Playing God was the first WA stallion to break through the million-dollar barrier this season when winning his first LR Belgravia Stakes (1200m) with West Star. West Star also became the 20th Stakes winner by Playing God at Ascot on Saturday when he led home a...

Ain’t No Other Man is the horse to beat in the Westspeed Platinum Series Final (1400m) on December 7 after an effortless Heat 1 victory at Ascot on Saturday. The Gingerbread Man gelding had been in work since June without winning before racing returned to Ascot...

Darling View champion Playing God provided Ridgeport Farm owner Santo Guagliardo with his second city winner this week when All Play returned from an injury-enforced spell to land the Guinness Hcp (1000m) at Ascot on Saturday. Guagliardo is also the managing...

Mad Darcey ran a shocker first-up at Hawkesbury earlier this month but there was no stopping the Winning Rupert mare at Randwick on Saturday. “We walked away from Hawkesbury very disappointed but we came here with a bit of confidence,” trainer David Pfieffer confirmed...

It was a day of firsts at Moonee Valley on Saturday for Gold Front flyer Acromantula who was racing first-up for Lindsay Park. The $150,000 Bendigo Bank Hcp (1000m) was the first race on Cox Plate Day and the former Perth speed-machine was winning for the first time...

Playing God 3yo filly Nickelplay is the latest addition to Ridgeport Farm’s arsenal for the Ascot summer carnival following her impressive maiden win at Belmont on Wednesday. Trainer Neville Parnham liked her as a yearling and he’s already looking ahead with a...

Visiting Irish jockey Amy Jo Hayes gave Lady Ducati a polished one-out, one-back ride to win the Goldfields Pest Control Hcp (1300m) at Kalgoorlie last Sunday. Hayes is here for three months during the northern winter and, despite a cosy cart in running, it wasn’t all...

25 October 2024 Tom Reilly Chief Executive Officer Thoroughbred Breeders’ Australia I am writing to you about an issue that I know is causing significant consternation in the breeding industry, namely the recent announcements around the Pattern. Earlier this...

Nuimara Farm studmaster Keith Reeves struck for the second time this month when Six Shooter (Shooting To Win) won the Reliable Asset Maiden (1200m) at Belmont on Wednesday. The Boyanup horseman and owner-breeders Barry and Jan McRostie had been in the frame with...

Pull The Trigger completed a running double at Ascot on Saturday but only banked half the prizemoney after the judge couldn’t separate the Yarradale Stud graduate and Profit Pocket in the Westspeed Platinum Hcp (1400m). Champion jockey Willie Pike earned a full fee...

Promising Ridgeport gelding Watch Me Rock has unleashed an eye-catching finishing burst to overhaul Madam Kisses (Rommel) right on the line at Ascot. Watch Me Rock looked anything but a short-priced favourite in Saturday’s Morley Growers Market Hcp (1400m) when...