Beautiful Bonus a boost for Ducimus

Beautiful Bonus a boost for Ducimus

Rivercrest Park stallion Ducimus has taken over at the top of the WA 2YO Sires’ premiership thanks to a lucrative $40,700 Westspeed Platinum bonus earned by Define Beautiful for winning the Magic Millions Plate (1000m) at Ascot on Saturday. The Trevor Andrews-trained...
Three-way Shootout in Northerly Stakes

Three-way Shootout in Northerly Stakes

Shooting To Win sired his first Group 1 winner since arriving at Oakland Park Stud when Dom To Shoot prevailed in a three-way photo-finish to the Northerly Stakes (1800m) on Saturday. Dom To Shoot (6g Shooting To Win – Princess Rouge by Pins) ran down the favourite...
Macy builds momentum at Bendigo

Macy builds momentum at Bendigo

Manhattan Rain 3yo Macy Moon was all better for a debut fourth last month and he flashed that improvement with an all-the-way victory at Bendigo on Tuesday. Macy Moon was stepping up from 1350m to a mile with the extra distance an important factor in his odds...
Bonny Rock – TBWA Winner of the Week

Bonny Rock – TBWA Winner of the Week

Promising filly Bonny Rock paid her dues as a juvenile before delivering her first win for trainer Neville Parnham at Pinjarra on Sunday. Parnham is in serious form at The Pinnacles and winning the Group 1 Railway Stakes with Bustler was a special result apart from...
Yonga Lass steps up for Starstruck Classic

Yonga Lass steps up for Starstruck Classic

Race-caller Darren McAullay claimed Willie Pike would need a periscope on Yonga Lass to spot the leaders in the Schweppes Hcp (1500m) at Ascot on Saturday. The short-priced favourite was last in a capacity field turning for home and was still a half-dozen lengths from...
Former Rangeview sire Galah for Sale

Former Rangeview sire Galah for Sale

Never-say-die galloper Let’s Galahvant has been a faithful flagbearer for Galah and the former Rangeview Stud sire has another talent rising through the ranks named Desennea. Desennea came from last to complete a hat-trick in the Drummond Golf Hcp (1800m) at...
Playing a lone hand at Darling View

Playing a lone hand at Darling View

Playing God has played a lone hand for local stallions during the first three days of The Pinnacles at Ascot. The Darling View Thoroughbreds champion has sired the winners of five black-type races at the half-way point of The Pinnacles and he’s gearing up for Day 4...
Snippetson mare qualifies for Platinum Final

Snippetson mare qualifies for Platinum Final

Snippetson mare Forever Dreaming had been placed five times this season for trainer Colin Webster before winning Heat 3 of the Westspeed Platinum Series (1400m) at Ascot on Saturday. She was poised to pounce on the home-turn before grinding out a tough victory for...
Rocket Juice – TBWA Winner of the Week

Rocket Juice – TBWA Winner of the Week

Cockatoo Ridge owner Colin Loxton and trainer Neville Parnham presented another winner with potential when Rocket Juice led from barrier-to-box in the Glenroy Chaff Maiden (1211m) at Bunbury on Wednesday. Loxton and Parnham were a dominant combination between 2009 and...
Group 1 graduate a gem from Ruby

Group 1 graduate a gem from Ruby

Breeding and selling racehorses had always been a hobby for the O’Bree family until they made a momentous decision to go commercial in 2020. The O’Brees – Rod & Bridie and their children Jaime & Daniel – operate Ruby Racing & Breeding in the mid-west...
Dream Playing God double for Darling View

Dream Playing God double for Darling View

Darling View’s Brent Atwell was still floating on air a day after Playing God sired a dream double at Ascot on Saturday. In what could well be a pivotal day in a stud career that’s knows no bounds, Playing God 3yo Zipaway won a prized Group 2 in the WA Guineas (1600m)...
Goldfields gallopers gallivanting at Ascot

Goldfields gallopers gallivanting at Ascot

Not the for the first time, the Goldfields race round supplied two feature winners at the Ascot carnival when Be Optimistic (Blackfriars) and Let’s Galahavant (Galah) were successful on Saturday. Be Optimistic was an on-pace winner of the LR Kalgoorlie Cup (2300m)...