joao Moreira, Brazen Beau ($5.50) blitzed a field headlined by last year’s winner Lankan Rupee. The three-year-old was in a race of his own as he […]
Chris Waller’s quartet of fillies all get their winning chance
It comes down to winning for premier trainer Chris Waller with his classy group of three-year-old fillies. It was the reason Ballet Suite was beating the older horses at Randwick on Wednesday and why Wine Tales will probably be in the Keith Nolan Classic at Kembla Grange on Friday. On Saturday Thousand Guineas winner Amicus […]
Index Linked Returns To Winning Form In Mornington Cup Prelude
Index Linked returned to winning form with a tough staying performance in the 2015 Mornington Cup Prelude at Caulfield this afternoon. Index Linked had not recorded a race win since he beat The Cleaner in the Piping Lane Handicap (2000m) at Flemington over a year ago and he made a slow start to his autumn […]
Always Allison wins Sweet Embrace Stakes
A Golden Slipper qualifying win for Always Allison may not be enough to tempt the filly’s connections to pay a late-entry fee for the $3.5 million race. Sent out at $3.60 for Saturday’s Group Two Sweet Embrace Stakes (1200m) at Warwick Farm, Always Allison raced in a handy position and powered to the line half […]