The grand finale of Western Australia’s premier Ascot racing carnival will be a new $1.5million race called The Gold Rush. The name was chosen from thousands of suggestions by readers of The West Australian and Racing and Wagering Western Australia Chief Executive Officer Ian Edwards said it perfectly connected the glitter and excitement of racing with the…
DetailsDual Listed winner Nerodio won’t chase the second leg of a feature race double after scoring in the Beaufine Stakes (1000m) at Belmont on Saturday. Nerodio won last year’s Beaufine Stakes and ran sixth in the Bolton Sprint (1200m) two weeks later, but trainer Stephanie Bakranich said a decision had been made not to follow…
DetailsHarold “call me Jock” Campbell was neither from a racing family nor encouraged in the pursuit – but this did not keep him from a long and successful turf career. Born in 1901, he was not big as a child and, at 15, he convinced renowned owner Paddy Connolly – who had won the 1905…
DetailsAlbert Edmund Cockram, born near Gingin in 1870, was one of the most influential, colourful and controversial identities in the long history of WA racing and pacing. He was a star on both and, for a time, he owned most of the theatre. Like his father before him, Cockram harboured an interest in racehorses and…
DetailsWhen Lou Luciani took to the saddle in 1972, a promising career as a jockey beckoned. After eight years, however, he turned his mind to training. The decision bore immediate fruit when Dallas Dempster, one of the richest and most influential men in the state, opted to pursue a yearning to racehorses and provided Luciani…
DetailsThe 1986/87 Ascot summer of racing provided dramatic and lifelong memories for those who saw it. In the background, Alan Bond’s America’s Cup defense was being played out off Fremantle, while at the races the powerhouse team of Laurie Connell and Brian ‘Buster’ O’Malley were sweeping all before them. A few weeks after the Perth…
DetailsOne of the most popular mares to race in WA was La Trice, a galloping great of the late 1960s and early 70s. A daughter of famed colonial stallion, Matrice, La Trice was destined to become the first filly to win the Group 1 Karrakatta Plate for two-year-olds and then the Group 1 Railway Stakes…
DetailsMyalup trainer Michael Campbell is glad he had a change of heart. Pocketing $155,000 in prize money and bonus’ with the promise of more to come is a pretty good motivator, but for Campbell it’s more than just the dollars and cents. After a lifetime in racing and a successful one at that, Campbell was…
DetailsCourageous eight-year-old Prince Turbo could have run his final race after his brave victory in Saturday’s G3 Strickland Stakes (2000m) at Belmont. Trainer Jason Miller said Prince Turbo will be sent for scans, but fears the Vital Equine gelding may have suffered a career-ending third tendon injury. “To put a bit of a dampener on…
Details**MEDIA RELEASE** WA Trainers Economic Viability and Sustainability Report A recent independent study into the economic future of WA’s racehorse trainers has detailed the significant vulnerability of the sector and the need for urgent reform to avoid a wholesale collapse of the WA racing industry. The WA Racing Trainers Association (Inc.) commissioned former WARRG Chairman…
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