Owners Only Trackwork Breakfast BBQ
The WA Racing Industry invites owners to attend a complimentary BBQ breakfast at Ascot Trackwork at ‘The Deck’ adjacent to the 1900 Bar.
Childs To Revive Nat The Fyfe Fortunes At Geraldton
Sarah Childs is confident she can revive the fortunes of Nat The Fyfe in the 56 Years Bookmaking Handicap (1300m) at Geraldton on Wednesday. The former Perth galloper, previously with Simon Miller, has one win from 13 starts, but Childs believes he can end a long losing drought. The son of Danehill Express is in…
DetailsStrong Trial From Magic Millions Contender
Gerald Ryan’s promising colt King’s Troop is on track for a tilt at the $1 million Magic Millions Sprint (1100m) following a strong barrier trial at Rosehill on Tuesday. King’s Troop (black and yellow) falls short of Japonisme in the Group III San Domenico Stakes back in August. Photo: Steve Hart In what was the…
DetailsA Perfect Kingston Town Classic
Often the pre-race hype fails to match the main event. On this occasion, the running of the Group 1 Kingston Town Classic, it delivered so much more and then some. At the conclusion of a hard-fought 1800 metres, only a nose separated two combatants. That they were from the same stable only added to the…
DetailsBrilliant Debut By Kersley Charge
Douglas Whyte combined with debutant Lite’n In My Veins to land Saturday’s Group III Sir Ernest Lee-Steere Classic (1400m) in deteriorating conditions at Ascot. Doulas Whyte was full of praise for Lite’n In My Veins after his win in the Sir Ernest Lee Steere Classic on debut. Photo: SCMP The three-year-old son of Henrythenavigator won…
DetailsBreeders Launch Welfare Programme
Thoroughbred Breeders Australia (TBA) has launched a programme aimed at promoting thoroughbred welfare. The TBA has listed fundamental principles for the care of thoroughbred breeding stock and will appoint welfare officers in each state. Directives included among the guidelines are that horses should be provided with appropriate amounts of food and have access to quality…
DetailsBairstow Gets Final Laugh
If Bunbury trainer Mark Bairstow left the Northam Race Club on Thursday with a satisfied glow there would have been few if any who could begrudge him. Bairstow walked away from the meeting posting a double, but the win of perennial placegetter, Daisy Express, must have been especially satisfying. In a win for patience and…
DetailsSigley Shruggs Off Black Heart Bart Distance Query
Trainer Vaughn Sigley is adamant Black Heart Bart can overcome a distance query when he takes on a field of 16 in the Group 1 Kingston Town Classic (1800m) at Ascot on Saturday. Black Heart Bart has yet to register a win beyond 1420m and has failed in three attempts over 1800m, but the Lark…
DetailsDurrant’s Love For Kingston Town
Adam Durrant has ruled a line through Real Love’s run in the Railway Stakes and says the Desert King mare will rebound strongly in the Group 1 Kingston Town Classic (1800m) at Ascot on Saturday. Durrant said Real Love had no chance to pick up ground against an on speed bias when she finished seventh,…
DetailsKingston Town History
The Kingston Town Classic was first staged in 1979 and won by the George Hanlon-trained and David Brosnan-ridden, Family of Man, who won the race again two years later as the hot favourite when in the hands of Harry White. Hanlon and his compatriots in the Australian Racing Hall Of Fame, Bart Cummings, Tommy Smith,…
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