The Australian Stud Book has released figures for the last serving season and it reported Western Australia’s 41 registered stallions covered 1,462 mares in 2023. That was up 8% from 2022.  Australia-wide, there were 17,720 mares and that was down 11%. Darling View...

When Luke Fernie learned Winning Rupert was on the market he seized the moment and bought the son of Champion Australian sire Written Tycoon to stand in Western Australia. A rising influence among Ascot’s training ranks, Fernie purchased the 10 year-old stallion in...

Blazing Away swooped late for a narrow victory in last year’s LR Bunbury Cup (2000m) and he prevailed in a three-way photo-finish to double up in the Cup on Saturday. Surprisingly sent out a $51 longshot after drawing wide, Blazing Away (City Place) settled well...

Aztec Ruler was unlucky when making his black-type debut at Pinjarra last month but there no traffic problems to deny a deserved Listed victory in the $150,000 Bunbury Stakes (1400m) on Saturday. The Stefan Vahala-trained son of Universal Ruler stalked a fast pace set...

Gold Front Thoroughbreds stallion Awesome Rock is going from strength-to-strength this season and he completed another successful week at Pinjarra on Thursday when Always Awesome broke through in the Chaff City Maiden (1300m). Always Awesome (Photo / Western Racepix)...

Grant and Alana Williams led WA buyers at the Inglis Melbourne Premier Sale this week splashing out $520,000 on three yearlings at Oaklands Junction. Overall, the WA spend reached $1.48 million for 21 yearlings topped by Team Williams and agent Suman Hedge for the...

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...

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...

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!  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...