Viscount stayer Tick Tick Bloom is bred to win a Perth Cup and trainer Adam Durrant will head that way next season. “She’s tall and leggy and with a bit more maturity can be a carnival horse,” Durrant said after the mare won the Vale Elite Belle Hcp (1800m) at Ascot on Saturday. “She will…
DetailsPunters couldn’t split Red Ora and Volkoff in the Westspeed 3YO Handicap (1200m) and they were spot on with the pair fighting out a stirring finish. The $2.40 favourites went stride for stride down the straight before Red Ora fought back after being headed to win by a half-head. The Due Sasso gelding, who gave…
DetailsTrainer Adam Durrant predicts a bright future for Tick Tick Bloom, a dominant winner of the Vale Elite Belle Handicap (1800m) at Ascot. Punters had little to worry about with the $1.30 favourite skipping away after taking the lead in the straight to score by 2 ½ lengths. Run For Rum sailed along the fence…
DetailsGreat Southern trainer Paul Hunter concedes the visiting raiders will be hard to toss in the Mungrup Stud Sprint (1300m) on Sunday, but he won’t rule out Le Sacre playing a part in the Mount Barker feature. The Oratorio seven-year-old, one of two entrants for Hunter, will have to shake a local hoodoo and defy…
DetailsCo trainer Clint Price considers fitness and reduced weight to be the key to Hop On Hop Off’s winning chances at Bunbury on Thursday. Price says he expects his mare to have improved after a first up third to Distant Memory at Bunbury when she carried a career high 59kg. Hop On Hop Off, who…
DetailsRacing and Wagering Western Australia and Perth Racing in consultation with industry participants have decided to bring forward the commencement time for Belmont and Lark Hill Trials from 9am to 8am between the months of December through to March. The revised starting time of 8am will be effective from this Monday, 19 January 2015 and…
DetailsWestern Power has advised that crews will be washing ash and dust off the power lines in Bullsbrook from helicopters on Friday. A Western Power spokesman said as there were many horse breeders and livestock holders in the area they advised owners to move animals from paddocks near power lines. Western Power has started rebuilding parts…
DetailsThe Western Australian racing industry has been left reeling following the devastating death of Elite Belle who suffered a heart attack during a plane trip to Melbourne. Elite Belle, raced by leading breeder-owners Bob and Sandra Peters, was heading east to take on the nation’s best gallopers at the upcoming Melbourne and Sydney autumn carnivals…
DetailsShe’s A Virtue capped a top weekend for in form trainer, Vaughn Sigley and looks set for a bright future after posting an impressive win at Pinjarra on Sunday. The daughter of He’s A Decoy is part of a strong Sigley stable that has chalked up winners with constant regularity in recent weeks. Headlining a…
DetailsKate Witten has won The Western Australian Racing Trainer’s Association’s Encouragement award for January. Witten, indentured to her father, Robbie, recently returned to the saddle after seriously injury her knee at track work. The budding apprentice missed close to a year of her career before making a successful comeback at Esperance on Boxing Day. She…
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