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Some Came Running in Sydney

Some Came Running in Sydney

Champion Victorian trainer Ciaron Maher has his Sydney stable ticking over like clockwork at Warwick Farm and that helped 4yo mare Running By convert a last-start Caulfield victory into a running double at Randwick on Saturday. Running By was bred by WA-based Dawson...

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Winning half-sisters delight Divitini Racing

Winning half-sisters delight Divitini Racing

A December double with half-sisters Magnificent Carat and Ghobella gave Bellbridge Park a boost building up to next month’s Perth Magic Millions. Bellbridge Park’s Michael and Siobhan Campbell are prepping five yearlings for the Swan Valley Sale comprising colts by...

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Own The Queen – TBWA Winner of the Week

Own The Queen – TBWA Winner of the Week

Awesome Rock commenced December with TBWA Winner of the Week Bonny Rock and he starts the New Year with another promising 3yo filly named Own The Queen. The Gold Front Thoroughbreds stallion is also the sire of homebred 3yo filly Miss Rockjoy who won a Northam maiden...

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Winning Christmas Chant for Yarradale

Winning Christmas Chant for Yarradale

RWWA scheduled 11 meetings in the 10 days between December 23 and January 1 making it busier than usual for the industry during the holiday break. Yarradale Stud, as usual, was a factor from start to finish at Ascot.  On the Saturday before Christmas, Champion...

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Ghost shoulders 59kg to win Summer Scorcher

Ghost shoulders 59kg to win Summer Scorcher

Rivercrest Park sire God Has Spoken kept the south-west stud in the news on New Year’s Day when his quality sprinter Ghost Who Walks won the aptly-named LR Summer Scorcher (1000m) at Ascot. Shouldering 59kg, Ghost Who Walks came with whirlwind finish for apprentice...

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Yonga Lass lands La Trice Classic

Yonga Lass lands La Trice Classic

Universal Ruler completed a feature double in the Ascot Fillies & Mares Summer Series with Yonga Lass a breakthrough winner of the G3 La Trice Classic (1800m) on Monday. Yonga Lass also became Universal Ruler’s 11th black-type winner in the fourth and final leg of...

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Sinful Living – TBWA Winner of the Week

Sinful Living – TBWA Winner of the Week

Sinful Living looked one of the better 2yo fillies seen out in Perth this season when she gave visiting jockey Rachel King an armchair ride at Ascot on Saturday. The speedy daughter of Mogumber Park sire Safeguard jumped straight to the front in the TBWA Westspeed...

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Regulation city winner by Playing God

Regulation city winner by Playing God

Champion WA stallion Playing God sired his regulation Saturday city winner when Playing Rio arrived from the Great Southern to land the Own The Dream Maiden (1400m) at Ascot. Playing Rio had been placed in all bar one of his six previous starts around the provincial...

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Awesome Ascot winner for Gold Front

Awesome Ascot winner for Gold Front

Gold Front Thoroughbreds stallion Awesome Rock reached the winners of 100 races when his 3yo filly Bonny Rock was judged TBWA Winner of the Week on December 5 and there’s been more since that milestone with Ascot winners like Rocking The Casbah and Cold Shizzle. Cold...

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Manhattan Thunder strikes at Moonee Valley

Manhattan Thunder strikes at Moonee Valley

An extended break since a winter campaign was no barrier to Manhattan Thunder winning for stand-in jockey Dan Stackhouse at Moonee Valley on Saturday. The lightly-raced son of Geisel Park sire Manhattan Rain had won a Sale juvenile on debut before a lean 3yo season...

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Gingerbread Man Hits the Jackpot

Gingerbread Man Hits the Jackpot

Steve Wolfe’s star sprinter Red Can Man is enjoying a well-earned break ahead of the $350,000 The Bluff Knoll (1099m) in Albany on March 10. The seasoned son of Yarradale Stud sire Gingerbread Man ran a brave fifth in the G3 Damien Oliver Gold Rush (1400m) last...

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Four-day turnaround flatters Allegiance

Four-day turnaround flatters Allegiance

Scenic Lodge graduates Allegiance (Blackfriars) and Easy Snip (Snippetson) completed an international double for the Muchea stud with wins at Ascot and Happy Valley on Wednesday. Allegiance (Photo / Western Racepix) bolted in for Port Kennedy owner-trainer Chris...

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