Playing God sires 17th Stakes-Winner

Playing God sires 17th Stakes-Winner

Darling View Thoroughbreds Champion Playing God sired his 17th individual black-type winner when Lord Vampi scored a commanding victory in the Listed J C Roberts Stakes (1800m) at Ascot on Saturday. After diffusing an outside gate, he let down stylishly for jockey...
Just Saint James – TBWA Winner of the Week

Just Saint James – TBWA Winner of the Week

First-starter Just Saint James had won a Lark Hill trial untouched last month after sitting three-wide without cover but he was easy to back at $7 in the Peel Bus Hire Maiden (1000m) at Pinjarra on Thursday. Drawing an inside gate down the straight wasn’t ideal and...
Leading Man wins in Hong Kong

Leading Man wins in Hong Kong

Gingerbread Man gelding Ima Single Man has broken a runs of outs in Hong Kong with an adventurous all-the-way victory in the Heung Yee Kuk Cup (1200m) at Sha Tin. Saturday’s win was his first since January 2023 and it came about after trainer Tony Cruz decided to make...
Sparkling Kiwi winner by Manhattan Rain

Sparkling Kiwi winner by Manhattan Rain

Kiwi trainer Terri Rae has a consistent team stabled at Ashburton with winners like Manhattan Rain’s progressive filly Kindling Spark. Rae has targeted black-type for Kindling Spark and she will be on a hat-trick in the Listed NZB Insurance Stakes (1600m) at Riccarton...
WA Finalist for Stud & Stable Staff Awards

WA Finalist for Stud & Stable Staff Awards

Alwyn Park Stud’s Ngyrie Gonzalez is the sole Western Australian Finalist for the this year’s Stud And Stable Staff Awards. A total of eight awards will be handed out at the Awards ceremony which will take place on the Gold Coast on May 29.  The two finalists for each...
RWWA funds racehorse research

RWWA funds racehorse research

A simple blood test to help predict the injury risk of racehorses is among the study projects made possible by the inaugural Racing WA Research Fund grants. Racing WA Head of Animal Welfare Dr Anna Smet announced two projects had secured funding: A study into WA...
Lucky photo-finish for Trionfante

Lucky photo-finish for Trionfante

Trionfante needed every metre of the Belmont straight to enter the record books as the first local winner by Winning Rupert since it was announced he was transferring from Queensland to WA. Winning Rupert (Written Tycoon) will stand at Geisel Park Stud in association...
Gemma’s Son in the slot for Bluff Knoll

Gemma’s Son in the slot for Bluff Knoll

Rejuvenated Snippetson sprinter Gemma’s Son brought up a feature weekend double for Scenic Lodge in the $350,000 Bluff Knoll (1099m) in Albany on Sunday. Gemma’s Son settled behind speed merchant Acromantula (Written Tycoon) with jockey Shaun McGruddy set...
Sir Dreamalot – TBWA Winner of the Week

Sir Dreamalot – TBWA Winner of the Week

Sir Dreamalot is the second smart city-level winner Josh Krispyn has trained by A Lot (USA) and he’s hoping for better luck this time around. Askalot was the first from A Lot’s initial crop and he won twice at Ascot on a path to last year’s G2 WA Derby (2400m). ...
WA bucks national trend for mare covers

WA bucks national trend for mare covers

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...
Winning Rupert transfers to Geisel Park

Winning Rupert transfers to Geisel Park

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 back-to-back in Bunbury Cups

Blazing Away back-to-back in Bunbury Cups

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...