15 October 2024
Darling View Thoroughbreds has announced it will not be selling yearlings under the Western Breeders’ Alliance banner as from 2025. Western Breeders’ Alliance offered its first yearlings at the 2015 Perth Magic Millions and that consignment included RL Magic Millions...
15 October 2024
Mai Aloha sent Williams Racing further ahead at the top of the 2024-25 WA Trainers’ table after she easily defeated an all-age maiden field at York on Thursday. Grant & Alana Williams logged their 34th win since August 1 when the 3yo daughter of Long Leaf led from...
15 October 2024
Charino scored a $41 upset in the Max Simmonds Stakes (1000m) at Ascot on Saturday but it wasn’t a fluke according to Pinjarra conditioner Brett Pope. The 3yo son of Maschino was facing a classy field after a debut second to Desert Whisper (Rommel) on home turf in...
15 October 2024
Ain’t No Other Man was given the run of the race on opening day at Ascot and that made all the difference when apprentice Brayden Gaerth slipped him some leather in the Westspeed Platinum Hcp (1100m). The Gingerbread Man gelding also appreciated a drop in class...
14 October 2024
Ridgeport filly Kuroyanagi has bounced back with a return-to-form victory in the $150,000 Thoroughbred Club Of Australia Plate (1200m) at Caulfield. Kuroyanagi (pictured) was placed in the G1 Blue Diamond Stakes over the same course and distance in February but was a...
13 October 2024
Melbourne trainer Troy Corstens bred WA-conceived galloper Awesome Lineup to win at Cranbourne on Friday night and he’s already plotting Perth campaigns with stable stars The Astrologist (Zoustar) and Baraqiel (Snitzel). Corstens prepared Awesome Lineup...
12 October 2024
Gervase Park owners Chris and Andrea Gales celebrated on both counts as a vendor and buyer on Wednesday. Their Perth Magic Millions graduate Yorga Pride was a dominant debut winner at Bunbury and they bought a bargain with a $12,000 bid for Divine Flirt at the Inglis...
11 October 2024
Camera Action is on a hat-trick for Wally Daly at Belmont next Wednesday but her recent rise up the ranks has been tempered by some sad news for the Group 1 breeder out of Victoria. Morningside Farm reported Daly’s Group 1 Karrakatta Plate (1200m) winner Bomber Bill...
11 October 2024
Boussac put the writing on the wall when runner-up twice at Northam last month before breaking through as $2.40 favourite in the Careers @ WA Racing Maiden (1400m) at Bunbury on Wednesday. The big, strong son of Ridgeport stallion Ducimus settled in the running line...
10 October 2024
Ridgeport 3yo filly Kuroyanagi returns to action this Saturday ahead of a spring campaign set to climax in the G1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) at Caulfield on November 16. She has opened a $4 favourite for the $150,000 Thoroughbred Club Of Australia Plate (1200m) and she...
10 October 2024
Pierata’s Gem brought up an interstate double for Dawson Stud this week when she won the Spring Carnival Maiden (1350m) at Doomben on Wednesday. Trained by Chris and Corey Munce, she was bred and initially sold by Graham Daws as a foal for $50,000 at the 2022...
10 October 2024
Yarradale Stud can complement its winning run during the Goldfields round when racing returns to Ascot this Saturday. Resident sire Gingerbread Man has London’s Rascal making her debut in the Initial Plate (1000m) and former sire War Chant (USA) will be represented by...