WUDANG Mountain, a son of Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown, emerged as a classics contender with a powerful win at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. Sydney’s reigning premier trainer, Chris Waller, and jockey, Hugh Bowman, both gave Wudang Mountain their seal of approval after he took out the McGrath Estate Agents Handicap (1400m). The race was […]
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Boban powers to narrow win in Memsie Stakes
It might have been a cold and miserable day but in the first group 1 race of the spring Sydney galloper Boban again showed his class to score a last-stride victory in the Memsie Stakes. “It all went pretty much to plan,” said his matter-of-fact rider Glyn Schofield. From an inside gate Schofield had the […]
Chris Waller’s Royal Descent rediscovers winning touch in Group 2 feature at Randwick
ROYAL Descent ended more than two years of frustration and near-misses with a magnificent comeback win against a star-studded field at Royal Randwick on Saturday. The Group 2 $250,000 Warwick Stakes (1400m) lived up to the pre-race hype, producing a memorable contest and outstanding runs from so many spring carnival hopefuls. But when looking for […]
Amicus Returns To Winning Form In 2015 Toy Show Quality
Group 1 winner Amicus has returned to winning form with a smart victory in the 2015 Toy Show Quality at Royal Randwick this afternoon. Wine Tales was easily the best-backed of the three Chris Waller-trained runners heading into the Toy Show Quality, but she was settled at the tail of the field by jockey James […]
Chris Waller wins fifth Bart Cummings Medal
Leading Sydney trainer Chris Waller has been awarded his fifth consecutive Bart Cummings Medal at Racing’s Night of Champions held at Royal Randwick on Thursday night. Waller claimed his fifth straight Sydney Trainers’ Premiership at the end of season 2014-15 after preparing 144 metropolitan winners for the season. The master trainer claimed the Bart Cummings […]
Japonisme continues his rise at Rosehill
The rise and rise of Japonisme has continued with the three-year-old claiming some big scalps in the San Domenico Stakes at Rosehill. The Chris Waller-trained gelding came to prominence late in the season and his Group Three win on Saturday was his fourth consecutive victory and most important by a long way. Among the horses […]
Prince produces perfect advertisement
Our Voodoo Prince produced the perfect advertisement ahead of next week’s Inglis August Thoroughbred Sale with a drought-breaking victory at Caulfield on Saturday. The son of Kingmambo is one of a number of well-performed Chris Waller-trained gallopers set to be offered at Friday’s sale. The victory was the eight-year-old’s first since he rocketed towards the […]
Start Wondering wins at Australian debut
Former New Zealand galloper Start Wondering has made an immediate impression on trainer Chris Waller, defying a wide run to win on debut for the stable. Starting from an outside gate, the five-year-old travelled three-wide for most of the race before accelerating clear to beat His Majesty and Radical Impact in the ClubsNSW Hcp (1350m) […]
Waller gets first winner from new stable
Chris Waller has trained his first winner from his new Warwick Farm stable, named Tie The Knot Lodge in a tribute to the late Guy Walter. Loophole claimed the honour by taking out the Lindblad Expeditions Handicap at Randwick on Saturday. Walter trained at the stables for more than three decades until his death from […]
Chris Waller lands emotional winner for ‘grandfather’ supporter Bob Ingham
Chris Waller didn’t tell Bob Ingham who his runner was – or even what race it was in at Rosehill – during the pair’s weekly phone hook-up on Friday. Just that it had a “very good chance”. The wintry climes of Rosehill in the middle of July isn’t the place for tears after big-race victories, […]