With a quinella in the Gr1 Doomben Cup with Beaten Up and Foreteller along with a dominant win in Melbourne with High Chaparral’s son Fulgur, the CHRIS WALLER stables kept their high standards rolling along over the weekend.
Team Waller produced their
7th Group 1 Winner of the 2012-13 Racing Season when
BEATEN UP defeated stablemate
FORETELLER.
Team Waller’s Gr1 Honour Roll this season has
SHOOT OUT, FORETELLER, SACRED FALLS, ROYAL DESCENT, RELIABLE MAN and BEATEN UP.
Many people may think it’s because he has large numbers in work. That is simply not the case and is supported by statistical data.
Firstly he has 117 boxes at Rosehill. Whilst they are always full, he still has less boxes than several of his peers who are lagging well behind him on the premiership table.
Whilst he can have several runners in a race, the fact remains there can still only be one winner. So multiple runners have a negative affect upon his strike rate. Yet his strike rate is at the top of the Metropolitan Trainers Lists in Australia where he is Number 1 of the Top 10 Trainers with a strike rate of 17.84% or 1 winner per 5.6 runners.
In fact his stats are amazing: This season Chris Waller has trained :
Liam Prior - Chris Waller - Dean Watt
152.5 Metropolitan Winners across Australia @ 17.84% (S/R 5.6)
384 Metropolitan Placings and earned $12.96 million
He is Followed by:
2nd Peter Snowden 107.5 @ 16.46% (S/R 6.1)
3rd Peter Moody 81 @ 15.31% (S/R 6.5)
4th Gai Waterhouse 71 @ 16.82% (S/R 5.9)
In Sydney:
139.5 wins @ 17.31% (S/R:5.8)
352 Placings @ 43.6% (S/R:2.3)
$10.93 million
Followed by:
2nd Peter Snowden 66.5 wins @ 16.18% (S/R 6.2)
3rd Gai Waterhouse 65 wins @ 17.76% (S/R 5.63)
4th John O’Shea 25 wins @ 12.69% (S/R 7.8)
5th Joe Pride 23 wins @ 12.78% (S/R 7.8)
Since arriving in Australia, Chris Waller has trained 690 wins including 105 Stakes Wins:
23 Group 1 wins
20 Group 2 wins
24 Group 3 wins
38 Listed wins
$56 million +
In a sport rife with “Tall Poppy Syndrome” driven by jealousies, the professionalism of Team Waller can never be underestimated. The stable are always looking to advance their skill set and professional approach and are always at the forefront of industry best practice.
As the saying goes: “The definition of madness is repeating the same process over and over expecting a different result”. Team Waller is certainly never complacent.
The biggest issue to their success from our perspective is happy owners because our owners get results.
This is an industry where the smallest of margins determine victory or defeat. It’s vital to be with professional operations that constantly delivers results. Importantly whilst Chris is Captain / Coach, the results are derived by his dedicated Team that works within the business for him. Everyone is vital in this well oiled machine and as a result, Morale is High !