Sheehy and Oxbridge best of mates

Sheehy and Oxbridge best of mates

Veteran front-runner Oxbridge carried the grandstand to win again at Albany on Thursday and trainer Stephen Sheehy claimed “you wouldn’t know he went around” on Friday. The rising 10 year-old was bred and sold by Yarradale Stud for $45,000 at the 2018 Perth...
Ascot double for Ross Price and Dan Morton

Ascot double for Ross Price and Dan Morton

Local trainer Dan Morton has completed a winning double at Ascot this week with the Ross Price-bred stablemates Bohemian Diamond (Maschino) and Girls Day Out (Long Leaf). Bohemian Diamond (5m Maschino – Elsie’s Rhapsody by State City) claimed the first-leg after...
Peters pedigree behind Glanced

Peters pedigree behind Glanced

Peters Investments segued from a seven-figure spend at the NZB Karaka Yearling Sale earlier this week to win another city race with its Pierro-bred mare Glanced at Ascot on Wednesday. Glanced (4m Pierro – First Impressions by Rip Van Winkle) had won a Bunbury...
Pariah’s Thanks – TBWA Winner of the Week

Pariah’s Thanks – TBWA Winner of the Week

Pearce Racing sent out four runners in the Nelson Irrigation Maiden (1000m) at Bunbury on Australia Day including the $2.65 favourite Deepest Desire (Deep Field) but it was $13 stablemate Pariah’s Thanks who swept home from last to score by over a length. Pariah’s...
Value-added victories at Pinjarra

Value-added victories at Pinjarra

Yarradale Stud-bred winners signed off Sunday’s Pinjarra meeting with a running double and there will be a value-added element apart from the combined prizemoney come the Perth Magic Millions Yearling Sale next month. Promising 3yo Vatican Storm (Playing God) won the...
Luck’s a fortune in Hong Kong

Luck’s a fortune in Hong Kong

Zac Purton was straight into the winning groove in front of a sold-out Sha Tin crowd on Sunday aboard WA-bred gelding Lucky Eight. They didn’t come to see Lucky Eight.  He was one of the opening acts for Hong Kong’s star sprinter Ka Ying Rising but played his...
Group 1 Manhattan Rain winner in NZ

Group 1 Manhattan Rain winner in NZ

Manhattan Rain sprinter Jigsaw has capped an extraordinary comeback to the big time with a dominant victory in the G1 Railway Stakes (1200m) at Ellerslie. Jigsaw became the fourth elite-level winner by Geisel Park sire Manhattan Rain after defeating fellow Aussie...
Scenic Blast win boosts residuals for Jaz Session

Scenic Blast win boosts residuals for Jaz Session

Sessions mare Jaz Session has won an all-important black-type victory in the LR Scenic Blast Stakes (1200m) on a day to remember for Oakland Park at Ascot. Jaz Session is one of the most consistent horses in training in Perth with 8 wins and 9 placings in 22 starts...
First winner by Splintex

First winner by Splintex

Darling View Thoroughbreds freshman Splintex sired his first winner at Ascot on Saturday when They’reallsisters turned the tables on Boy Crush (Manhattan Rain) in the $80,000 Magic Millions Plate (1200m). They’reallsisters (2f Splintex – River Hussy...
Nottle full throttle with Rommel

Nottle full throttle with Rommel

Ridgeport Farm resident Rommel sired his second winner this week when Morf led from barrier to box for Holly Nottle in the Cuprum Distillery Maiden (1400m) at Bunbury on Wednesday. Morf (3g Rommel – From Fromm by Big Brown) was bred by Ridgeport Farm owner Santo...
Boy equal to a Man’s errand from Greenfields

Boy equal to a Man’s errand from Greenfields

Greenfields Lodge owner Tony Patrizi hit the jackpot when choosing Manhattan Rain as the first stallion for his maiden mare Crushed (All Too Hard). That initial cover created Man Crush who has earned $930,000 to date with highpoints in the LR Miss Andretti Stakes...
Southern Firetail – TBWA Winner of the Week

Southern Firetail – TBWA Winner of the Week

Oakland Park homebred Southern Firetail gave his rivals a start and a beating when facing the starter for the third time in the Keith Mullins & Glenn Money Maiden (1600m) at Pinjarra on Thursday. It was also a milestone for his sire Maschino.  Southern Firetail is...