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Hopes High For Latest Irish Import Norway

Posted on March 20, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

He has a Scandinavian-inspired name, has raced in England and Ireland and now Norway is set to make his Australian debut for a locally-based New Zealander. A week after winning the Ajax Stakes with former Aidan O'Brien horse Imaging, premier Sydney trainer Chris Waller will be looking to repeat the performance with new recruit Norway.[...]

Posted on January 31, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Group One winning stablemates Yes Yes Yes and Kings Will Dream will add further star power to the Expressway Stakes meeting when they gallop together between races at Randwick. Glen Boss will be reunited with Everest winner Yes Yes Yes on Saturday after Nash Rawiller warmed the saddle in a recent barrier trial while Boss[...]

Posted on January 5, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

After another stellar year as Australia's leading Group One trainer, Chris Waller is well underway with plans for more at home and abroad. Well into the post-Winx era, Waller will ramp up the preparations of several top class performers in coming weeks including Everest winner Yes Yes Yes and triple Group One-winning sprinter Nature Strip.[...]

Posted on November 4, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Racing purists turn away because the sport might be about to usher in a new grand slam. Historically, the Melbourne and Caulfield Cups, Cox Plate and Golden Slipper have been revered as Australian racing's ‘big four' and that won't change anytime soon. But trainer Chris Waller is on the verge of a trifecta of spring[...]

Posted on November 3, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

A handful of Australian trainers will bid to repel one of the strongest international challenges in a Melbourne Cup but ironically, the majority will do so with overseas-bred horses. Australian trainers will saddle up half the 24 Melbourne Cup runners. Of those, only three – Vow And Declare, Youngstar and Surprise Baby – have done[...]

Posted on September 30, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The absence of retired champion Winx will mean a new winner is added to the honour roll of the Turnbull Stakes for the first time in three years. Winx took on seven opponents when she raced to a 6-1/2 length win in the Group One race over 2000m at Flemington in 2017 before recording a[...]

Posted on September 16, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Chris Waller has 10 of the 19 nominations for the Group One George Main Stakes but is likely to whittle that down to three or four. The weight-for-age George Main (1600m) is the feature race on Saturday's Randwick card which also features the Group Two Shorts (1100m), an important guide to next month's $14[...]

Posted on August 21, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Ten horses have stood their ground after acceptances to run in the Group One Winx Stakes at Randwick. The 1400m weight-for-age contest will be the spring starting point for several high-profile spring horses, including Avilius and Verry Elleegant. Avilius is one of two runners for trainer James Cummings with Best Of Days also set to[...]

Posted on August 20, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Dual Group One winner Verry Elleegant has galloped freely ahead of her assignment in the Winx Stakes after a slight scare. The mare pulled off one of her shoes last Thursday and missed a race day gallop on Saturday with some tenderness in the foot. James McDonald, who rode Verry Elleegant to two Group One[...]

Posted on August 19, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Chris Waller will send out four runners in the first Group One race of the season named for his stable's retired champion Winx. The Winx Stakes (1400m) at Randwick was formerly the Group Two Warwick Stakes and was first run at Group One level last year when Winx won for the third time. Saturday's[...]

Posted on August 16, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Dual Group One winner Verry Elleegant will miss a race day gallop because of a slight foot issue but trainer Chris Waller says it will not affect her preparation. The winner of the Vinery Stud Stakes and Australian Oaks in the autumn, Verry Elleegant was scheduled to gallop at Randwick on Saturday alongside stablemates Unforgotten,[...]

Posted on August 14, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Spring will be in the air at Randwick when a number of high-profile horses from some of Sydney's biggest stables ramp up their preparations with exhibition gallops. Heading the charge is Cox Plate fancy Verry Elleegant, who will have James McDonald in the saddle when she works over 1000m with her Chris Waller-trained stablemates Youngstar,[...]

Posted on July 29, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

A host of spring carnival hopefuls are scheduled to step out in barrier trials at Randwick including Group One winners Alizee and Happy Clapper. The James Cummings-trained mare Alizee headlines the entries for the opening trial on Tuesday morning at Randwick over 900m, with the first two heats for Group and Listed horses to be[...]

Posted on May 15, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Champion trainer Chris Waller is making a habit of achieving winter carnival records and he is set to equal a few more with his mares Youngstar and Shillelagh in the Doomben Cup. They will join another mare in Savvy Coup as well their male stablemates Life Less Ordinary and Mister Sea Wolf in the $700,000[...]

Posted on May 15, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Sydney mare Youngstar has retained favouritism for the Doomben Cup after the barrier draw for the Group One race. Youngstar has drawn barrier 11 but will move in two stalls if the emergencies are not needed. A winner of last year's Group One Queensland Oaks, Youngstar is one of five Chris Waller-trained runners in the[...]

Hopes High For Latest Irish Import Norway

Yes Yes Yes To Gallop At Randwick Races

Waller Preparing New Stars For Autumn

Cup Win Would Deliver Waller Triple Treat

Locals Out To Repel International Raiders

Group 1 Turnbull Stakes Attracts 19 Nominations

Waller With 10 Of 19 George Main Entries

Ten Acceptors For Group One Winx Stakes

Verry Elleegant Ready For Winx Stakes

Chris Waller To Have Four In Winx Stakes

Verry Elleegant To Miss Race Day Gallop

Spring Stars On Show At Kensington Meeting

High Profile Horses To Trial At Randwick

Waller Set For More Qld Carnival Records

Capacity Field For Group One Doomben Cup

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