Regally bred Animal Kingdom filly Western Pride has recorded an impressive win on debut in the Carbine Club of Western Australia Maiden (1200m) at Ascot this afternoon. A daughter of 2011 Perth Cup winner Western Jewel, Western Pride showed an impressive turn-of-foot in the 3/4 length win. Jockey William Pike settled the three-year-old, a $2.70…
DetailsIn-form jockey Luke Currie is confident Valour Road has what it takes to break through for his first Group 1 win in the Goodwood (1200m) on May 18. The West Australian sprinter booked his ticket to South Australia’s premier race with a tenacious win in yesterday’s Group 2 Euclase Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville. Valour Road…
DetailsEvergreen mare Fair Nakita has broken through for her first win in the metropolitan area, taking out the Paul Craig 50th Birthday Handicap (1200m) at Ascot this afternoon. Fair Nakita had previously recorded wins in Bunbury and Albany, but yet to score a win in Perth, until today’s event. Soy Tan Rapido was heavily fancied…
DetailsPromising galloper To Rise Again has recorded his second straight victory in this afternoon’s Mal Green Handicap (1000m) and continued a solid run of form for jockey Chloe Azzopardi and trainer Colin Webster in doing so. The gelding, a last start Maiden winner at Pinjarra, set a strong tempo in the short-course event and had…
DetailsBunbury trainer Ross Price is not complaining about Arctic Stream’s last five runs, but he believes the four-year-olds recent run of form should have yielded more wins. The High Chaparral gelding has run five consecutive placings including three this preparation and Price believes it’s time Arctic Stream captured that elusive victory. Arctic Stream, drawn in…
DetailsTrainer Alan Mathews is happy with the condition of Forgotten Star as she prepares to make it back to back wins in the Amelia Park Lamb Handicap (1400m) at Ascot on Thursday. Mathews is confident the Star Witness filly will take further improvement from her first up victory at Ascot two weeks back when she…
DetailsSarah Childs believes if there is a horse that deserves a change of luck then it’s her promising three-year-old Crypto. In a sport where luck plays a big role in determining results, Crypto has fallen well short of it in his early racing career. Childs has presented Crypto to the races three times, twice on…
DetailsJade McNaught is on track to win the Rising Stars series, but the battle for second is hotting up. After her best day in the saddle at Ascot on Saturday, comeback apprentice Chloe Azzopardi has shot up the leader board to sit in second position. Azzopardi, just three weeks since her return to riding, scored…
DetailsA visit to the specialist last week has failed to provide any clarity for injured jockey, Brad Parnham. The top rider was hoping to receive the all clear from the medical experts to resume riding again. Parnham is itching to get back in the saddle, but spinal fusion surgery from last year has delayed his…
DetailsAscot trainer Paul Jordan is quietly confident that Specialism is poised to return to the winner’s stall and end her juvenile campaign in the same manner as she started it last year. Specialism won her opening two races in November in very good style and ran a close second to Jericho Missile in the Crystal…
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