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Co trainer Sean Casey expects Fatale Femme to show further improvement when she lines up for her second race start at Ascot on Saturday. The Shooting To Win filly will take her place against eight rivals in the Crown Perth Handicap (1000m) after a top win on debut two weeks ago. Franking excellent trial form …

A promising Ascot carnival got even brighter for trainer Darren McAuliffe with the emergence of another feature race prospect at Ascot on Wednesday. With boom filly Clairvoyance, McAuliffe already boasts one of the hottest talents in Australia, but he looks to have unearthed another promising three-year-old in Solaia. The Toronado filly vindicated McAuliffe’s high rating …

The stellar week for apprentice jockey Hannah Fitzgerald continued at Ascot on Wednesday when she recorded her maiden city success. In a positive hands and heels riding display, Fitzgerald partnered $31 outsider Requisition to victory in the Mr’s Mac Handicap (1000m). Fitzgerald’s first win at Ascot came just five days after she was named Trainee …

Trainer Luke Fernie holds strong faith that Pym’s Royale will be able to cope with a step up in distance at Northam on Sunday. The Husson six-year-old tackles the Listed Iron Jack Northam Cup (1600m) with jockey Kyra Yuill in the saddle. In 29 career starts, Pym’s Royale has not recorded a victory beyond 1400 …

Western Australia’s glamour mare Arcadia Queen has been elevated to favouritism after drawing favourably in Saturday’s Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley. Trained by Grant and Alana Williams, Arcadia Queen replaced Russian Camelot at the head of TAB betting after drawing barrier 8. The Pierro mare has tightened to $4.60 Russian Camelot, who …

Trainer Tiarnna Robertson has not given up on Fabergino recording a Melbourne victory and ending a frustrating campaign on a winning high. Fabergino came to Melbourne to target the Group 1 Moir Stakes (1000m) at Moonee Valley in September, but those plans went awry. The Maschino mare lacked her usual brilliance from the gates and …

WATCH: THE TRIAL REPORT | LARK HILL | 19 OCT 2020 Join @santassnippets and Digby Beacham as they review the highlights out of this morning's heats at Lark Hill.@OfficialRWWA @TAB_Touch @TABRadio @PerthRacing pic.twitter.com/XWguCTgPeF — The Races WA (@theracesWA) October 19, 2020

Jockey Shaun McGruddy is concerned a wide barrier draw has hindered the winning chances of Red Can Man in the Group 3 Northerly Stakes (1400m) at Ascot on Saturday. McGruddy is still hopeful of a bold showing from Red Can Man, but is lamenting a similar draw that brought about his undoing in the Black …

Trainer Simon Miller is super confident that Valour Road can make an early statement when he commences his latest campaign at Ascot on Saturday. Valour Road is on a path to the Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) in November and can hit the ground running in the Listed Crawford Stakes (1000m). The multiple stakes winner …

Trainer Bernie Miller says a wide barrier draw is not a serious setback to the chances of Cup Night in the Group 3 Crown Perth Northerly Stakes (1400m) at Ascot on Saturday. The five-year-old, racing second-up after a slashing second to Stageman in last fortnight’s Black Heart Bart Stakes (1200m), drew barrier 13 in the …