Ridgeport lands Lubiton at MM National Sale

Ridgeport lands Lubiton at MM National Sale

Ridgeport Farm owner Santo Guagliardo bought six broodmares for $730,000 at the Magic Millions National Sale this week. Western Australian breeders continued to upgrade the State’s bloodstock pool with a total spend of $2.68 million for 22 lots on the Gold Coast....
Skytalker – TBWA Winner of the Week

Skytalker – TBWA Winner of the Week

Skytalker was giving his rivals a huge start coming to the corner at Belmont last Wednesday but favourite punters weren’t perturbed as soon as Willie Pike gave him clear running in the Kalgoorlie-Boulder Reunion Maiden (1200m). The lightly-raced son of deceased sire...
Full-circle foal for Peters Investments

Full-circle foal for Peters Investments

Byerley Bloodstock’s Liam Peters topped the WA leaderboard at the Gold Coast National Foal Sale earlier this week when bidding $240,000 for a King’s Legacy colt from Star Encounter (Lot 309). Byerley Bloodstock and its chief client Peters Investments had outlaid...
Yiu lucky recipient of Awesome Fluke

Yiu lucky recipient of Awesome Fluke

Luck didn’t play any part of Awesome Fluke’s demanding victory in the Vengeance Of Rain Hcp (2000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. The Ricky Yiu-trained WA import worked overtime outside the leader and had plenty in reserve when Italian jockey Andrea Atzeni asked him to repel...
En Plein Air  –  TBWA Winner of the Week

En Plein Air – TBWA Winner of the Week

Promising Universal Ruler filly En Plein Air kicked off last Thursday’s Northam meeting an easy winner of the Procon Developments Australia Maiden (1000m) for trainers Grant and Alana Williams. En Plein Air was also the catalyst for a day out in the Avon Valley for...
Empire strikes back in Belmont Sprint

Empire strikes back in Belmont Sprint

Perth’s winter weight-for-age feature races are at the mercy of Western Empire following his latest victory in the G3 Belmont Sprint (1400m) on Saturday. The Peters Investments-bred galloper nailed courageous mare Searchin’ Roc’s (Awesome Rock) right on the line in...
Bookies reeling with Rockin’ Rupert

Bookies reeling with Rockin’ Rupert

Rockin’ Rupert launched another successful week for Geisel Park sire Winning Rupert when he landed a rewarding commission for favourite punters at Ascot last Saturday. The Amelia Park Hcp (1200m) victory was an easy watch for Rockin’ Rupert’s...
A Lot (USA) service fee rises to $11,000

A Lot (USA) service fee rises to $11,000

Westbury Park stallion A Lot (USA) has earned another service fee increase following an outstanding season highlighted by his brilliant 2yo Sir Dreamalot and his classic 3yo colt A Lot Of Good Men. Sir Dreamalot won the Listed Supremacy Stakes (1100m) in March and A...
Super-duper roster at Roselee Park

Super-duper roster at Roselee Park

Roselee Park has welcomed Super One, the sire of Champion WA 2YO Super Smink, to its roster in Serpentine. He’s the only son of Champion Australian sire I Am Invincible available to local breeders and will stand for an introductory service fee of $8,800 (inc GST)....
Short Way the Lucky Way home at Ascot

Short Way the Lucky Way home at Ascot

Aptly-named grey mare Lucky’s Way took the short way home to land a late win in the Westspeed Platinum Hcp (1200m) at Ascot on Saturday. Clint Johnston-Porter elected to roll the dice with the daughter of Bradbury’s Luck and they weaved through the field from...
Promising City winner by Rommel

Promising City winner by Rommel

Rommel 3yo filly Lost City looked a promising type winning at Bunbury and Belmont during an initial campaign earlier this season and she’s living up to that potential this prep for leading trainers Grant and Alana Williams. Given a well-timed ride in front by Clint...
Miss Rockjoy – TBWA Winner of the Week

Miss Rockjoy – TBWA Winner of the Week

Awesome Rock has sired another TBWA Winner Of The Week and this time it’s his Gold Front homebred 3yo filly Miss Rockjoy. She never went around a horse to defeat Cool Memory (Impending) and Happy As Larry (I’m All The Talk) in the Petaluma Hcp (1600m) on closing...