3 April 2023
Bitter Twist was an astute investment for Boyanup breeders Wayne & Jane Beynon five years ago and they received another dividend when the mare’s yearling filly by So You Think (NZ) made $300,000 through Sledmere Stud (as agent) at the Inglis Australian Easter Sale...
3 April 2023
Scenic Lodge graduate Easy Snip gave Hong Kong trainer Benno Yung his 300th winner with a narrow victory in the Kam Tin River Hcp (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. Yung, 64, is in his tenth season with a license after prior stints as assistant-trainer to Tony Millard and...
3 April 2023
Amelia Park claimed a second Group 3 in a week when its star 3yo filly Amelia’s Jewel was a consummate winner of the Roma Cup (1100m) at Ascot. Racing first-up since a triumphant G1 Northerly Stakes (1800m) victory in December, the daughter of Champion European sire...
3 April 2023
Ted Martinovich knows how to get the best out of his team even when one of them takes more coaxing than the others. From the outset this time last year, his precocious filly Universal Flair raced fiercely before fading to midfield finishes behind Amelia’s Jewel in the...
31 March 2023
Maschino is a difficult stallion to categorize apart from an amazing ability to turn one in four of his winners into black-type performers. The Alwyn Park resident can sire out-and-out sprinters like Fabergino (12 wins to 1100m) and Wilchino (9 wins to 1200m) or...
30 March 2023
Great Southern trainer Steve Wolfe has been walking on air since his star sprinter Red Can Man was locked in for the $4 million The Quokka (1200m) at Ascot on April 15. The Gingerbread Man gelding is a confirmed starter after Rapid Equine owner Neil Irvine used his...
30 March 2023
WA studs have entered 16 yearlings for the Inglis April Online Sale (Early) that’s open for bidding from tomorrow, Friday (March 31) until next Wednesday (April 5). Northern corridor nurseries Scenic Lodge (Muchea), Mogumber Park (Bullsbrook) and Gold Front...
27 March 2023
Playing Marika commenced her career with a debut win at Northam in October 2018 and it took 53 starts before she scored another first-up victory in the LR Grandstand Cup (1400m) at Ascot on Saturday. A first-crop daughter of Playing God, she is the 12th individual...
27 March 2023
Scenic Lodge stallion Universal Ruler and trainer Simon Miller came up a half-length short with Lady Cosmology in the 2018 Karrakatta Plate but they can redress that result with Wiley Girl in Perth’s premier juvenile event on April 15. Wiley Girl (Photo / Western...
27 March 2023
Thursday’s Pinjarra meeting produced promising 3yo winners by Astern, War Chant (USA), Rommel and Universal Ruler (2) but, of the five, it was easy to like the way Shaka Zulu emerged from traffic to claim the Vale Classy Dresser Maiden (1000m). Sitting back in the...
27 March 2023
Progressive Western Australian Stud Geisel Park has secured the outstanding stallion prospect Aysar (Deep Field) for stud duties at its Myalup property from 2023. A number of prominent WA breeders have joined in a partnership to secure the horse while previous...
25 March 2023
Hong Kong trainer Ricky Yiu continued a memorable season by claiming the Police Cup Hcp (1200m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday evening with WA-bred sprinter Lucky Eight. Lucky Eight was bred by Ian Riley at Woodbridge Thoroughbreds and he had made an immediate impact...
