The Australian Racehorse of the Year Awards will have a strong Western Australian flavour at a function in Brisbane on Sunday, October 8, 2017. Seven part-owned Western Australian gallopers are in contention across seven categories to take out Australian thoroughbred racing’s highest honours. The Darren Weir-trained Black Heart Bart has been nominated for Champion Sprinter…
DetailsJust Like Fire could target the Northam Cup after her first up victory at Belmont.
Ascot trainer Raquel Williams believes there is a big win in store for Our Finest Moment who continued a consistent run of form at Belmont yesterday. Our Finest Moment, ridden by apprentice Fred Kersley, prevailed to score by 1 ¼ lengths after storming home in the Penfolds Handicap (1600m). Since returning from a fractured cannon…
DetailsPerth horseman Stephen Rowe says he can’t wait to get back to the Kalgoorlie race round and revive fond memories of his best win in racing In 2013 Rowe’s star gelding Barnsley Lad won the Coolgardie Cup (1600m) and a fortnight later ran second in the Boulder Cup (1760m). Barnsley Lad’s dominant victory in the…
DetailsAdam Durrant says classy gelding Disposition is displaying all the right signs ahead of the $120,000 Listed Hannans Handicap (1400m) at Kalgoorlie on Wednesday. Disposition is set to make his stable debut for Durrant after winning six races for co-trainers Grant and Alana Williams and Anthony Freedman in Melbourne. Disposition has not raced since the…
DetailsTrainer Anne King won the first leg of a Kalgoorlie treble after Already Famous won the Boulder Cup on Sunday. Miki Two Toes goes around in the Hannans on Wednesday before Already Famous lines up in the Kalgoorlie Cup on Sunday. It follows her first Listed win two weeks ago in the Farnley Stakes. She…
DetailsNeville Parnham predicted a bright future for Athlete who finished powerfully from midfield to take out the Schweppes Plate (1400m) at Belmont on Saturday. The Helmut gelding failed to strike a win in two starts as a juvenile, but since returning this campaign he has strung together an impressive winning double. Parnham has tentatively pencilled…
DetailsJockey Peter Hall and trainer Adam Durrant are poised to enhance their Boulder Cup (2100m) record when they combine with The Forgotten One in the $100,000 Listed feature at Kalgoorlie on Sunday. Hall is out to claim his fifth Boulder Cup victory and third in partnership with Durrant after they combined with top bay gelding…
DetailsDan Morton believes he can extend his Boulder Cup record when he saddles Macavity in the $100,000 Listed race at Kalgoorlie on Sunday. The Ascot trainer is chasing his third Boulder Cup success in five years after previous wins with Red Blast (2014) and Belora (2012). Morton says Macavity has the right credentials to win…
DetailsWeights have been released for the Caulfield-Melbourne Cup double with dual Irish St Leger winner Order Of St George allocated top weight for the Melbourne Cup while Hartnell heads Caulfield Cup weights. Order Of St George tops the Melbourne Cup weights for the second straight year. Photo: Ascot Racecourse The Aidan O’Brien-trained Order Of St George,…
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