Cash Away  –  TBWA Winner of the Week

Cash Away – TBWA Winner of the Week

Scenic Lodge sire Dash For Cash might be at the back-end of his stud career but he was back in business last week courtesy of an interstate double with Blazejowski (Flemington) and Cash Away (Pinjarra). Blazejowski is a hard-knocking 7yo gelding with 10 wins to his...
Winning View at Perth Magic Millions

Winning View at Perth Magic Millions

Willaview Park consigned its first yearlings to last year’s Perth Magic Millions and the first winner from that draft arrived at Belmont on Wednesday. Saintorio (Oratorio) opened the Narrikup nursery’s account in a 1200m juvenile for part-owner and trainer Stephen...
Dr Paddock heals Gold Front winner Disco Donut

Dr Paddock heals Gold Front winner Disco Donut

January has been a whirlwind for Gold Front Thoroughbreds and there won’t be any respite until the last of its Perth Magic Millions yearlings find new homes next month. Gold Front owners Alan & Sue Olive sold fillies by Russian Revolution and Vancouver on the Gold...

Warhorse in winning form at Flemington

Lindsay Park reports Dark Dream will be set for a country cups campaign following his last-start victory at Flemington. The widely-travelled son of Geisel Park sire All American returned to winning form with a powerful victory in the Living Legends Plate (1700m) last...
Ascot hat-trick a Snip for Scenic Lodge

Ascot hat-trick a Snip for Scenic Lodge

Winning updates for next month’s Perth Magic Millions Sale maxed out Ascot’s postponed 11-race card on Monday. Scenic Lodge was the main beneficiary when racing resumed in Perth after the current heatwave saw Ascot’s Saturday program held over following a 40 degree...
King’s Troop off the mark with Special Royale

King’s Troop off the mark with Special Royale

A day after Demerit sprinter Special Reward claimed the LR Carrington Stakes at Randwick, his younger half-sister Special Royale posted the first win for her sire King’s Troop at Mt Barker. Special Royale (3f King’s Troop – Special Kiseki by Special Bond)...

Former WA sprinter Rewarded at Randwick

Revitalized sprinter Special Reward shouldered 59kg to score a clear-cut victory in the LR Carrington Stakes (140m) at Randwick on Saturday. Special Reward (6g Demerit – Special Kiseki by Special Bond) had won the LR Razor Sharp Hcp (1200m) last month before...
Laminitis claims Frost Giant

Laminitis claims Frost Giant

Former Yarradale Stud shuttler Frost Giant (USA) has been put down in New York.  He was 19. Frost Giant (Giant’s Causeway) had been pensioned from active stallion duties last year and had been battling laminitis since his retirement to ReRun Thoroughbreds at...
Cottage industry continues with Acting God

Cottage industry continues with Acting God

Acting God can add another chapter to the Cottage Rose success story for owner-breeder Mary Gracie and trainer Bruce Watkins. At Pinjarra on Thursday, the Playing God gelding was ridden patiently by apprentice Jett Stanley and would have been spotting the leaders the...

WA Beauty a banker in Hong Kong

The Tony Cruz-trained Beauty Joy has joined the growing list of WA-bred gallopers to win in Hong Kong. He settled midfield in the Class 2 Lantau Island Hcp (1655m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday and was driven out to press the leaders inside final furlong to win cosily...
Gold Front sells six-figure fillies on Gold Coast

Gold Front sells six-figure fillies on Gold Coast

Gold Front Thoroughbreds goes into the Perth Magic Millions following the sale of six-figure fillies by Russian Revolution and Vancouver on the Gold Coast last week. The Russian Revolution – Belle d’Amour filly (Lot 791) made $120,000 to the bid of Bennett...
Delay likely for Magic Millions Yearling Sale

Delay likely for Magic Millions Yearling Sale

The 2022 Perth Yearling Sale will likely be delayed a week in a further complication for Magic Millions following Thursday’s decision by Premier Mark McGowan to keep WA’s hard-border closed indefinitely. In overnight news, ANZ Bloodstock reports Magic Millions is...