Lynward Park homebred Summer’s Legacy relished stretching out to a mile for the first time this prep with a straightforward victory in the Schweppes Hcp (1650m) on Wednesday. The Ascot result was never really in doubt once the $1.70 favourite lobbed one-out and...

Geisel Park sire Manhattan Rain has a barrage of big-money races looming for his Melbourne-based stars Jigsaw and Benagil but a low-key barrier trial in Perth next Monday will signal a new phase of his stud career. Just over a week after King Of Light (Earthlight)...

Red Sun Sensation was rated one of the leading 3yo stayers in Melbourne and Adelaide in 2022-23 and he gave Avon Valley racegoers a glimpse of that ability with a second-up victory in the LR Northam Cup (1600m) on Sunday. The Awesome Rock gelding was previously...

Josh Krispyn raised the bar for Asphalt at Ascot on Saturday and the promising sprinter-miler repaid that faith in a pulsating finish to the MCA Polytrack Hcp (1400m). Asphalt (5g Maschino – Fire Side by Hurricane Sky) defeated G1 Railway Stakes-bound galloper...

Trainer Dan Morton and Amelia Park know what it takes to win a G2 WA Guineas (1600m) and they were both taken with King Of Light when he remained unbeaten in the LR Belgravia Stakes (1200m) on Saturday. So were bookmakers.  King Of Light firmed into a $2.80 favourite...

The first Magic Millions Digital Sale is open for bidding until Wednesday with the largest draft in the inaugural 70 lot catalogue being offered by Maida Vale breeder Pat Robinson. Pat and her husband Bill (pictured) reached the pinnacle in racing when their homebred...

Victorian syndicator First Light Racing has a readymade flag-bearer in Perth with its impressive 3yo filly Spicy Thang. The flashy chestnut is the first winner for First Light in the west and she’s bred to be a black-type winner for trainer Luke Fernie.  “I...

Geisel Park’s black-type mare Laced Up Heels has returned a PPT off a maiden cover to Champion Australian Sire Zoustar. Laced Up Heels (6m by Toronado – A City Girl by Exceed And Excel) was retired following a short autumn campaign highlighted by an eye-catching...

Elite Beau has firmed into a $7 second favourite for the LR Placid Ark Stakes (1200m) next month on the back of a brilliant return in the Patten Hcp (1000m) at Ascot on Wednesday. The Yarradale Stud-bred graduate looked an untapped talent winning an Ascot juvenile on...

Last start G2 Perth Cup (2400m) runner-up Diamond Scene caught punters and jockey Clint Johnston-Porter off guard with an on-pace victory in the G3 Eurythmic Stakes (1400m) on Saturday. A market drifter at $15 first-up since New Year’s Day, Diamond Scene made the most...