Winning Rupert transferred to Geisel Park last year and his Group 2 winner Iowna Merc has also made the trek west this week in an attempt to go one better in the Group 1 Railway Stakes (1600m) at Ascot on Saturday. Iowna Merc is prepared by Warwick Farm trainer Bjorn...

Storyville is back where she belongs on centre stage for the Group 1 Railway Stakes (1600m) at Ascot this Saturday. It’s a seven-day turnaround for the Grant and Alana Williams-trained homebred mare following a Group 3 victory in the Bob Peters Stakes (1500m)....

Hawkesbury trainer Brad Widdup struck for the second time with a Perth Magic Millions graduate this month when Azure Angel made a winning debut at Scone on Tuesday. The Playing God filly had been placed in a Warwick Farm barrier trial last month and firmed into $7 for...

Throwing Luana Miss into the deep end of a G1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) is a gamble her connections will seriously consider in light of her win against the odds in the LR Placid Ark Stakes (1200m) on Saturday. The Placid Ark winner received a ballot-free entry into...

Oakland Park had all the bases covered from the south-west to the mid-west last week and its homebred filly Pure Excess hit a home-run in the G3 Champion Fillies Stakes (1600m) on Saturday. Pure Excess (3f Exceedance – Pure Purity by Perfect Soul) went into the...

Reigning WA Horse of the Year Jokers Grin is on course for a well-deserved Group 1 following a trouble-free victory in the G3 Colonel Reeves Stakes (1100m) at Ascot yesterday. Jokers Grin (5g Maschino – Walk In Beauty by Barely A Moment) settled at the tail of...

It was another grey day for Yarradale Stud and Greenfields Lodge when Neap Tide made it back-to-back wins in the Nixon Electrical Hcp (2000m) at Bunbury on Thursday. Yarradale (Lyn Sayers) and Greenfields (Tony & Libby Patrizi) are next-door neighbours in...

Forest View Farm owners Ben and Jo Duncan are marking time with high-class mare Super Smink ahead of next Saturday’s G1 Railway Stakes (1600m) but they took time out to savour Fast Harry’s victory at Ascot yesterday. The Duncans bred and sold Super Smink and she was...

Folklore has it an acorn doesn’t fall from the tree and that was evident when applied to a free-wheeling winner by that name in the Country Comfort Maiden (1000m) at Bunbury yesterday. The winner in question is an Oakland Park homebred named Acorn whose parents happen...

Karnup trainer Jason Miller is looking forward to the Ascot summer carnival with his top-class mares Bonjoy (Maschino) and Admiration Express (My Admiration) and he’s already making plans for a classic campaign in the autumn with Herault (Gingerbread Man). Herault won...

Gold Front Thoroughbreds expat Awesome Fluke rewarded his new owner with a thrilling victory in a blanket finish to the Hing Yip Hcp (1800m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday. Awesome Fluke (6g Awesome Rock – Jayquin Star by O’Reilly) saluted at $31 but it was...