Trainer Neville Parnham isn’t concerned that a long preparation will catch up with Wrinkly in this weekend’s Listed Cyril Flower Stakes (1200m) at Ascot. The five-year-old will be having his eighth run for his campaign on Saturday in the $100,000 event, where he’s also dropping back to the sprint trip. Wrinkly was unplaced last start,…
DetailsCYRIL FLOWER STAKES-BACKGROUND • Marjoleo, Heron Bridge, Watermans Bay and Black Heart Bart are some of the best Western Australian sprinters to have graced the Cyril Flower Stakes honour roll, one of two feature races at Ascot on Saturday. • The Cyril Flower Stakes, a Listed race, that is now worth $100,000, was first staged…
DetailsTrainer Justin Warwick admits the level of support for his champion galloper Material Man in the world’s richest 1600m race has caught him by surprise. Material Man is high in the public voting for the inaugural $5 million All-Star Mile, currently placed 8th, with voting to close next Monday. Material Man enhanced his profile with…
DetailsMitchell Pateman has ridden in races with a higher profile and achieved bigger wins in his career, but Sunday’s success in the Great Southern will forever be etched in his memory. In an emotional victory, the Albany-born hoop clinched a life-long ambition when he partnered The Big Show to win the Wellington & Reeves Albany…
DetailsWhile one potential star emerged for the Chris Gangemi team on Saturday, another of their established heroes is on the verge of making his much-anticipated comeback. Out of action since last May with a knee injury, Rock Magic has had to play second fiddle and sit in the shadows of his highly-rated stable mate Samizdat,…
DetailsWARTA have recently become aware of several positive findings in both preliminary and B swab samples to Flunixin, in excess of the screening limits for both plasma and urine in horses racing in WA. Anecdotal evidence suggests that in a number of these cases medications containing flunixin, have been administered outside of the accepted withholding…
DetailsExciting talent Samizdat is the popular pick to take out the $150,000 Listed Magic Millions WA 3YO Trophy (1200m) at Pinjarra on the weekend. The Chris Gangemi-trained son of Not A Single Doubt is hot favourite to remain unbeaten and add to his impressive debut victory at Belmont nearly a year back. Samizdat has been…
DetailsADAM DURRANT-BOB PETERS Plans for top gallopers Come Play With Me, Star Exhibit and Celebrity Dream to campaign in Melbourne in the autumn have been shelved. Trainer Adam Durrant and owner Bob Peters have had a change of heart and said their trio of horses will remain home to target feature Perth races. “I wasn’t 100…
DetailsThe Magic Millions WA 2YO Classic was first staged in 1999 at Ascot and won by the Bill Goedecke-trained Nervola Belle. The Chanteclair mare cost $27,500 as a yearling and with Peter Knuckey in the saddle defeated Mystery Morn and Grand Turismo. Overcoming the second widest gate in the field of 14 starters, Nervola Belle,…
DetailsElite trainer of juveniles Simon Miller will launch a strong two-pronged attack on the Magic Millions WA 2YO Classic (1200m) at Pinjarra on Saturday. Miller has accepted with both Venetian Jewel and Niccovi in a bid to win the $250,000 feature race for a third time since its inception in 1999. Venetian Jewel, a daughter…
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