NERODIO & BAKRANICH: A PERFECT MATCH

As she was coming through the ranks and making a go at training full time, Stephanie Bakranich was hopeful of landing a good horse to give her fledging career a kick along. Enter Nerodio. The Playing God gelding fortuitously walked into Bakranich’s stable three years ago and since then the pair has formed a formidable…

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GUN MARE TRANSFERS TO NEW STABLE

Jim Taylor is looking forward to the challenge of preparing talented mare Searchin’ Roc’s. The four-year-old has transferred to his care from David Harrison and Taylor is excited by the challenge ahead. “I probably wouldn’t have taken her because she’s a bad barrier horse, but I don’t mind a challenge,” Taylor told The Races WA.…

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DURRANT NOT DREAMING BIG WITH FILLY

10-time leading trainer Adam Durrant isn’t going to raise the bar too high for multiple blacktype winning filly Constant Dreaming, as she edges closer to the start of a new campaign. Constant Dreaming won the Listed 1000 Guineas (1800m) and Natasha Stakes (2200m), before she finished third as a short-price favourite in the Group 3…

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SPECIAL HORSE FOR SPECIAL TIME

In The Bag is a special horse for trainer Yannick Valenti and his partner, jockey, Jessica Gray, who arrived at an important time in their lives. Valenti and Gray have forged an unflappable bond with the eight-year-old and they’re hoping to share one more triumph with the gelding. In The Bag, who has been tearing…

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PATEMAN FAMILY TRADITION CONTINUES

There’s hardly a ripple of surprise when the Pateman name figures prominently in country races across WA, but on the weekend it was a newer member of the racing family who stood out. Aaron Pateman, in his first full season of training, claimed his biggest scalp to date when in-form gelding Block Of Land scored…

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NERODIO A BOLTON BOLTER

Nerodio will be a surprise starter in Saturday’s $125,000 Listed Bolton Sprint (1200m) at Belmont. Nerodio was having a short break after winning a second consecutive Beaufine Stakes (1000m) two weeks ago, but trainer Stephanie Bakranich had a change of heart. “My original plan was to bypass the Bolton and give him a freshen-up before…

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