Magic double for Rivercrest and Ducimus

Magic double for Rivercrest and Ducimus

Studmaster Steve Hoare and his wife Diane celebrated imminent retirement and the sale of Rivercrest Park with a double on the weekend at Ascot and York. They bred the winning Ducimus mares Define Beautiful who qualified for the Westspeed Platinum Final on Saturday and...
Beatty – TBWA Winner of the Week

Beatty – TBWA Winner of the Week

Just a week after his much-loved flag-bearer Red Can Man was retired, Yarradale Stud stallion Gingerbread Man unearthed a debut winner who can develop into another black-type galloper of the future. His 2yo colt Beatty looked up to that level after being backed into...
Sky Duke holds sway on Saturday

Sky Duke holds sway on Saturday

Punters ignored Sky Duke at their peril when the Playing God gelding eased from $31 out to $51 before causing a massive upset at Ascot on Saturday. Sky Duke has been a stable mainstay for trainer Neville Parnham since winning a Belmont nursery on debut in May 2022 and...
The gift that keeps on giving at Yarradale

The gift that keeps on giving at Yarradale

Ron Sayers was a mining industry leader in the Goldfields as the founder of Ausdrill and he was also a legend in the racing and breeding industries at Yarradale Stud in Gidgegannup. The farm was bursting with breeding stock back in the day and the stud’s stallions...
Bondi filly Blossoms for Mulberry Racing

Bondi filly Blossoms for Mulberry Racing

Lynward Park-bred graduate Bondi Blossom impressed her trainer Brad Widdup when breaking through in the Poppy Parsons Memorial Maiden (1600m) at Gosford on Thursday. Bondi Blossom (3f Bondi – Devils Arcade by Snowland) settled midfield off a sedate pace set by...
Geisel Park’s Sweet success in Burgess Queen

Geisel Park’s Sweet success in Burgess Queen

Geisel Park has more than one winning connection with the LR Burgess Queen Stakes (1400m) and the latest renewal of the feature race for 3yo fillies added another when Playin’it Sweet prevailed for owner-breeders Rod and Tania Cosgrove on Tuesday....
Masmelo another classic candidate by Maschino

Masmelo another classic candidate by Maschino

Toodyay breeders Dave and Doris Keens doubled up within a half-hour when their 3yo maiden winners Masmelo (Maschino) and Solo Vega (Lucky Vega) saluted on Tuesday.  They were offered by Gervase Park owners Chris and Andrea Gales (as agent) at the Perth Magic Millions...
Playing God sires 24th Stakes winner on Cup Day

Playing God sires 24th Stakes winner on Cup Day

Playin’it Sweet claimed a second LR Burgess Queen Stakes (1400m) victory for Playing God yesterday and she’s the 24th black-type winner overall for the Darling View Thoroughbreds Champion. The Adam Durrant-trained filly shadowed front-runner Our Girl Can Run...
Luana Miss – TBWA Winner of the Week

Luana Miss – TBWA Winner of the Week

The sky’s the limit for Saturday’s runaway Placid Ark Prelude (1100m) winner Luana Miss. The Trevor Andrews-trained filly chimed in from the back-half of the field to score running away in a tip-top dress rehearsal for the LR Placid Ark Stakes (1200m) at Ascot on...
Ridgeport Rock ready for Railway Stakes

Ridgeport Rock ready for Railway Stakes

Watch Me Rock has fulfilled a day of firsts for Ridgeport Farm with a career-high victory in G3 Asian Beau Stakes (1400m) at Ascot. Saturday started on a winning note for the Waroona stud when resident sire Rommel doubled up with Battle Commander (TABtouch Hcp) and...
Jokers Grin on track for Winterbottom Stakes

Jokers Grin on track for Winterbottom Stakes

Jokers Grin came of age during a very profitable autumn campaign and he’s on track to ink that bank-balance in elite black-type come the Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) at Ascot on November 29. That spring journey commenced on Saturday in the G3 Prince Of Wales...
A Lot clocks century with Odinaka

A Lot clocks century with Odinaka

Odinaka registered the 100th win for his sire A Lot (USA) with a well-timed victory in the Quayclean Hcp (1800m) on Asian Beau Stakes Day at Ascot. The Steve Wolfe-trained gelding jumped in front before handing up the lead to follow his former stablemate Classic Rogue...