Pro Ride Update
To all trainers please be advised that Pro ride will be out of action this coming Friday and Saturday mornings for works. Belmont Grass is open for trackwork on Saturday as usual. Cameron Sutherland: Perth Racing
DetailsIndustrial Update: Casual Employees
Are you too casual with casual employees? Employers need to understand that by simply calling your employee a casual and paying them according to the recommended rate for a casual employee (including a 25% loading), does not make them a casual employee. Being too casual with casual employees can prove financially disastrous. If the employment…
DetailsMagic Millions Testing Results
MEDIA RELEASE TESTING AT PERTH MAGIC MILLIONS SALE Racing and Wagering Western Australia, working in conjunction with Magic Millions, undertook testing for anabolic steroids at the recently conducted yearling sales in Perth pursuant to the new Australian Rule of Racing that bans the use of anabolic steroids in Thoroughbred horses from birth to retirement. RWWA…
DetailsBackhouse Street Warrants Shot At Esperance Cup Says Evans
Flourishing form from Backhouse Street has convinced Bunbury trainer Graeme Evans to have a shot at the $70,000 Esperance Cup (2020m) on Saturday. It was not on Evan’s mind when Backhouse Street commenced his campaign in October, but such has been the gelding’s form he’s had a rethink. Evans sent Backhouse Street to the Great…
DetailsGold Broker To Defy Esperance Cup History
Experienced Perth trainer Frank Maynard believes Gold Broker is primed to defy racing history in the $70,000 Esperance Cup (2020m) on Saturday. Gold Broker can emulate Special Jester who since the race was first staged in 1977 is the only horse to win successive Esperance Cups. Gold Broker returns to defend his crown after leading…
DetailsAmendments To Race Conditions
The most recent meeting of the Thoroughbred Racing Consultative Group considered a paper from the RWWA Manager Thoroughbred Racing, proposing a number of important changes to the conditions of thoroughbred races in Western Australia. Read full Media Release from RWWA (PDF)
DetailsResurgent Perth Galloper In Line For Esperance Cup
Fiona Scott maintains Brocky’s Deal will have to continue his level of improvement if he is to be a major player in this week’s $70,000 Esperance Cup (2020m). The former Perth galloper has discovered a new lease of life under Scott’s tutelage and is unbeaten after posting an important win over the cup distance last…
DetailsMorton’s Twin City Assault
Dan Morton will be absent from Ascot on Saturday but the in-form trainer still expects his stable to exert a major influence. One Off The Wood appears to have strong winning claims in the opening event and Orright in race five cannot be discounted. Morton will be at Flemington putting the final touches to Watermans…
DetailsSigley’s Pinjarra Classic Charge
Vaughn Sigley will instruct jockey Takahide Ikenushi to go forward and lead on Dawn Approach in the $120,000 Listed ‘Chaff City’ Pinjarra Classic (1300m) on Sunday. Similar tactics proved successful when Dawn Approach posted a hat trick including features in the Mungrup Stud Sprint (1300m) and Miss Andretti Stakes (1200m). Ikenushi will be desperate to…
DetailsVice Chairman Resignation
The Chairman of Perth Racing (The Western Australian Turf Club – WATC) Mr Ted van Heemst, today announced the resignation of Vice Chairman, Mr Edward G Rigg due to personal reasons. Mr Rigg, an avid racegoer and successful horse owner / breeder was elected to the Committee in October 2012 and was appointed Vice Chairman…
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