Carbine Club Stakes (1400m) winner Minsk Moment will look for more blacktype success in next month’s $1.5 million TABtouch-Gold Rush. The four-year-old made a winning start for new trainer Adam Durrant in Saturday’s $125,000 feature and emerged as a key contender for the main event on the final day of the inaugural Pinnacles. Durrant said…
Details“Just forget he went around, just park the run.” That’s the takeout from trainer Dan Morton after the underwhelming performance of Alaskan God in last Saturday’s Group 1 Railway Stakes (1600m). After a sensational three-year-old season and a top run in the Asian Beau Stakes first-up, the hype and expectations on Alaskan God was high,…
DetailsMichael Gangemi is not certain if Notorious One can buck the odds and win Saturday’s G1 Furphy Railway Stakes (1600m) at Ascot, but it wouldn’t be a shock if he did. Notorious One was no match for Western Empire in last year’s Railway, but certainly wasn’t out of his depth in the G1 event when…
DetailsBunbury trainer Michael Lane trusts his decision to target the $1.5 million Furphy Railway Stakes with Resortman will prove the right call at Ascot on Saturday. Lane had been aiming Resortman at the G3 Gold Rush (1400m) in December, but elected to change his plans and set the resilient gelding for Perth’s prized G1 mile…
DetailsAdelaide trainer Will Clarken is not shy to admit his decision to back-up Ironclad in the G1 $1.5 million Railway Stakes (1600m) is a bold move, but one that is worth taking. The former UK import has been set a big task by Clarken after finishing fourth in last Saturday’s Listed Cranbourne Cup (1600m), beaten…
DetailsAfter watching events unfold at Ascot last weekend, trainer Simon Miller is certain he made the right call to bypass the G3 Champion Fillies Stakes (1600m) with his stable star, Amelia’s Jewel. The racing pattern against backmarkers validated Miller’s decision, but it was the tight turnaround from the Burgess Queen Stakes (1400m) on Melbourne Cup…
DetailsSlot holders for the inaugural Western Trilogy race series include an exciting mix of racing talent and corporate power from Western Australia and across the nation. In revealing the contenders for the $5.5million prize money in Australia’s first tri-code slot racing event, Racing and Wagering Western Australia Chief Executive Officer Ian Edwards said the range…
Details1-LUCY WARWICK What a way to launch the Ascot Pinnacles Carnival for Lucy Warwick! The top jockey produced two gem rides on Admiration Express and This’ll Testya to score a G3 feature race-to-race double in the Champion Fillies Stakes (1600m) and Colonel Reeves Stakes (1100m) respectively. She had both horses exactly where you wanted them…
DetailsAlaskan God has scraped into Saturday’s field for the Railway Stakes (1600m) to give trainer Dan Morton two runners in the $1.5 million Group 1 event. With his rating of 92, Alaskan God was right on the borderline of squeezing into the Railway with the final 20 horse field announced today (Tuesday). Direct entry into…
DetailsRacing and Wagering Western Australia (RWWA) acknowledges the announcement today by the WA Government, regarding the sale of the WA TAB. RWWA and the broader racing industry are disappointed that the sale of the WA TAB could not be concluded successfully. RWWA was committed to the sale process and had worked collaboratively with the State…
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