Over the last 12 months, Waller has sent out 19 runners and found the winner's enclosure 5 times — a win rate of 26%, or roughly 1 in every 4 runners. For context, most trainers would be delighted with 1 in 5, so that number suggests a yard that picks its spots carefully and prepares horses well rather than simply running them to make up the numbers.
Where Waller looks particularly sharp is on normal ground conditions. In those circumstances he has won 2 races from just 5 runners — that's 40%, or 2 in every 5 — which points to a trainer who knows how to have a horse at its best when conditions are fair and the track is running true. Whether that reflects smart planning, a preference for a certain type of horse, or simply good fortune in a small sample is hard to say at this stage, but it is a pattern worth noting.
Three years in, one top-level winner, and a win rate that most established trainers would envy — Waller's early record suggests someone who arrived knowing what he was doing. The Ascot victory alone gives the yard a credibility that takes many trainers a decade to earn.
| Course | Races | Wins | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| rosehill | 16 | 4 | 25% |
| caulfield | 3 | 1 | 33.3% |