Gingerbread Man was represented by the winners of six races in the first half of May and it could have mounted to a lot more this month but for the Bunbury meeting being abandoned on Sunday. The Yarradale Stud resident had six acceptances primed for Bunbury prior to...

Russian To The Bar had been in the doldrums since being rated one of Perth’s most promising prospects as an autumn 3yo after winning the LR Challenge Stakes (1500m) and LR Lex Piper Stakes (1600m). The Luke Fernie-trained 5yo had not saluted at Ascot since December...

Western Empire (NZ) has gone back to back in the G3 Hyperion Stakes (1600m) and for good measure he also figured in feature doubles for Peters Investments and Williams Racing. Western Empire (8g Iffraaj – Western Jewel by Jeune) went out a short-priced favourite...

Darling View Thoroughbreds stallion Splintex (Snitzel) sired his third first-crop winner at Belmont on Wednesday when Chixfromthestix led all the way in the Reliable Asset Maintenance Maiden (1000m). Facing the starter for the first time, Chixfromthestix settled...

Amelia Park bred filly Farmelia was a class above older maidens on debut for trainer Mitch Freedman in the Sportsbet Plate (1000m) at Caulfield on Wednesday. Farmelia (2f Farnan – Amelia’s La Bout by Hinchinbrook) settled in the back-half of the field for...

Long Service Leaf (yellow cap) tapped the ability to accelerate out of trouble to his advantage in the Kalgoorlie-Boulder Reunion Hcp (1000m) at Belmont on Wednesday. The lightly-raced 3yo sprinter started an odds-on favourite first-up since an initial spring campaign...

Speed machine Straight Charge (Written By) has been signed to cover his first book at Westbury Park. In just a handful of starts, Straight Charge proved himself one of the best colts of his generation with a powerful front-running victory in the 2024 edition of the G2...

Prince Of Dala had won his maiden on debut at Pinjarra last month and proved that was no fluke when doubling up from an outside gate in the Racing @Pinjarra Park Hcp (1400m) on Wednesday. The Stephen Miller-trained son of Snippetson crossed a capacity field to take up...

Gingerbread Man’s sixth winner this month arrived on Sunday and this time it was the turn of his Hong Kong expat Perfectday in the Siu Ma Shan Hcp (1400m) at Sha Tin. The best of that half-dozen by the Yarradale Stud stallion is undoubtedly the Wally Daly homebred 2yo...

Cranbourne trainer Grahame Begg can start planning a path towards this year’s edition of the Group 1 Melbourne Cup with Saturday’s VRC Andrew Ramsden Plate (2800m) winner Zakouma. The Flemington Listed race not only carried $300,000 in prizemoney but a prized...