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 […]
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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 […]
Chris Waller breathes easy as Catkins strikes again
CHRIS Waller admits he feels extra pressure training the fan favourite of Sydney racing, Catkins. “She is a lovely horse, always gives her all, and you become so protective of them because you don’t like to see her getting beaten,’’ Waller said. “When you are training these good mares like Catkins and Red Tracer, you […]
Catkins a dream to ride, says Hugh Bowman
IF you listen to champion jockey Hugh Bowman, Catkins is just about the perfect racehorse. “She is always one of the first to jump away and puts herself in a forward position, making her own luck,’’ Bowman said. “Then she switches off totally underneath you, she relaxes and conserves energy and that gives her the […]
Weary bounces back to his best
WEARY, the reluctant racehorse, resurrected his race career with a career-best win at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. Trainer Chris Waller made particular mention of Weary’s quirky nature being softened by the gelding’s new friendship with the stable pony, while jockey Tommy Berry reckoned there might have been some divine intervention after his Group 2 $200,000 […]
Quick Strike Strikes in the Tulloch Stakes
Quick Strike’s fast-closing fourth in the Tulloch Stakes has earned him a start in the Australian Derby but his biggest stumbling block is likely to be his Chris Waller-trained stablemate Preferment. The Victoria Derby winner assumed favouritism for Saturday’s Derby with his close second to New Zealander Volkstok’n’barrell in the Rosehill Guineas (2000m). Waller believes […]