Sydney galloper Roots is set to run in next Saturday’s Group 1 Railway Stakes (1600m) at Ascot and top jockey Tommy Berry has been booked to ride the last start winner. Berry continues his successful association with the Chris Waller-trained five-year-old after riding her to a dominant victory in last week’s Hot Danish Stakes (1400m)…
DetailsEvergreen Valour Road is poised for the next month’s $1.5 million Gold Rush (1400m) after his amazing career resurgence continued at Ascot on Saturday. The Simon Miller-trained eight-year-old, aided by an outstanding Chris Parnham ride, claimed the Group 2 Lee Steere Stakes (1400m) by just under a length. Sent forward from barrier 13 by Parnham,…
DetailsThe $500,000 Placid Ark Stakes (1200m) launches the Ascot Pinnacles Carnival on Saturday and it promises to be a belter. With a host of top three-year-olds racing in WA presently, it is certain to live up to its billing and hype. The race is named in honour of a sprinting great who was inducted into…
DetailsIt’s been a hard battle for Alaskan God since his outstanding three-year-old season, but trainer Dan Morton maintains ultimate faith in his gelding. It’s been 581 days and 10 starts since Alaskan God’s WA Derby (2400m) triumph, but Morton is still enthusiastic about the six-year-old and his future. Alaskan God is back in Perth and…
DetailsIt’s been near two decades since trainer Trevor Andrews took out the Fairetha Stakes (1400m), but he believes A Lot Of Good Men presents a golden opportunity of returning to the races honour roll on Saturday. Andrews is backing A Lot Of Good Men to pass his biggest test in the $125,000 Listed Fairetha Stakes…
DetailsGrant Williams will let the dust settle on Keshi Boom’s stunning Burgess Queen Stakes (1400m) victory before mapping out a path for the outstanding filly. Keshi Boom became the latest stakes winner for Williams, who trains the three-year-old with his partner, Alana, after upsetting hot favourite, Super Smink by 1 ¼ lengths. The Dan Morton-trained…
DetailsReigning Two-Year-Old Horse Of The Year Super Smink is the $1.90 favourite for Tuesday’s Tabtouch-Listed Burgess Queen Stakes (1400m), but trainer Dan Morton is taking nothing for granted. A sticky draw from barrier one, mindful it’s not Super Smink’s grand final as well as the record of favourites in the Burgess Queen Stakes is giving…
DetailsWA Hall Of Fame trainer Neville Parnham is excited about Snowdome’s return and thinks he can be a genuine winning chance at Ascot on Saturday. Parnham says he’s got Snowdome going as well as he can ahead of the Tabtouch Prince Of Wales Stakes (1000m), his first visit to the race track since June. Snowdome…
DetailsThe roller coaster of racing. The emotional fall out of winning or losing. The ups and downs and the turmoil. There is a plethora of other clichés that you can mention, but the overriding feeling for trainer Simon Miller was frustration. His glamour mare Amelia’s Jewel, who had taken all before her in Perth and…
DetailsBullsbrook trainer Jim Taylor fears Alsephina will be too classy for Searchin’ Roc’s as he shoots for his second Asian Beau Stakes (1400m) victory at Ascot on the weekend. Taylor hasn’t conceded Saturday’s Group 3 Asian Beau Stakes to Alsephina, but says the Grant and Alana Williams-trained five-year-old is clearly the horse to beat on…
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