Universal Ruler has taken the lead among WA stallions on the 3yo winners (14) and wins (25) tables following an extraordinary Easter. The Scenic Lodge sire now heads both categories from Playing God (12 – 22), Demerit (12 – 17) and Oratorio (12 –...

Darling View Thoroughbreds stallion Playing God stretched his lead at the top of the WA sires’ premiership to more than $1 million over Easter with Ex Sport Man and Cobbanco leading the way at Ascot. Playing God ($3,701,589) has built a healthy margin over Trade Fair...

Quality colt Snowdome is set for another profitable preparation after scoring second-up in the Quayclean Hcp (1000m) at Ascot on Easter Saturday. The Rommel 3yo had won the G3 WA Sires Produce Stakes (1400m) and Perth 3YO Classic (1000m) last year for a partnership...

All American continues to hold the fort at Geisel Park while the news cycle has been centred on the arrival of new stallion Aysar and its second-season sire Manhattan Rain. His recent 3yo provincial winners Mack Mack and Work Home Front are both on track to make the...

Oakland Park Stud owners Neville and Susan Duncan are no strangers to success in the Eastern States and their first foray as vendors to the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale generated another ground-breaking result with a Blue Point (Ire) colt that made $600,000. Catalogued...

Bitter Twist was an astute investment for Boyanup breeders Wayne & Jane Beynon five years ago and they received another dividend when the mare’s yearling filly by So You Think (NZ) made $300,000 through Sledmere Stud (as agent) at the Inglis Australian Easter Sale...

Scenic Lodge graduate Easy Snip gave Hong Kong trainer Benno Yung his 300th winner with a narrow victory in the Kam Tin River Hcp (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. Yung, 64, is in his tenth season with a license after prior stints as assistant-trainer to Tony Millard and...

Amelia Park claimed a second Group 3 in a week when its star 3yo filly Amelia’s Jewel was a consummate winner of the Roma Cup (1100m) at Ascot. Racing first-up since a triumphant G1 Northerly Stakes (1800m) victory in December, the daughter of Champion European sire...

Maschino is a difficult stallion to categorize apart from an amazing ability to turn one in four of his winners into black-type performers. The Alwyn Park resident can sire out-and-out sprinters like Fabergino (12 wins to 1100m) and Wilchino (9 wins to 1200m) or...

Great Southern trainer Steve Wolfe has been walking on air since his star sprinter Red Can Man was locked in for the $4 million The Quokka (1200m) at Ascot on April 15. The Gingerbread Man gelding is a confirmed starter after Rapid Equine owner Neil Irvine used his...