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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, 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’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 […]

IT was narrow and very hard work but Good Project broke through for a win at Randwick that trainer Chris Waller says could be the making of him. At the same time as he lamented not noticing a Group 1 race in New Zealand that would have suited the three-year-old, Waller was keen to set […]

IMPORTED stayer Diametric had to win his first Australian race in the stewards room at Randwick yesterday but it’s highly likely it won’t be his last. And jockey Blake Shinn’s decision to miss the Magic Millions meeting paid dividends as he seized the lead in the jockeys premiership from Hugh Bowman with a winning treble […]

SOUTH African-born, England-based apprentice jockey Daniel Muscutt wasted no time in booting home his first Australian winner on Saturday after arriving in the country a week earlier. The 19-year-old Muscutt, who has ridden more than 50 winners in England and Dubai, is on loan to Sydney’s premier trainer, Chris Waller, and the Broadmeadow race meeting […]

CHRIS Waller’s decision to scratch She’s Clean ($2.50) from her scheduled engagement in Friday’s Group 3 Belle of the Turf Stakes paid dividends with the daughter of Redoute’s Choice going within 0.01s of the Randwick 1400m course record in a blazing victory. Ironically, She’s Clean’s absence from Gosford opened the way for stablemate Mamwaazel to […]

Mamwaazel caught Peace Force on the line to record a narrow win in a thrilling edition of the 2015 Belle Of The Turf Stakes at Gosford this afternoon. Mamwaazel and Peace Force were clashing for the third time in as many starts after Peace Force defeated Mamwaazel to take out both the ATC Autumn Hospitality […]

A former French mare with form around some of the world’s best thoroughbreds led throughout at Moonee Valley on Saturday. Now in the care of Chris Waller, Orion Love, ridden by Glen Boss, defeated the short-priced favourite Spanish Love by a short half-head over 2040m. Before heading to Australia, Orion Love clashed with dual Prix […]

Chris Waller is going to the Magic Millions Stayers Cup with Amovatio after he convinced him he was a good chance with a strong win in an open 1550-metre handicap at Canterbury on Saturday. Waller will send Amovatio to the Gold Coast’s biggest day on January 10 for his final run this campaign along with […]