Playing a lone hand at Darling View

Playing a lone hand at Darling View

Playing God has played a lone hand for local stallions during the first three days of The Pinnacles at Ascot. The Darling View Thoroughbreds champion has sired the winners of five black-type races at the half-way point of The Pinnacles and he’s gearing up for Day 4...
Snippetson mare qualifies for Platinum Final

Snippetson mare qualifies for Platinum Final

Snippetson mare Forever Dreaming had been placed five times this season for trainer Colin Webster before winning Heat 3 of the Westspeed Platinum Series (1400m) at Ascot on Saturday. She was poised to pounce on the home-turn before grinding out a tough victory for...
Rocket Juice – TBWA Winner of the Week

Rocket Juice – TBWA Winner of the Week

Cockatoo Ridge owner Colin Loxton and trainer Neville Parnham presented another winner with potential when Rocket Juice led from barrier-to-box in the Glenroy Chaff Maiden (1211m) at Bunbury on Wednesday. Loxton and Parnham were a dominant combination between 2009 and...
Group 1 graduate a gem from Ruby

Group 1 graduate a gem from Ruby

Breeding and selling racehorses had always been a hobby for the O’Bree family until they made a momentous decision to go commercial in 2020. The O’Brees – Rod & Bridie and their children Jaime & Daniel – operate Ruby Racing & Breeding in the mid-west...
Dream Playing God double for Darling View

Dream Playing God double for Darling View

Darling View’s Brent Atwell was still floating on air a day after Playing God sired a dream double at Ascot on Saturday. In what could well be a pivotal day in a stud career that’s knows no bounds, Playing God 3yo Zipaway won a prized Group 2 in the WA Guineas (1600m)...
Goldfields gallopers gallivanting at Ascot

Goldfields gallopers gallivanting at Ascot

Not the for the first time, the Goldfields race round supplied two feature winners at the Ascot carnival when Be Optimistic (Blackfriars) and Let’s Galahavant (Galah) were successful on Saturday. Be Optimistic was an on-pace winner of the LR Kalgoorlie Cup (2300m)...
Forest View filly focused on WA Guineas

Forest View filly focused on WA Guineas

Forest View Farm owners Ben and Jo Duncan aren’t the only ones living the dream with outstanding filly Super Smink ahead of the G2 WA Guineas (1600m) at Ascot on Saturday. The Duncans bred and sold Super Smink for $45,000 to trainer Dan Morton at the 2022 Perth Magic...
Bright Ballymore filly by Manhattan Rain

Bright Ballymore filly by Manhattan Rain

Morning Bright gave Geisel Park sire Manhattan Rain a great start to a Classic weekend when she made every metre to win the Brandt Maiden Plate (1000m) at Ballarat yesterday. A 3yo debutante for Ballymore Stables trainer Mike Moroney, she engaged in a fierce...
Baalbek – TBWA Winner of the Week

Baalbek – TBWA Winner of the Week

Progressive Kalgoorlie galloper Baalbek can keep winning in town even though he’s been up awhile for Goldfields trainer Peter Fernie. Baalbek had claimed a 3yo Northam maiden second time out in October 2022 before transferring out of Simon Miller’s stable in...
Mojo Rising for Railway Stakes

Mojo Rising for Railway Stakes

Playing God has increased his lead on the WA sires’ premiership with a half-dozen winners in the last week and the icing on the cake came with a 15th Stakes winner at Ascot. The Darling View Thoroughbreds champion was represented by doubles at Ascot on Wednesday (Red...
Red Hot Chance in Winterbottom

Red Hot Chance in Winterbottom

Former Mungrup Stud stallion Red Hot Choice was back in the frame when his multiple Stakes winner Hot Zed struck again in the G3 Colonel Reeves Stakes (1100m) at Ascot on Saturday. Hot Zed was caught wide for the duration of the feature sprint before winding up late...
Gold Front gatecrasher working the house down

Gold Front gatecrasher working the house down

Trespassing gatecrashed the TABtouch Maiden (1200m) at Ascot last Wednesday and it looks like he will be right at home in Saturday company. Starting a short-priced favourite at his second start since January, Trespassing jumped straight to the front for Peter Knuckey...