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…
DetailsVaughn 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…
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsMEDIA RELEASE 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. Thursday 19 February 2015 Vice Chairman Resigns, Perth Racing Mr Rigg, an avid racegoer and successful horse owner / breeder was elected…
DetailsA pair of strapping colts by two of Western Australia’s leading sires topped Book Two of the Magic Millions Perth Yearling Sale at Belmont today. Sold just minutes apart, the sons of Blackfriars and Oratorio were sold to local buyers for $90,000 after attracting strong interest when offered by their respective vendors. Lot 325, Scenic Lodge’s…
DetailsIt’s common in racing for male horses to come out and win after they have been gelded. Trainer Mark Bairstow is banking on that adage when Reflectance tackles the Listed Pinjarra Classic (1300m) on Sunday. Bairstow lost patience with Reflectance and opted for the ultimate gear change after he was unplaced in last January’s Mandurah…
DetailsA cracking colt by leading freshman sire Beneteau was the star act on Day One of the 2015 Magic Millions Perth Yearling Sale at Belmont today. Offered at the auction by Yarradale Stud the colt attracted significant interest from many parties before local trainer Neville Parnham went head to head with Sydney based horseman Gary…
DetailsLeading Great Southern trainer Paul Hunter believes weight is the biggest obstacle to The Express notching successive wins at Mount Barker on Wednesday. The Danehill Express gelding will lump top weight of 59kg after carrying 1kg less when breaking his maiden status at Albany two weeks ago. Following three consecutive placings he broke through in…
DetailsMegg’s Currency may have caught a few learned judges off guard but her win on Saturday came as no surprise to trainer Ashley Maley and jockey Shaun McGruddy. Defying her $41 TAB rating, Megg’s Currency surged past Flying Force and Studio Fifty Four, giving Maley his first city win on a Saturday. Megg’s Currency was…
DetailsThe ATA is disappointed and concerned that Racing Victoria has chosen to decline our formal request to provide an explanation as to why no advice or warnings were issued when the Local Rule of Racing (LR 68A) establishing a threshold for cobalt was introduced in Victoria in April 2014. The Australian Rule of Racing, introduced…
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