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...

Ron Sayers was a mining industry leader in the Goldfields as the founder of Ausdrill and he was also a legend in the racing and breeding industries at Yarradale Stud in Gidgegannup. The farm was bursting with breeding stock back in the day and the stud’s stallions...

Lynward Park-bred graduate Bondi Blossom impressed her trainer Brad Widdup when breaking through in the Poppy Parsons Memorial Maiden (1600m) at Gosford on Thursday. Bondi Blossom (3f Bondi – Devils Arcade by Snowland) settled midfield off a sedate pace set by...

Geisel Park has more than one winning connection with the LR Burgess Queen Stakes (1400m) and the latest renewal of the feature race for 3yo fillies added another when Playin’it Sweet prevailed for owner-breeders Rod and Tania Cosgrove on Tuesday....

Toodyay breeders Dave and Doris Keens doubled up within a half-hour when their 3yo maiden winners Masmelo (Maschino) and Solo Vega (Lucky Vega) saluted on Tuesday.  They were offered by Gervase Park owners Chris and Andrea Gales (as agent) at the Perth Magic Millions...

Playin’it Sweet claimed a second LR Burgess Queen Stakes (1400m) victory for Playing God yesterday and she’s the 24th black-type winner overall for the Darling View Thoroughbreds Champion. The Adam Durrant-trained filly shadowed front-runner Our Girl Can Run...