Geisel Park struck for the second time at Belmont this week when Count The Sessions won the TABtouch Hcp (1400m) with something in hand on Wednesday. The Holly Taylor-trained sprinter-miler was coming off a Northam breakthrough earlier this month and his connections...

The advent of every new season and the arrival of new foals is a magical time for horse lovers although there is a downside with the loss of a broodmare an ever-present reality even with the best of care. Bonding foster mares with an orphan foal is a precise procedure...

Trainer Stefan Vahala wasn’t flying too high when he decided to set Aztec Ruler for the G2 WA Guineas (1600m) at last year’s Ascot summer carnival. The 3yo son of Scenic Lodge sire Universal Ruler showed potential plus winning his first two starts at Belmont in July...

Darling View Thoroughbreds has announced its stalwart stallion Patronize has been pensioned from stud duties at Mundijong. The news coincided with Patronize 4yo Swim Through winning the Clinton Fuller Hcp (1000m) at Belmont on Saturday.  He was in the good books with...

Father and son trainers Peter and Luke Fernie prepared aptly-named filly Smarty from the first crop of Galah and they have unearthed another talented daughter of the former Rangeview Stud sire in the Goldfields. Galah filly Blitzem Babe won the Aquila Mining Maiden...

Gingerbread Man has taken an early lead on the WA Sires’ premiership this season following Ginger Baker’s win in Saturday’s $100,000 Blue Spec Stakes (1600m) at Belmont. The Yarradale Stud stallion flew the start when Phanta claimed the LR Belmont Newmarket (1200m)...

The first foals by Splintex are already making an impression with breeders like Forest View Farm’s Ben and Jo Duncan. Splintex covered 118 mares in his initial crop at Darling View Thoroughbreds last year.  That’s just one shy of the WA record for a first-season sire...

Shaun O’Donnell adopted different riding tactics to steer home a double for Gold Front Thoroughbreds sire Awesome Rock at Belmont on Wednesday. He came from last on Banks Avenue in the Peninsula Dining Room Hcp (1200m) and then led from go to whoa aboard Zaza...

King’s Troop is building a strong strike-rate with his new-season 4yo crop ahead of his first book at Roselee Park in Serpentine. His debutant Patron Of Kings was successful in the Amelia Park Maiden (1200m) at Belmont on Wednesday after winning three trials for...

Indie Ruler was run down at his first two starts at Belmont since a six-month spell but he wasn’t for catching in the Crown Perth Maiden (1200m) on Wednesday. Scenic Lodge-based stallion Universal Ruler has jumped to an early lead on the 2023-24 WA Sires’ Premiership...

Amelia’s Jewel continued a memorable August for her owner-breeder Peter Walsh with a triumphant WA Racehorse of The Year Award at The Ritz-Carlton on Saturday evening. The daughter of Champion Haras de Bonneval sire Siyouni (Fr) was an unchallenged winner following an...