How dressage has helped racing’s one-time enigma and villain turn into The Everest’s beast

How dressage has helped racing’s one-time enigma and villain turn into The Everest’s beast

Forget managing Winx and her 33-race winning streak,Chris Waller’s biggest project in recent years has been taming Nature Strip. Here’s how he’s done it.

  • byAdam Pengilly

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The best sprinter usually wins The Everest. But how have the jockeys done it?

The best sprinter usually wins The Everest. But how have the jockeys done it?

From leading all the way in the wet to running a track record time swooping from the back on dry ground,this is how The Everest’s winning jockeys have made life-changing fortunes in the race’s short history.

  • byAdam Pengilly
Nature Strip’s part-owner cheats death to make it back for The Everest

Nature Strip’s part-owner cheats death to make it back for The Everest

Jack Van Duuren credits the world’s best sprinter,Jameson whisky and chemotherapy for helping keep him alive. But he knows what his favourite is.

  • byAdam Pengilly
Nature Strip all the rage,but this year’s Everest can throw up a surprise

Nature Strip all the rage,but this year’s Everest can throw up a surprise

I’m on an outsider this weekend after winning it three of the last five years,but the beauty of horse racing is that Nature Strip is not over the line yet.

  • byKerrin McEvoy
Winx is the greatest of all time. But will she also be a champion mum?

Winx is the greatest of all time. But will she also be a champion mum?

Australia’s greatest racehorses of the last decade have predominantly been mares. But it doesn’t necessarily guarantee their progeny will be successes on the track.

  • byAdam Pengilly
Waller full of respect for the royal silks in Metropolitan test

Waller full of respect for the royal silks in Metropolitan test

Chris Waller couldn’t find “an easy race” for Chalk Stream to make his first appearance for the new king but is hopeful he will be competitive in the Metropolitan.

  • byChris Roots
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Alcott among ‘everyday’ Australians invited to the Queen’s funeral

Alcott among ‘everyday’ Australians invited to the Queen’s funeral

Tennis star and Australian of the Year Dylan Alcott and Winx trainer Chris Waller are among a group of 10 Australians invited to travel to London with the prime minister.

  • byRob Harris
Verry Elleegant trainer ‘pleased’ with champion’s first French run,despite finishing last

Verry Elleegant trainer ‘pleased’ with champion’s first French run,despite finishing last

Verry Elleegant’s trainer Francis Graffard says he won’t give up on the Melbourne Cup heroine despite a disappointing European debut.

  • byRob Harris
Waller’s Brit blitz would have warmed heart of late,great fellow Kiwi

Waller’s Brit blitz would have warmed heart of late,great fellow Kiwi

The incredible rise and rise of Chris Waller again came to light when the old-timer Ken Callander made a guest appearance at Royal Randwick last Saturday for a ceremony for the late Caryl Williamson.

  • byMax Presnell
Why Jay Ford thinks Bethencourt can take the leap into the unknown

Why Jay Ford thinks Bethencourt can take the leap into the unknown

The jockey is back aboard Kim Waugh’s late bloomer,which is an early favourite for the feature race at Rosehill on Saturday.

  • byAdam Pengilly
‘A lack of pace might ruin it’:Where is the speed in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes?

‘A lack of pace might ruin it’:Where is the speed in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes?

Duais’ trainer Edward Cummings is hoping his flying mare will be able to flourish in the mouth-watering $4 million race despite a lack of obvious tempo.

  • byAdam Pengilly