Pearce Racing preparing for Perth Cup

Pearce Racing preparing for Perth Cup

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...
Devine intervention at Ascot

Devine intervention at Ascot

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...
Secret Attraction – TBWA Winner of the Week

Secret Attraction – TBWA Winner of the Week

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...
Rusty Dreams locks in Starstruck Classic

Rusty Dreams locks in Starstruck Classic

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...
First metro win for Manhattan Strip

First metro win for Manhattan Strip

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...
Chaser responds to challenge after Hostile Talk

Chaser responds to challenge after Hostile Talk

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...
Amelia Park acquires French filly Sivka Burka

Amelia Park acquires French filly Sivka Burka

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...
Hong Kong update for Ridgeport Farm

Hong Kong update for Ridgeport Farm

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...
Best-ever catalogue for Perth Magic Millions

Best-ever catalogue for Perth Magic Millions

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...
Born-again Black Fantasy firms for Perth Cup

Born-again Black Fantasy firms for Perth Cup

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...
Hostile Talk – TBWA Winner of the Week

Hostile Talk – TBWA Winner of the Week

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...
Beautiful Bonus a boost for Ducimus

Beautiful Bonus a boost for Ducimus

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...