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Source: Racenet, by Ray Thomas Fangirl 1, Espiona 0. This is the scorecard after trainer Chris Waller’s star three-year-old fillies produced an epic finish albeit with an unexpected result in the Group 2 $200,000 Light Fingers Stakes (1200m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday. But the long head margin that separated Fangirl and Espiona has whetted […]

Chris Waller can lay claim to training the world’s best turf sprinter and top racing mare after star stablemates Nature Strip and Verry Elleegant were recognised among racing’s top echelon on Wednesday. That’s according to the latest Longines World‘s Best Racehorse Rankings for 2021, which were released overnight. An all-conquering year saw Waller’s champion sprinter Nature Strip ranked […]

Written by Peter Ryan Courtesy of The Age Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Chris Waller became emotional when describing his attachment to the animals that have made him a household name after six-year-old mare Verry Elleegant stamped herself as a champion of the turf with victory in Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup.  The New Zealand-born Waller, who found fame as […]

Written by Bruce Clark Courtesy of Racenet.com If you were doing the grocery shopping at Woolworths in Sydney’s Hills District on Sunday and thought that bloke doing the same in the next aisle looked slightly familiar, (perhaps even more so after Tuesday), you’d be right. It was Chris Waller. It’s what he does on a […]

Courtesy of Racing.com Australia’s leading sprinter Nature Strip chalked up his seventh Group 1 win as James McDonald equalled Brett Prebble’s record of nine victories during Melbourne Cup Week in the $2 million Darley Sprint Classic (1200m) at Flemington on Saturday. The Flemington straight has been the scene of many famous Nature Strip victories and […]

Written by Bren O’Brien Article courtesy of TDN AusNZ It is doubtful in the long history of the G1 Melbourne Cup, stretching back to 1861, that the stories of the winning horse, trainer and jockey have intertwined in the way that those of Verry Elleegant (NZ), Chris Waller and James McDonald did on an amazing […]

Source: The Age, by Peter Ryan By the time Ocean Billy kicked clear in the straight at Ellerslie to win the 2021 Auckland Cup in March over the Melbourne Cup journey, the gelding’s trainer Bill Pomare had already lived a full enough life for his son, the critically acclaimed crime novelist, J.P. (Joshua) Pomare, to […]

Herald Sun, by Glenn McFarlane Chris Waller colt Home Affairs has given racegoers a glimpse of his future potential, but it was business as usual for the trainer with another Coolmore Stud Stakes triumph.  Stallion-making trainer Chris Waller made it five wins from the past nine Coolmore Stud Stakes after his “electric” colt Home Affairs […]

Source: The Daily Telegraph, by Ray Thomas Nature Strip won The Everest in a heart-stopper as the sprint superstar and trainer Chris Waller had to wait three frustrating years to finally claim the world’s richest turf race.   Chris Waller was certain Nature Strip’s time had not passed and he was right. After three frustrating […]

Source: The Sydney Morning Herald, by Chris Roots Super mare Verry Elleegant has been named Australian racehorse of the year after her dominant 2020-21 season, in which she won five group 1s including the Caulfield Cup. Verry Elleegant also took home the middle-distance and stayer categories, in a recognition of her versatility winning at the […]