IT WAS the conversation between trainer Chris Waller and jockey Tommy Berry after Religify’s win that was most telling. Waller was keen to get Berry’s assessment after the long odds-on favourite momentarily looked in trouble halfway down the straight in the 1100m race at Canterbury. “We got a couple of cheap sectionals in front then […]
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Chris Waller’s veteran stayer I’m Imposing wins his second Boxing Day feature
I’M Imposing defied age and the burden of racing history to score a thrilling win in the Group 3 $125,000 Summer Cup (2000m) at Royal Randwick on Friday. Before a healthy Boxing Day crowd of 10,021, I’m Imposing was a popular winner after punters backing the Chris Waller-trained gelding into $3.30 favouritism. It took another […]
Chris Waller-trained colt Bascule adds another win to impressive record at Flemington
CHRIS Waller has another potential top-liner in Bascule, a three-year-old colt who is putting together an impressive resume. The son of Thorn Park made it three wins (and a second) from four starts when he defeated a batch of up-and-comers in the Primacy Handicap at Flemington. After two wins in Sydney, the $5 chance made […]
Chris Waller-trained Moriarty lands first Group 1 victory in Kingston Town Classic
Moriarty captured his first career Group 1 as he saluted in the $500,000 Kingston Town Classic (1800m) at Ascot on Saturday. The Chris Waller-trained seven-year-old gelding dug deep in the home straight as he ran past the Grant Williams-trained Disposition in the shadows of the post with an official margin of 0.15 lengths separating the […]
Waller Harried by Jet’s prospects after big win under heavy weight
Sydney’s premier trainer Chris Waller conceded the options are limited for promising Harrier Jet over summer. Harrier Jet shouldered 59kg to an impressive comeback win in the De Bortoli Wines Handicap (1200m) at Rosehill Gardens yesterday and Waller fears the three-year-old will now be hard to place. “Harrier Jet will need to step up to […]
I’m Imposing and Chris Waller take out the Festival Stakes at Rosehill
Chris Waller’s willingness to learn has resulted in I’m Imposing being reborn as a miler and his late charge gave him victory in the Festival Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday. I’m Imposing had been considered a stayer and won the Summer Cup a year ago when it was run at 2000 metres, but at nine […]
Waller teams up with NZ racing royalty
Chris Waller has celebrated another career-first at Canterbury, training his first winner for esteemed owner and breeder Sir Patrick Hogan. A star-struck Chris Waller wasn’t sure whether to call his winning owner Mr Hogan, Sir Hogan or Sir Patrick. But it didn’t change the fact that Sydney’s supreme trainer had just landed his first winner […]
Kerrin McEvoy pilots Pythagorean to victory
Top jockey Kerrin McEvoy capped off a busy weekend of travel when he took out the Goulburn Cup for unstoppable trainer Chris Waller. By the time McEvoy went to bed on Sunday night, he had racked up an amazing 2488km in travel, starting with Hawkesbury in the stifling heat on Friday, Ballarat on Saturday, then […]
Chris Waller’s patient approach rewarded with Heart Testa’s Rosehill victory
Chris Waller didn’t become the dominant trainer in Sydney by rushing and his patience with Heart Testa was rewarded on Saturday one day short of the anniversary of the gelding’s last win. The five-year-old was having his fourth run since a 10 month absence and his strong victory in the Cellarbrations Kingswood Park Handicap (1350m) […]
Jim Cassidy threads the needle to lift Amovatio over the line for chris Waller at Royal Randwick
Flemington’s loss was Chris Waller’s gain as it’s unlikely any jockey other than Jim Cassidy would have been able to lift Amovatio ($2.70) across the line in the 1600m race at Randwick yesterday. The Waller-trained bay was last and awkwardly placed on the fence in a muddling-run event. To make matters worse, Amovatio was held […]