Saturday’s Ascot meeting will be a special and memorable day for fledgling trainer Jessica Bain as she saddles her first runner in town. Bain will realise an ambition when her talented and in-form mare All In Red steps out in the Tabtouch-Westspeed Platinum Handicap (1500m). “I’m nervous and excited all at the same time,” Bain…
DetailsAfter an aborted attempt previously, former harness racing trainer Pat Keating turns his hand to thoroughbreds on Wednesday. Serving as stable foreman for Grant and Alana Williams and nearly 12 years since he left standardbreds, Keating is set to saddle his first runner at Wednesday’s Bunbury meeting. Keating will step out Shooting Shirocco, a four-year-old…
DetailsCo trainer Michael Gangemi is confident Samizdat can continue his campaign in a blaze of glory ahead of an interstate campaign. Samizdat will look to add Sunday’s Pinjarra Classic (1300m) and next month’s Bunbury Stakes (1400m) to his previous victory in the Scenic Blast Stakes (1200m). The classy chestnut charged home to defeat Flirtini by…
DetailsTrainer Neville Parnham has not given up on an interstate campaign for two of his top stable gallopers. Platoon and Indian Pacific were unable to secure a flight departing Perth for Melbourne tonight, but all is not lost according to Parnham. “Bob (Peters) rang me to say only Arcadia Queen and Regal Power were going…
DetailsLeading jockey William Pike has sounded an ominous warning to east coast rivals, labelling the trials of star duo Arcadia Queen and Regal Power as “fantastic” at Lark Hill this morning. Arcadia Queen won her trial over 950m in a time of 56.80, while Regal Power also won his trial over 1450m later in the…
DetailsThe finest of the Western Australian thoroughbred yearling crop will congregate at the 2021 Magic Millions Perth Yearling Sale over Thursday 18 and Friday 19 February at the Magic Millions world-class sales complex in the Swan Valley. Regarded as one of the best producing auctions in Australasia, Magic Millions has brought together a quality catalogue of…
DetailsThere was a fair amount apprehension for trainer Kieran McDonagh ahead of Tuesday’s barrier trials, but he left Lark Hill in a buoyant mood after the final heat featuring his stable flag bearer Cockney Crew. After a 15-month absence and a raft of niggling injury and illness concerns, the classy five-year-old made his first public…
DetailsAfter days of uncertainty and consternation for trainer Dan Morton, he confirmed star sprinter Elite Street will take his place in Saturday’s Group 1 Black Caviar Lightning Stakes (1000m) at Flemington. Elite Street and stablemate Kissonallforcheeks were set to fly to Melbourne last week, but those plans were scuttled after Perth went into Covid-19 lock…
DetailsRacing and Wagering Western Australia (RWWA) is pleased to advise of last night’s announcement, that pending no further local cases of COVID-19, the five-day lockdown for the Perth, Peel and South West regions will end as planned at 6pm, Friday 5 February. Perth and Peel will enter into a post-lockdown transition period from 6pm Friday…
DetailsJockey Shaun McGruddy reckons Magic Millions WA 2YO Classic contender Ex Sport Man displays similar traits to Watch Me Dance. With Watch Me Dance considered one of Western Australia’s most promising horses, it’s a glowing endorsement. After a hat trick of placings in major two-year-old races including the rich Karrakatta Plate (1200m), Watch Me Dance…
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