The future of Western Australian racing will be on display as the state’s brightest young riders compete in the Touchstone Farm ‘Rising Stars’ Apprentice series. The Leading Apprentice at each meeting will be wearing the Rising Stars logo and colours: red jacket, black sleeves, white armband with red cap and black stars. Belmont’s Birthday Stakes…
DetailsThoroughbred – Stewards Inquiry – Trainer Mr Rickie Brown – THE FLIRT – Kalgoorlie Boulder Racing Club, Sunday 5 July 2015 RWWA Stewards today continued the inquiry into a report received from the ChemCentre in Perth that methocarbamol, a muscle relaxant was detected in the post-race urine sample taken from THE FLIRT after it won…
DetailsGlamour mare Wink And A Nod set Belmont Park alight during the winter to emerge as a serious threat in feature races at the upcoming Ascot carnival. The daughter of McFlirt established her credentials between May and September with six of eight victories including a feature race hat trick. She ended her campaign on a…
DetailsRosmartini can continue to vindicate the faith of trainer Simon Miller when she tackles the Westspeed 3YO Handicap (1400m) at Belmont on Wednesday. Miller predicts a bright future for the daughter of Proart and expects her to figure prominently in three-year-old features for fillies at the upcoming Ascot carnival. Miller made the boast after Rosmartini…
DetailsOne of Gai Waterhouse’s quartet of fillies entered for the Group I Flight Stakes (1600m) is likely to contest another race at Randwick on Saturday. Gai Waterhouse is likely to run three fillies in the 2015 Flight Stakes. Photo: Steve Hart Waterhouse nominated Speak Fondly, Sempre Libera, Kimberley Star and Flamboyant Lass for the Flight…
DetailsLankan Rupee continued his build-up to his first run of the spring with a jumpout at Caulfield on Tuesday morning. ALMOST READY: Lankan Rupee pleased trainer Mick Price in a jumpout on Tuesday. Photo: Darryl Sherer The five-time Group I winner will appear in Saturday week’s Group II Schillaci Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield after pleasing…
DetailsPeter Fernie was officially crowned Champion Trainer as the Kalgoorlie-Boulder Racing Club conducted their final meeting on Sunday. Fernie’s name had his name on the Champion Trainer honour roll from early on in the season, given his final tally of 51 winners, 36 clear of his next rival, runner-up, Pat Bermingham Jnr. Former jockey, Brett…
DetailsJerry Noske created personal and family history when she won the $160,000 Listed XXXX-Gold Kalgoorlie Cup (2300m) with Woodsville on Sunday. Noske became the first female rider to win the Kalgoorlie Cup and emulated the feat of her trainer, father, Jeff, who rode Lawmaker to victory in 2002. Woodsville was given a perfect run by…
DetailsTrainer Stephen Rowe cautions punters not to discount his charge Pharomac in the $140,000 Listed TABtouch Hannans Handicap (1400m) at Kalgoorlie this afternoon. Pharomac is currently rated a $26 chance in TABtouch markets, but Rowe is confident a gun barrier draw has boosted the six-year-old’s claims of snatching victory. Rowe says with top fancies including…
DetailsDavid Smith says Friarday’s agonizing defeat in last year’s Kalgoorlie Cup still burns. It’s been almost 12-months since the loss but it’s a memory that still haunts Smith. No matter how many times he relives the race the result remains does not change. Friarday, the fledgling trainer’s first starter in a Kalgoorlie Cup, was beaten…
Details