Dainty Tess gave Dan Morton a morale boost after she raced away to take out the Budget Car & Truck Rental Plate (1200m) at Ascot yesterday. The War Chant filly’s win came less than 24 hours after Morton was forced to abandon Watermans Bay’s Brisbane winter campaign. The Eternity Range gelding, who suffered a mishap…
DetailsTradesman’s comeback gathers momentum when he tackles the Budget Good To Go Handicap (1500m) at Ascot on Saturday. After a nine month absence the Trade Fair gelding came agonisingly close to pulling off a brilliant return to racing two weeks ago. The four-year-old was the subject of heavy support from punters, but was denied victory…
DetailsJockey Michael Walker is hoping he can return to the saddle within the next month but will know more after he sees another specialist. Michael Walker. Photo: Darryl Sherer Walker visited a neurosurgeon on Wednesday and received a positive report in relation to bleeding on the brain he suffered when he hit his head in…
DetailsThis season’s Group I Australian Guineas winner Palentino has a major change of ownership. Palentino will race in new ownership next preparation. Photo: Darryl Sherer Sun Stud, formerly known as Eliza Park International, has secured a 50 percent stake in the Darren Weir-trained three-year-old son of Teofilo. Sun Stud principal Danielle Cheng said the operation…
DetailsIn racing owners can often overstate the abilities and talents of their horses. At times it requires the measured response from a trainer to temper their ambitions. But co-owners Tony and Paul Noonan have unshakeable in their mare, Saxon’s Patch. After time with Peggy Brown and Kevin McAuley they sent Saxon’s Patch to Gary Crispin…
DetailsUnbeaten filly Whispering Brook will headline trainer Simon Miller’s Melbourne spring carnival assault after enhancing her reputation at Ascot on Saturday. Whispering Brook confirmed she was WA’s best juvenile after completing a clean sweep of two-year-old races in the Group 3 WA Sires Produce Stakes (1400m). It followed earlier successes in the Listed Supremacy Stakes…
DetailsZac Purton rode a double at Sha Tin on Saturday but said neither would have won had he been riding to the new Australian whip rules. Zac Purton rode a double at Sha Tin on Saturday. Photo: Steve Hart Purton scored aboard Rouge Et Blanc and Washington Heights by a nose and a neck respectively,…
DetailsThoroughbred Breeders Australia (TBA) president Basil Nolan has labelled Racing Australia’s proposal to bring breeders under the rules of racing a “power grab”. “It tells you everything about Racing Australia that they made the announcement without even bothering to first inform TBA and while they were still supposed to be considering a proposal from us,”…
DetailsTroy Turner is happy to concede Illuminated hot favouritism in the Narrogin Cup, but believes Ready To Fire is capable of causing a massive upset in the provincial feature. Illuminated, a powerful member of the cerise and white army of owner-breeder, Bob Peters and trainer, Grant Williams, is a raging odds on favourite with punters.…
DetailsTrainer Adam Durrant expects jockey, Joe Azzopardi, to take full advantage of Kia Ora Koutou’s draw in the $200,000 WA Derby (2400m) at Ascot on Saturday. Durrant believes from an inside barrier position and with improved fitness Azzopardi can race Kia Ora Koutou handier to the lead in the Group 2 classic. “From barrier one…
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