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…
DetailsJim 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.…
Details10-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…
DetailsTrainer Bruce Kay has urged punters not to overlook Sheikh It as he aims for his first success in the XXXX Broome Cup (2200m) on Saturday. Kay had his first crack at winning the Broome Cup last year, but came up short when Bulletson finished a fair margin of Staaden in sixth place. Kay is…
DetailsPierro gelding Regal Power has been crowned 2021/22 WA Racehorse of the Year at the WA Thoroughbred Racing Awards this evening. The six-year-old doubled down on his noble status, also taking the award for racehorses aged four years and older in a terrific season highlighted by a thrilling Group 1 Kingston Town Classic win. With…
DetailsIn 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…
DetailsThere’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…
DetailsGROUP 1S Railway Stakes Western Empire William Pike G & A Williams Winterbottom Graceful Girl William Pike G & A Williams Kingston Town` Regal Power Pat Carbery G & A Williams GROUP 2S Lee Steere Stakes Massimo Clint Johnston-Porter C & M Gangemi WA Guineas Treasured Star William Pike G & A Williams Ted…
DetailsNerodio 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…
DetailsJayden Lyall says he’s delighted to welcome Great Again as a new acquisition to his stable. As a nine-year-old his best days are probably behind him, but Lyall is hopeful of sneaking a few more wins out of the Viscount gelding. Lyall’s want could come as soon as Saturday with Great Again to make his…
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