Chris Waller will become Australia’s best ever
Why Waller will be the greatest
From Foxton, New Zealand, to the luscious surroundings of Rosehill, Australia.
Chris Waller might be Kiwi by birthplace, but Australians in the racing industry have won over his heart.
Since this first Group 1 win back in 2008 with Triple Honour in the Doncaster Handicap, there have been 136.
A tally of 137 Group 1 winners were notched up after Nature Strip travelled to Royal Ascot and showed the racing world the vicious engine he has under his bonnet.
A beggar believes that Waller has achieved this many significant milestones at the highest level of racing despite only being 49.
The one race that eluded him until last year was the Melbourne Cup.
Enter his champion mare Verry Elleegant who won the race that stops a nation by the margin of a landing strip.
Then there was Winx.
Four Cox Plates. 25 Group 1s. 37 wins. $26.4 million worth of prize money.
The most incredible horse to ever grace Australian turf and trained from day dot by Waller.
He has already overtaken Gai Waterhouse for Group 1 victories in the all-time list of Australian trainers.
The next target is 246.
It took 14 years to reach his current tally, and there is every chance he trains for a similar amount of time.
Add another 14 years and double his Group 1 wins.
He gets to 274 Group 1 wins should that time expire, and his trend continues.
Targeting the entire East Coast of Australia with stables at Flemington, Gold Coast, and now Warwick Farm shows how big of a reach he has.
The numbers are insane.
To summarise how huge he has his become, his prize money wins have accumulated over a quarter of a billion dollars.
Just have a look at these numbers (courtesy of Racing.com);
- NSW Metro Prize Money: $239,425,936
- NSW Country Prize Money: $20,119,540
- Vic Metro Prize Money: $71,151,485
- Vic Country Prize Money: $2,603,604
- QLD Metro Prize Money: $41,452,054
- QLD Country: $1,544,753
- TOTAL Prize Money (All races/starters): $382,052,983
It is unheard of.
The man has prizemoney equating the economies of small nations!
You might even say his operation is equivalent to looking after a small city.
Training premiership after training premiership.
He gets the best horse, the best jockeys and the best staff.
There is no point in being jealous.
Just revel in his success and what he has and will achieve from here on in.
