Rope Them In maintained a 70% first-up winning strike-rate in the G3 Roma Cup (1100m) for Great Southern trainer Steve Wolfe on Saturday. It was also a positive trial for the $5million The Quokka (1200m) back at Ascot in a fortnight.  He was unplaced in last year’s...

Esperance visitor Crunchy Nut overcame traffic problems in transit to snatch a narrow victory in the Westspeed Platinum Hcp (1600m) for trainer Helen Harding on Saturday. The Alwyn Park graduate would have been a good thing beaten but for a resilient ride by Tash...

Yarradale Stud can play a big hand in the G2 Karrakatta Plate (1200m) with Aurum Belle ($3.20), Beatty ($4.60), Cos I Am ($15) and Rok ‘N’ Rom ($21) prominent in pre-post markets for Perth’s juvenile grand-final on April 18. Owner Lyn Sayers races Aurum Belle with...

Williams Racing went into Easter with two stakes-winning scalps and they also prepared Bondi 3yo filly Moonwalk to open her city account at Ascot on Good Friday. Moonwalk (3f Bondi – Wahwahtusi by Thunder Gulch) is a Lynward Park homebred and won as she pleased for...

Universal Ruler has been an ever-present influence at Scenic Lodge since he first saw the light of day at the Muchea stud in September 2004. And after covering 16 books, his career stats improved to 231 individual winners of 757 races when his 3yo filly Universal...

There was a definite WA flavour about the Dawson Stud fillies that made a combined $420,000 at the Inglis Sydney Easter Sale on Sunday. They were both bred by Myalup-based Graham Daws and sold through the draft from Newhaven Park.  It’s been a fruitful partnership...

The Eastern States are calling it a “cindy-rella” story after Ladbrokes confirmed it has secured their slot in the $5 million The Quokka (1200m) with the Cindy Alderson-owned and trained sprinter Jigsaw. The rejuvenated son of Geisel Park sire Manhattan...

Yarradale Stud resident Shooting To Win sired his first juvenile winner of the season when Dixie Doo nailed Yarradale homebred Hillside Avenue (Pinatubo) right on the line in the Liquor Barons Plate (1200m) on Wednesday. Dixie Doo (2f Shooting To Win – Templates...

Geisel Park sire Manhattan Rain is firing on several fronts on the east coast and his first locally-bred runners are poised to play a role in his rise up the WA Sires’ premiership this season. Manhattan Rain (Encosta de Lago) advanced to second on the WA ladder after...

Royal Toronado notched his first black-type victory in the LR Pinjarra Cup (2300m) on Sunday and it won’t be the last for Amelia Park owner Peter Walsh and trainers Grant & Alana Williams. He went out a short-priced favourite following a last-start victory at...