Dig Deep has been retired. The Deep Field six-year-old ran his final race in last Sunday’s Mt Barker Sprint (1300m) when unplaced. Described by co-trainers Dan and Ben Pearce as honest and competitive, Dig Deep claimed his biggest scalp as a two-year-old when he won the 2019 G2 Karrakatta Plate (1200m). Ridden by Jarrad Noske,…
DetailsThe idea of taking Stafford’s Lad on an interstate trip looms as an appealing prospect for top Perth trainer, Dan Morton. A South Australian campaign is on the cards for Stafford’s Lad with the G2 Adelaide Cup (3200m) viewed as an ideal target. Morton wanted to race Stafford’s Lad in last year’s Adelaide Cup, but…
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Leading Albany trainer Roy Rogers continued his recent domination of the Great Southern when taking out the featured $100,000 TABtouch Fitzpatrick Plate (1230m) with Strathmore Rose on Sunday. Ridden by Beaux Banovic-Edwards, the War Chant mare was supported from $9 to $6 in betting off the back of a dominant 4.6 length win first-up over…
DetailsThe Simon Miller-trained Hardly Ever has been given a strong push by jockey Patrick Carbery ahead of her fourth-up assignment in tomorrow’s Own The Dream Registrations Now Open Handicap (1600m) at Ascot. A winner over subsequent back-to-back victor Real Danger two starts ago, the Nicconi four-year-old ran a close fourth to The Velvet Queen at…
DetailsMagnus five-year-old How’s The Serenity delivered apprentice jockey Holly Watson her second Listed success at Ascot on Sunday when producing a devastating return in the $125,000 Furphy Summer Scorcher (1000m). Trained by Watson’s boss, Simon Miller, the speedy mare followed up two impressive recent trial wins with a convincing all-the-way victory, beating Wilchino by more…
DetailsJockey Jordan Turner will attempt to win the Perth Cup (2400m) for the first time with his first ever ride in the staying race. Nearly a decade since he commenced his apprenticeship, Turner will team up with Dom To Shoot in the $500,000 G2 event on Sunday. “I was in Melbourne for two years and…
DetailsTrainer Ben Pearce has been chasing the dream of winning the Perth Cup for two decades. It’s been a driving ambition, prior to branching out solo and before forming a successful co-training partnership with his brother, Dan. The seeds of Pearce’s Perth Cup vision was first sown when he worked with Geoff Durrant, father of…
DetailsLeading owner Bob Peters will be out to end an unusually quiet Ascot racing carnival on a high note in this week’s TABtouch-Perth Cup (2400m). Peters, along with wife Sandra, have won the New Year’s Day feature on 10 previous occasions, including the most recent edition with Midnight Blue. They will be represented by Pure…
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