28 March 2025
Trainer Ryan Hill had winning form on the board going into the Albany meeting on Thursday but he was the odd man out when the girls dominated the Jack’s Rest Maiden (1100m). In a full-blooded battle between three feisty 3yo fillies, the Hill-trained Gingerbread Girl...
27 March 2025
Darling View Thoroughbreds champion Playing God is on the cusp of another career-best statistic after Currimundi gave weight and a start to his rivals in the LR Pinjarra Cup (2300m). Currimundi (6g Playing God – Pins Perhaps by Pins) came from the back-half of...
25 March 2025
Oakland Park 2yo filly Snitzalatte set the bar high for every other winner at Ascot’s marathon midweek meeting last Wednesday in the Wittens Irrigation & Design Maiden (1000m). The beautifully-bred daughter of four-time Champion Australian Sire Snitzel and...
24 March 2025
Maschino sired his 9th black-type winner on Saturday when Machine Gun Gracie put more than three lengths on some smart fillies in the LR Natasha Stakes (2200m) at Ascot. Machine Gun Gracie (3f Maschino – Gracie May by Written Tycoon) is a nominal favourite for...
24 March 2025
Sail Session headlined a career-best weekend haul of five winners for his sire Sessions (Lonhro) in the LR John Roberts Stakes (1800m) at Ascot on Saturday. The Dan Morton-trained 3yo was forced to work without cover in the classic prelim but was full of running when...
21 March 2025
Former barn mates I’m All The Talk and Playing God both sired doubles to dominate the Ascot meeting on Wednesday. I’m All The Talk 3yo fillies Swansee and Sister Talk won their maidens before Playing God pair Playing Games and Stylish Lord sent favourite punters home...
20 March 2025
Darling View Thoroughbreds team member Chris Lambert won the Leadership Award at the 2023-24 TBWA Awards and now she has been short-listed for the Australia-wide Leadership Award at the 2025 Stud And Stable Staff Awards. Leadership Award (Stud or Stable) Ashish Kumar...
20 March 2025
Sixinch Heels is on a hat-trick this prep and she’s also on the way to higher grades for her Forest View Farm owner-breeders Ben and Jo Duncan. The Nicconi filly was a TBWA Winner of the Week first-up earlier this month in a Pinjarra 3yo maiden for trainer Simon...
18 March 2025
Keep Ita Mystery has benefited from swift sectionals set by Sinful Living to blouse out his rivals in the MCA Hcp (1000m) at Ascot. Jockey Chris Parnham settled the son of War Chant (USA) worse than midfield before giving the leading division six lengths and a beating...
17 March 2025
Rope Them In took over as the chief earner for Champion WA Sire Playing God this season when he split runners in the straight for jockey ‘Shooter’ McGruddy to land the Bluff Knoll (1099m) at Albany. Trained by managing part-owner Steve Wolfe, he banked first...
16 March 2025
Sail Session was tagged a G2 WA Derby prospect after winning an Ascot maiden in January and now he’s heading in the right direction after claiming the Kitt Logistics Hcp (1500m) on Saturday. The Oakland Park homebred missed an intended start in the LR Lex Piper Stakes...
16 March 2025
Our Rocky Bay put his game-day face through a bridle twice this week and the quick turnaround didn’t dim his hopes for back-to-back wins at Ascot. The 4yo son of Awesome Rock ran right through the line in the Belhus Racing Hcp (1400m) last Sunday and was good enough...
