Racing trainer Chris Anderson excited for new season success

Content but room for improvement. That's the feeling from Queensland racing trainer Chris Anderson as he reveals his stable’s aims and leading chances this season.

Trainer Chris Anderson hopes to regain some form with his promising stable. Picture: Steve Pohlner

Eagle Farm racing trainer Chris Anderson says he’s eager for the opening months of the 2023/24 season following a number of promising purchases from his stable.

The 49-year-old has recorded a 16 per cent win and 37 per cent place percentage last season from 290 starts.

He said despite his 10 metropolitan and 35 provincial wins, he wasn’t thrilled with the season.

“We were really happy with the year as far as the number of winners trained but in all honesty I was disappointed we didn’t train more metropolitan winners,” he said.

“We didn’t train as many as we did the year before and unfortunately the horses just didn’t measure up to metropolitan grade.”

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Anderson, who has 35 horses in his stable, only began training in his mid 30s and said he hoped to return to his 2021/22 season form.

“Whilst I’ve worked hard for well over 10 years as a trainer we’re still very much in a building stage for our stable,” he said.

“The aim is to be where we were two seasons ago and I’ve got a great team, great owners to achieve that.

“Comparatively we’ve come a long way in a very short time so all I want is to continuously better myself and I think we often forget that not all trainers have the same salary cap.

“That’s certainly not an excuse but that’s why I’m always mindful of measuring myself against myself and not others.”

Chris Anderson with Profit. Picture: Steve Pohlner

Anderson said his stable purchased a number of runners at the beginning of 2023 and had a further seven that were yet to debut.

“Hopefully these new horses put us in a stronger position this season and for years ahead,” he said.

“The beauty of racing is that you can have a $20,000 horse that returns half a million and then you could have a horse that goes for $500,000 and disappoints.

“I suppose until we put them under pressure and irrespective of the price tag they all excite us at the moment.”