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Second Melbourne Group 1 beckons Gold Front
A second Group 1 victory in Melbourne could be on the cards for Gold Front Thoroughbreds owners Alan and Sue Olive with their homebred sprinter Acromantula. The Perth speed-machine opened his black-type account in the LR Carlyon Stakes (1000m) at Moonee Valley on...
Winner Count continues for Geisel Park
Geisel Park struck for the second time at Belmont this week when Count The Sessions won the TABtouch Hcp (1400m) with something in hand on Wednesday. The Holly Taylor-trained sprinter-miler was coming off a Northam breakthrough earlier this month and his connections...
Magical time at Modern Mums Foster Farm
The advent of every new season and the arrival of new foals is a magical time for horse lovers although there is a downside with the loss of a broodmare an ever-present reality even with the best of care. Bonding foster mares with an orphan foal is a precise procedure...
Potential plus powers Aztec Ruler
Trainer Stefan Vahala wasn’t flying too high when he decided to set Aztec Ruler for the G2 WA Guineas (1600m) at last year’s Ascot summer carnival. The 3yo son of Scenic Lodge sire Universal Ruler showed potential plus winning his first two starts at Belmont in July...
Kermit’s Luck-TBWA Winner of the Week
Kermit's Luck was the catalyst for Yarradale Stud’s latest winning week when he dispatched a field of maidens with ease at Pinjarra on Thursday. Taking advantage of the inside barrier after a slow getaway, he railed up for Clint Johnston-Porter to lead on a long rein...
Darling View pensions Patronize
Darling View Thoroughbreds has announced its stalwart stallion Patronize has been pensioned from stud duties at Mundijong. The news coincided with Patronize 4yo Swim Through winning the Clinton Fuller Hcp (1000m) at Belmont on Saturday. He was in the good books with...
Rangeview Blitz in Goldfields
Father and son trainers Peter and Luke Fernie prepared aptly-named filly Smarty from the first crop of Galah and they have unearthed another talented daughter of the former Rangeview Stud sire in the Goldfields. Galah filly Blitzem Babe won the Aquila Mining Maiden...
Baker’s delight in Blue Spec Stakes
Gingerbread Man has taken an early lead on the WA Sires’ premiership this season following Ginger Baker’s win in Saturday’s $100,000 Blue Spec Stakes (1600m) at Belmont. The Yarradale Stud stallion flew the start when Phanta claimed the LR Belmont Newmarket (1200m)...
Impressive first foals by Splintex
The first foals by Splintex are already making an impression with breeders like Forest View Farm’s Ben and Jo Duncan. Splintex covered 118 mares in his initial crop at Darling View Thoroughbreds last year. That’s just one shy of the WA record for a first-season sire...
Awesome double for Shaun O’Donnell
Shaun O'Donnell adopted different riding tactics to steer home a double for Gold Front Thoroughbreds sire Awesome Rock at Belmont on Wednesday. He came from last on Banks Avenue in the Peninsula Dining Room Hcp (1200m) and then led from go to whoa aboard Zaza Rock in...
Promising Patron strikes for King’s Troop
King’s Troop is building a strong strike-rate with his new-season 4yo crop ahead of his first book at Roselee Park in Serpentine. His debutant Patron Of Kings was successful in the Amelia Park Maiden (1200m) at Belmont on Wednesday after winning three trials for...
Ruler not for catching at Belmont
Indie Ruler was run down at his first two starts at Belmont since a six-month spell but he wasn’t for catching in the Crown Perth Maiden (1200m) on Wednesday. Scenic Lodge-based stallion Universal Ruler has jumped to an early lead on the 2023-24 WA Sires’ Premiership...
