Throwing Luana Miss into the deep end of a G1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) is a gamble her connections will seriously consider in light of her win against the odds in the LR Placid Ark Stakes (1200m) on Saturday. The Placid Ark winner received a ballot-free entry into...

Oakland Park had all the bases covered from the south-west to the mid-west last week and its homebred filly Pure Excess hit a home-run in the G3 Champion Fillies Stakes (1600m) on Saturday. Pure Excess (3f Exceedance – Pure Purity by Perfect Soul) went into the...

Reigning WA Horse of the Year Jokers Grin is on course for a well-deserved Group 1 following a trouble-free victory in the G3 Colonel Reeves Stakes (1100m) at Ascot yesterday. Jokers Grin (5g Maschino – Walk In Beauty by Barely A Moment) settled at the tail of...

It was another grey day for Yarradale Stud and Greenfields Lodge when Neap Tide made it back-to-back wins in the Nixon Electrical Hcp (2000m) at Bunbury on Thursday. Yarradale (Lyn Sayers) and Greenfields (Tony & Libby Patrizi) are next-door neighbours in...

Forest View Farm owners Ben and Jo Duncan are marking time with high-class mare Super Smink ahead of next Saturday’s G1 Railway Stakes (1600m) but they took time out to savour Fast Harry’s victory at Ascot yesterday. The Duncans bred and sold Super Smink and she was...

Folklore has it an acorn doesn’t fall from the tree and that was evident when applied to a free-wheeling winner by that name in the Country Comfort Maiden (1000m) at Bunbury yesterday. The winner in question is an Oakland Park homebred named Acorn whose parents happen...

Karnup trainer Jason Miller is looking forward to the Ascot summer carnival with his top-class mares Bonjoy (Maschino) and Admiration Express (My Admiration) and he’s already making plans for a classic campaign in the autumn with Herault (Gingerbread Man). Herault won...

Gold Front Thoroughbreds expat Awesome Fluke rewarded his new owner with a thrilling victory in a blanket finish to the Hing Yip Hcp (1800m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday. Awesome Fluke (6g Awesome Rock – Jayquin Star by O’Reilly) saluted at $31 but it was...

WA-bred filly Jasstar won her maiden at $103 at Balaklava on Wednesday but the price didn’t reflect the confidence of her owner-trainer Peter Nolan in the Schweppes Plate (1050m). Jasstar (3f I’m All The Talk – Hopetoun by Pins) was tailed off on debut at...

Studmaster Steve Hoare and his wife Diane celebrated imminent retirement and the sale of Rivercrest Park with a double on the weekend at Ascot and York. They bred the winning Ducimus mares Define Beautiful who qualified for the Westspeed Platinum Final on Saturday and...

Punters ignored Sky Duke at their peril when the Playing God gelding eased from $31 out to $51 before causing a massive upset at Ascot on Saturday. Sky Duke has been a stable mainstay for trainer Neville Parnham since winning a Belmont nursery on debut in May 2022 and...