After illustrating positive signs last season, champion trainer Adam Durrant is confident Jedaffair can make a winning return at Belmont on Saturday. Off the back of two lead-up trials at Pinjarra and Lark Hill, Jedaffair is ready to launch her Ascot carnival campaign in the Glenroy Chaff Handicap (1300m). The Trade Fair mare, bought for…
DetailsEmerging Bruce Watkins-trained four-year-old Fred Dag is out of the Ascot carnival. The Bunbury trainer said scans revealed Fred Dag to have suffered a sesamoid injury. It’s a major blow for Watkins who had been considering a shot at the Group 1 Railway Stakes (1600m) with Fred Dag. Rated by Watkins as the best horse…
DetailsTrainer Lindsey Smith celebrated a rare interstate feature race double last Saturday when his seven-year-old stablemates, Scales of Justice and Great Again, took out the $1,000,000 Group 1 Memsie Stakes at Caulfield and $100,000 Listed Idyllic Prince Stakes at Belmont respectively. The multiple Group 1-winning horseman has polarised the media and general racing fraternity across…
DetailsRacing and Wagering Western Australia (RWWA) welcomes the passing of the TAB (Disposal) Bill 2019 yesterday in Parliament. RWWA is appreciative of the State Government, the Parliament and the racing industry’s efforts towards achieving this important milestone. The passing of the Bill means there is now the appropriate legislative framework to negotiate the sale of the TAB…
DetailsCo trainer Grant Williams has big plans for Tellem We’re Comin with the Listed Farnley Stakes (1400m) at Belmont on September 14 his season launch. Williams believes Tellem We’re Comin has improved since his autumn campaign and is confident the six-year-old son of Blackfriars can progress to stakes grade. Tellem We’re Comin’s most recent runs…
DetailsSCALES OF JUSTICE Trainer Lindsey Smith said the Makybe Diva Stakes at Flemington on September 14 will be the next race for Scales Of Justice. “He has pulled up really well and if I had a bit more courage I would have run him in the Feehan Stakes this Saturday,” Smith told The Races WA.…
DetailsTrainer Kieran McDonagh said it’s hard to assess a two horse trial, but on first impression he considered Cockney Crew to be super impressive. Launching his season return in heat 13 at Lark Hill, Cockney Crew had raced away from Chancery by the turn and bolted in by 21 lengths for jockey Peter Hall “I’m…
DetailsThere are some wins that mean more than others. But for Brian Rogers, Ice Maker landing a knockout blow was as good as it gets. The seven-year-old, who led and kicked strongly for apprentice, Mollie Clark, gave Rogers his first city success on a Saturday. The occasion completed at Belmont, but Rogers likened the milestone…
DetailsSuperstorm had the hype, Platinum Bullet was heavily supported, but Neville Parnham’s filly Kay Cee stole the honours. Launching a strong finishing burst from last position in the run home, Kay Cee won the Tabtouch-Better Your Bet Plate (1300m) by a clear 1 ¾ lengths. Kay Cee’s victory, her second from three starts, was achieved…
DetailsShaun McGruddy has hit the ground running in the 2019-20 season, booting home seven winners to sit at the top of the jockey premiership ladder. And he exudes an air of confidence that he can add to that tally when he partners the Steve Wolfe-trained Three Secrets and Blue Horse for Ashley Maley at Belmont…
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