Chris Waller

CHRIS WALLER

A hit and run raid on Sydney from his former home of Foxton in New Zealand in 1998 proved the forerunner to Kiwi horseman Chris Waller making a fulltime move to Australia.

Chris only brought one horse to Sydney for his first Sydney attack – Party Belle – and they went home a winner.  Following that Chris made more frequent hit and run trips to Sydney where he stayed at Rosehill before eventually making the move permanent.

Having started with a small team of four horses when granted stables at Rosehill, Chris now has 60 thoroughbreds in full work and the team is of the highest quality.

In the autumn of 2008 Waller prepared his first Group 1 winner when Triple Honour rocketed to victory in the Doncaster Handicap. That breakthrough win followed a nose second to star galloper Weekend Hussler in the Randwick Guineas.

Other big race wins for Chris include the 2006 Gloaming Stakes at Rosehill with All Black Gold going on to finish second in the Group 1 Spring Champion Stakes.  He has also had success with Honor In War winning with Group 1 Villiers and Miss Independent winning the $500,000 Inglis Classic.

Chris was also a one time Trainer of Shinzig which won The Schweppes Cup at Caulfield in 2005 before it ran a creditable fourth in the Group 1 Australian Guineas at Flemington.

Chris is a regular at the major carnivals around Australia and is an active buyer at Australasian yearling sales as well as venturing to the UK to purchase tried horses.

Chris began his career with horses back in Foxton with trainer Paddy Busuttin.  He was travelling Foreman for Busuttin and had an association with stable veteran Castletown which ran third in the 1992 Melbourne Cup behind Subzero.  Chris took over Busuttin’s Foxton stables when the Trainer took up a Singapore training contract.

Now firmly entrenched in the top three on the Sydney Trainers’ premiership, Chris is grateful for the support of loyal stable clients that he has trained for since his arrival at Rosehill, as well as the recent addition of Bob Ingham’s sales purchases to his team.