Chris Waller’s influence on the Australian breeding industry extends well beyond just the stallions he has trained himself. This week’s Run The Numbers digs into the number of winners he has prepared by Australia’s top sires.
For the first time, a stallion trained by Chris Waller during its racing days is set to claim the title of Australia’s champion sire.
More than 11 years since he ran his final race for Waller, Zoustar holds a seemingly unassailable lead on the sires’ table heading into the final five weeks of the season. And he owes his old master a debt for helping him get across the line.
Waller has trained more Zoustar winners, 14, than any other trainer this season, and progeny of the Widden Stud star have compiled $4.3 million across 17 total wins. Among that list is Joliestar, the winner of two Group 1 races this season.
It is a continuation of a long affinity between the progeny of Zoustar and the sire’s former stable. Waller is clearly the most successful trainer of Zoustars, with 96 race wins across 40 individual winners and total earnings of $17.1 million.
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