21 December 2023
Pearce Racing strengthened its hand for the G2 Perth Cup (2400m) with a quinella in the LR ATA Stakes (2200m) at Ascot on Wednesday. Stablemates Queen Alina (Mahuta) and Black Fantasy (Blackfriars) controlled the feature staying event from barrier rise until the mare...
18 December 2023
Playing God mare Devine Belief kicked off a memorable winning treble that couldn’t be scripted any better for champion jockey Damien Oliver at Ascot on Saturday. Oliver announced retirement plans earlier this season and decided to bow out back where it all started in...
17 December 2023
Peters Investments and trainer Donna Riordan struck for the second time in a week with a homebred 4yo mare when Secret Attraction turned the Amelia Park Hcp (1800m) into a one-act affair at Ascot on Saturday. Secret Attraction was a Northam mile maiden winner for...
17 December 2023
It was a sight to behold at Ascot on Saturday when two world-class jockeys were locked together on the line in the LR Starstruck Classic (1600m). No, Damien Oliver wasn’t involved. The fairytale climax to his career would come later. The Starstruck was a tactical...
17 December 2023
Manhattan Strip scored his first metropolitan win at Ascot on Saturday under a perfect ride by visiting jockey Craig Williams in the Bisley Workwear Hcp (1500m). Put straight into the one-out and one-back position by Williams, he levelled up to the leaders at the 200m...
17 December 2023
Yarradale Stud unveiled Hostile Talk at Ascot last Wednesday week and returned with another talented 3yo winner named Stormchaser in the opening event on Damien Oliver Gold Rush Day. Hostile Talk cruised home by three lengths on debut for Yarradale sire War Chant...
16 December 2023
Amelia Park is prepping its biggest and most diverse draft of 20 yearlings for the 2024 Perth Magic Millions Sale. Diverse is the buzzword with colts by Awesome Rock (Lot 55) and Playing God (Lot 205) the only locally-sired lots heading up from Vasse to the Swan...
14 December 2023
Ridgeport Farm sire Rommel has produced the first international pedigree update for the 2024 Perth Magic Millions Sale following the release of the catalogue earlier this week. Rommel’s Hong Kong expat Tourbillon Prince broke through at Happy Valley on Wednesday night...
13 December 2023
Champion sire Playing God has 43 yearlings entered for arguably the classiest catalogue ever assembled in WA ahead of the 2024 Perth Magic Millions Sale. The online catalogue was released on Tuesday with an overall line-up of 352 lots to be offered across two sessions...
12 December 2023
Blackfriars gelding Black Fantasy has firmed into a $7 equal third-favourite for the G2 Perth Cup (2400m) following his latest black-type victory in the LR George Towton Cup (2200m) at Ascot on Saturday. He shares the third-line of markets for the New Year’s Day...
11 December 2023
First-starter Hostile Talk went out an even-money favourite for the WA Racing Podcast Maiden (1000m) last Wednesday and the result was never in doubt once Willie Pike went for home at Ascot. The untapped 3yo son of Yarradale Stud sire War Chant (USA) cruised to a...
10 December 2023
Rivercrest Park stallion Ducimus has taken over at the top of the WA 2YO Sires’ premiership thanks to a lucrative $40,700 Westspeed Platinum bonus earned by Define Beautiful for winning the Magic Millions Plate (1000m) at Ascot on Saturday. The Trevor Andrews-trained...