Chris Waller has risen to Sydney racing's summit and is terrorising punters. The Kiwi, who arrived in Australia just over a decade ago with a couple of horses and a hastily borrowed financial guarantee required to gain a licence, has been a revelation.

Waller is devoid of ego, and committed to making sure the entire training regime is continually revised, modified, updated. He will tell you there is much improvement to come. He is not standing still.

He has surrounded himself with a workable command structure and a committed team of employees willing to play the team game. He will tell you he is only as good as his subordinates.

That may be so, but all good organisations in the world of business or on the sporting field need a general to make sure there is no collapse. Waller is that man. In leading by example, he has obviously set high standards - the type appreciated by an ever expanding group of owners. Everybody wants to be associated with a winner.

Bob Ingham and late brother Jack built an empire delivering chicken to households, and ploughed millions of dollars into the racing game.

Bob Ingham went to Waller when his unmatched Woodlands Stud empire was sold, lock, stock and bridle to Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed's Darley Stud operation for $500 million.

Ingham obviously saw something in Waller as he remains a valued client. It is no surprise Waller's elevation to the peak coincided with Ingham weighing in. Waller has said Ingham's advice on all things in life has been much appreciated.

Nine days ago on the home track at Rosehill, Waller bagged a winning treble. The wins elevated him into the hall reserved for a select few of his peers. He joined the ''100 club'' - the greatest, T.J. Smith, his daughter Gai Waterhouse, Hall of Famer John Hawkes and Brian Mayfield-Smith - as the only people to train 100 winners on Sydney tracks in a racing season.

The season ends at the end of the month, and Waller hasn't finished - he bagged another four winners at Rosehill two days ago.