The Pearce stable will saddle two runners at Belmont on Saturday and they expect both horses, after contrasting last-starts, to produce rebounding performances. Don’t Fuss ran a cracking third behind Danny George two weeks ago and could have finished much closer or better after he slipped at the start and lost two lengths. Father Knick…
DetailsAll the signs point to co-trainers Grant and Alana Williams capping another successful feature race year in style at Belmont on Saturday. The husband and wife team have won 20 major races in the 2018-19 season and are hungry for one more in the Listed Belmont Classic (2200m). And with the raging hot favourite Mystery…
DetailsLeading Perth owner Bob Peters’ hopes in The Everest was given a major boost after Enticing Star secured a slot in the $14 million sprint today. Peters is set to play a major hand in the rich sprint, to be run at Randwick later this year, with Enticing Star to join her gun mare Arcadia…
Details“The only sure thing about luck is it will change.”-Walter Minzer. Martin Allan might not be familiar with the work of the American playwright, but he is hoping he is correct. Because if there is one trainer who could mount an argument that he deserves a change in luck it could be Allan. Since Sir…
DetailsPING ME ANOTHER Ping Me Another will be transferred to Trent Bussitin and Natalie Young in Melbourne. Previous trainer, Chris Willis, who retains a 30 per cent share in the filly, said it was an offer too good to refuse. The daughter of Musket only won once from 11 starts, a dead-heat in May, but…
DetailsTop trainer Adam Durrant is considering an east coast campaign for Saturday’s upset Swan River Vase (2200m) winner, Come Play With Me. Durrant said he is exploring his options, but a stint with Chris Waller in Sydney looms as a distinct possibility for the four-year-old. “At this moment because he is going so well I’m…
DetailsOwner Bruno Micalizzi is delighted with the physical condition of Malaguerra after the Magnus gelding completing a solid trial performance at Lark Hill on Monday. Stepping out for his first official hit out under new trainer, Lindsey Smith, Malaguerra, worked to the line strongly when second to Rebel King in a 950m heat. A dual…
DetailsIron filly Mia Dolce has given young trainer Jayce Buckley his first win as a trainer, taking out the Glory Glory Plate (1000m) at Belmont. It was just the second time the two-year-old has started for Buckley, having done her previous racing with Frank Pangallo and George Davies. Buckley, a former jockey in WA and…
DetailsShinju will face his first test in Western Australia for new trainer Chris Gangemi when he tackles the Vale Bruno Tognini Handicap (1000m) at Belmont on Saturday. The Written Tycoon three-year-old has not raced since winning his sole race for previous trainers Peter and Paul Snowden at Gosford last October. At his seventh race start…
DetailsPaul Jordan knows as well as anyone the vagaries of training thoroughbreds. As one of Western Australia’s most skillful horseman, he’s experienced the highs and lows of racing. Two Group 1 victories in the WA Derby and a string of other major Perth races are certainly the highs. The lows are when a yearling suffers…
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