Ridgeport Holds sway for WA on Gold Coast

Ridgeport Holds sway for WA on Gold Coast

Leading trainer Neville Parnham and Ridgeport Holdings owner Santo Guagliardo led WA buyers during Book 1 of the Magic Millions Yearling Sale with a bid of $280,000 for the Hellbent colt from Perth Stakes winner Private Dancer (Oratorio). Offered by Yarraman Park as...
Amelia Park millionaire into the Cosmos

Amelia Park millionaire into the Cosmos

Amelia Park owner Peter Walsh was pumped up selling a Blue Point (Ire) colt for $900,000 at the Gold Coast Magic Millions last year and he went to another level after his Zoustar – Lady Cosmology colt made half as much again on Friday. “I feel incredibly proud,...
Memory Parade – TBWA Winner of the Week

Memory Parade – TBWA Winner of the Week

Memory Parade has a black-type pedigree and she backed that to the hilt with a dominant debut at Belmont on Wednesday. The 3yo daughter of Yarradale Stud sire War Chant (USA) won a speed battle for the lead in the Macmahon Maiden (1300m) and was held accountable by...
Winning run continues for Playing God

Winning run continues for Playing God

Playing God gelding Currimundi won the last city race of last season to put the finishing touches on the Darling View stallion’s first WA Sires’ premiership in 2022-23. The Steve Wolfe-trained sprinter miler was back in the frame on Saturday with a late burst to land...
Amelia Park leads WA breeders at Gold Coast

Amelia Park leads WA breeders at Gold Coast

Amelia Park leads WA breeders with Book 1 colts by Street Boss (USA) and Zoustar at the Gold Coast Magic Millions Yearling Sale starting on Tuesday. Both colts are being prepped by Segenhoe Stud on behalf of Vasse-based breeder Peter Walsh.  They sold a $900,000 Blue...
Some Came Running in Sydney

Some Came Running in Sydney

Champion Victorian trainer Ciaron Maher has his Sydney stable ticking over like clockwork at Warwick Farm and that helped 4yo mare Running By convert a last-start Caulfield victory into a running double at Randwick on Saturday. Running By was bred by WA-based Dawson...
Winning half-sisters delight Divitini Racing

Winning half-sisters delight Divitini Racing

A December double with half-sisters Magnificent Carat and Ghobella gave Bellbridge Park a boost building up to next month’s Perth Magic Millions. Bellbridge Park’s Michael and Siobhan Campbell are prepping five yearlings for the Swan Valley Sale comprising colts by...
Own The Queen – TBWA Winner of the Week

Own The Queen – TBWA Winner of the Week

Awesome Rock commenced December with TBWA Winner of the Week Bonny Rock and he starts the New Year with another promising 3yo filly named Own The Queen. The Gold Front Thoroughbreds stallion is also the sire of homebred 3yo filly Miss Rockjoy who won a Northam maiden...
Winning Christmas Chant for Yarradale

Winning Christmas Chant for Yarradale

RWWA scheduled 11 meetings in the 10 days between December 23 and January 1 making it busier than usual for the industry during the holiday break. Yarradale Stud, as usual, was a factor from start to finish at Ascot.  On the Saturday before Christmas, Champion...
Ghost shoulders 59kg to win Summer Scorcher

Ghost shoulders 59kg to win Summer Scorcher

Rivercrest Park sire God Has Spoken kept the south-west stud in the news on New Year’s Day when his quality sprinter Ghost Who Walks won the aptly-named LR Summer Scorcher (1000m) at Ascot. Shouldering 59kg, Ghost Who Walks came with whirlwind finish for apprentice...
Yonga Lass lands La Trice Classic

Yonga Lass lands La Trice Classic

Universal Ruler completed a feature double in the Ascot Fillies & Mares Summer Series with Yonga Lass a breakthrough winner of the G3 La Trice Classic (1800m) on Monday. Yonga Lass also became Universal Ruler’s 11th black-type winner in the fourth and final leg of...
Sinful Living – TBWA Winner of the Week

Sinful Living – TBWA Winner of the Week

Sinful Living looked one of the better 2yo fillies seen out in Perth this season when she gave visiting jockey Rachel King an armchair ride at Ascot on Saturday. The speedy daughter of Mogumber Park sire Safeguard jumped straight to the front in the TBWA Westspeed...