Ryan Hill is set to launch a new chapter in his racing career with his first runner as a trainer at Northam on Thursday. Hill will saddle It’s Just A Gift in the Mane Event Café Maiden (1300m), a week after announcing his retirement from riding. The former English horseman rode 479 winners from nearly…
DetailsDavid Harrison hopes Searchin’ Roc’s can go close to dethroning budding star and raging favourite Western Empire in Saturday’s Group 1 Drummond Golf-Kingston Town Classic (1800m). Harrison is fully aware of the enormous challenge Western Empire presents to his Kingston Town Classic rivals, but he hasn’t given up all hope of the winning the $1…
DetailsThe TABtouch Masters comes to a conclusion next week with the Group 1 Drummond Golf-Kingston Town Classic the highlight. Western Empire will be looking to give owners Bob and Sandra Peters, trainers Grant and Alana Williams and jockey William Pike a clean sweep of the Group 1 events. Drummond Golf-Kingston Town Classic Dance Music –…
DetailsDay 3 of the Ascot Maters continues on Saturday with the running of the Drummond Golf Kingston Town Classic. KINGSTON TOWN CLASSIC OVERVIEW The race is named after the Australian Racing Hall Of Fame champion, Kingston Town, who won the race in 1982. The Kingston Town Classic was first run in 1976 and won…
DetailsWestern Australia’s hottest racing combination look set to continue after weeks of uncertainty, albeit in a reduced capacity. The racing world was rife last week of rumours that co-trainers Grant and Alana Williams and leading owner-breeder Bob Peters were set to split after the Ascot Masters. Peters and the Williams’ are on the verge of…
DetailsTrainer Lou Luciani will wait and see before deciding on whether to start Hot Zed in Saturday week’s Group 3 A.J. Scahill Stakes (1400m), following his win in Saturday’s Carbine Club Stakes (1400m). Hot Zed sat outside Son Of A God in the $125,000 feature and wore him down over the closing stages to win…
DetailsThe Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes headlines day 2 of the Ascot Masters on Saturday. The race has been won by a host of top line sprinters going back to the races inception in 1952. Below is an overview of the race. WINTERBOTTOM STAKES OVERVIEW The Winterbottom Stakes has been staged since 1952. WA Racing Hall…
DetailsHugh Bowman and Winx. Luke Nolen and Black Caviar. Glen Boss and Makybe Diva. Think about those three jockeys and you are drawn to their bond and association with the greats of Australian racing. In Perth, you can extend that connection between rider and horse to Jarrad Noske and Rock Magic. Noske rode Black Caviar in…
DetailsWestern Empire is hot favourite to win the Group 1 Heineken 3 Railway Stakes (1600m) at Ascot on Saturday, but owner Bob Peters remains cautious, despite his phenomenal record in the $1 million race Since Western Empire took out last fortnight’s Group 3 Asian Beau Stakes (1400m) with ridiculous ease, he has been all the…
DetailsHall Of Fame trainer Neville Parnham is unsure if Kay Cee can overcome hot favourite Western Empire in the Group 1 Heineken 3 Railway Stakes (1600m) on Saturday, but he is confident the Playing God mare enters the $1 million race in top shape. Parnham is under no illusion about the task facing Kay Cee,…
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