WA mare foals Hong Kong Superstar

WA mare foals Hong Kong Superstar

Group 1-winning WA owner Chris Wells has only bred a few horses over the years but he’s come up with another elite winner after booking Toronado (Ire) to his Northam winner Paris Texas (Hinchinbrook). That mating was made in heaven because it produced Hong Kong’s...
Fifth Stakes winner by Awesome Rock

Fifth Stakes winner by Awesome Rock

Gold Front Thoroughbreds stallion Awesome Rock was represented by his fifth Stakes winner when Own The Queen overcame a wide draw in the LR Ascot 1000 Guineas (1800m) on Saturday. Own The Queen was forced to work overtime around the top corner before finding the fence...
Group I winners a Dundeel for Delroy

Group I winners a Dundeel for Delroy

Trevor Delroy has supported Dundeel (NZ) from his early days at Arrowfield Stud and that commitment paid off again when the yearling colt from Naivasha (Lot 294) made $250,000 at the Perth Magic Millions last Friday. Delroy has been based at Wyadup Valley Farm in WA’s...
Sheesh makes his mark for Gingerbread Man

Sheesh makes his mark for Gingerbread Man

Sheesh!  The Gingerbread Man stayer put an exclamation mark on Yarradale Stud’s superb results at the Perth Magic Millions with a front-running victory in Singapore on Saturday. Gingerbread Man (Shamardal) had made his name there as the Champion 2YO winning the Magic...
Blue Rocket – TBWA Winner of the Week

Blue Rocket – TBWA Winner of the Week

Oakland Park homebred Blue Rocket ran her rivals ragged to break Blue Point’s southern-hemisphere duck at Ascot on Saturday. Blue Point (Shamardal) had 17 individual first-crop starters compete in 29 races prior to the Perth newcomer registering his first win in...
Ridgeport filly set for G1 Thousand Guineas

Ridgeport filly set for G1 Thousand Guineas

Santo Guagliardo reached a Group 1 high in Perth when Bustler won the Railway Stakes (1600m) in November and he’s looking forward to Melbourne’s 3yo spring classics with his Group 1 filly Kuroyanagi. Trainers Will Clarken & Niki O’Shea will spell Kuroyanagi...
Swan Valley spotlight shifts to Ascot

Swan Valley spotlight shifts to Ascot

Perth Magic Millions vendors were back in the spotlight at Ascot on Saturday following a record-breaking week for the local industry in the Swan Valley. Forest View Farm owners Ben & Jo Duncan were straight out of the blocks in the opening race with Filthy...
Turnover bursts through $20 million in Perth

Turnover bursts through $20 million in Perth

Turnover at Perth’s Magic Millions Yearling Sale burst through $20 million for the first time during a ground-breaking session at the Swan Valley on Friday. “It’s been a sensational week.  Record heat, a record sale and a record high price,” Magic Millions WA manager...
Bright future for Bleecker Street

Bright future for Bleecker Street

Impressive Racing’s new racing model is taking shape for Darren McAuliffe and saddling Ascot winner Bleecker Street was a timely result leading into the Perth Magic Millions Sale. Aided by a rails run, Bleecker Street delivered a city first for an Impressive Racing...
Playing God dominates Day 1 in Swan Valley

Playing God dominates Day 1 in Swan Valley

The Perth Magic Millions Yearling Sale leaderboard underlined the gulf between Playing God and rest of Western Australia’s stallion ranks on Thursday. Playing God smashed the record for a yearling sold in Perth when Melbourne bloodstock agent Sheamus Mills paid...
Russian ready for Classic Challenge

Russian ready for Classic Challenge

Russian To The Bar has the potential to emulate his older half-sister Kissonallforcheeks at Group 2 level this season following a classy victory in the LR Challenge Stakes (1500m) at Ascot on Wednesday. Russian To The Bar (3g Russian Revolution – Rosie Rocket by...
Snitzel sires vie for Second-season title

Snitzel sires vie for Second-season title

Lynward Park stallion Bondi upped the ante for the WA second-season sires’ premiership when Bondi Bubbles won the $250,000 Magic Millions 3YO Trophy on Saturday. Rivercrest Park resident Ducimus held a significant lead before the weekend and looked likely to go...