Pateman stable rising with Playing Gods

Pateman stable rising with Playing Gods

Playing God sired his 11th Stakes winner with Feels Playful at Ascot last weekend and he can make it an even dozen with unbeaten filly Nunthorpe this Saturday in the G3 VRC The Vanity (1400m) at Flemington. Feels Playful was nursed in front by Holly Watson to win the...
Belmont blitz for King’s Troops

Belmont blitz for King’s Troops

Trainer Trevor Andrews has been given the green-light to keep All The King’s Men in work for the Listed Lex Piper Stakes (1600m) on Saturday week, February 25. All The King’s Men (3g King’s Troop – Huette by Demerit) had won the LR Breeders’ Classic...
WA farewells Champion sire Oratorio

WA farewells Champion sire Oratorio

Five-time Champion WA stallion Oratorio has died on the eve of his penultimate crop of yearlings being offered at the Perth Magic Millions Sale. Oratorio, 21, covered his first book at Mungrup Stud in 2005 and remained at the same Narrikup property in the Great...
Black-type beckons Amelia Park’s Marri Martini

Black-type beckons Amelia Park’s Marri Martini

Amelia Park owner Peter Walsh has every reason to be confident leading into the Perth Magic Million next week following record-breaking returns at the Gold Coast last month. Walsh and his Amelia Park team are bringing 10 yearlings to the Swan Valley and 8 of them are...
Quality Rubick Trio at Perth Magic Millions

Quality Rubick Trio at Perth Magic Millions

Rubick is sire of the moment in Victoria and the feeling is mutual with WA-based Western Breeders’ Alliance who have three yearlings by the Swettenham Stud stallion at next week’s Perth Magic Millions. The WBA trio are the only Rubick yearlings catalogued for the Swan...
Odinaka –  TBWA Winner of the Week

Odinaka – TBWA Winner of the Week

Stable jockey Shaun McGruddy made sure bad luck didn’t strike twice at Ascot when he steered Odinaka to a two-length victory in the Amelia Park Plate (1000m) on Saturday. Odinaka was stuck in traffic on debut a fortnight ago and went to the line under a stranglehold...
Ruby’s rough diamonds at Magic Millions

Ruby’s rough diamonds at Magic Millions

Ruby Racing & Breeding has catalogued 14 yearlings for the Perth Magic Millions on February 23 & 24 and one of the standouts is the half-brother to Wednesday’s promising Warwick Farm winner Wollambi. Catalogued as Lot 104, the bay colt is a first-crop son of...
Perfect timing for Gold Front

Perfect timing for Gold Front

Gold Front Thoroughbreds and its Group 1 stallion Awesome Rock received a timely update ahead of the Perth Magic Millions Yearling Sale when Perfetto opened his account in Hong Kong on Sunday. Perfetto won the On Ting Hcp (1600m) at Sha Tin like a very promising...
City Angel – Winner of the Week

City Angel – Winner of the Week

A split-second decision by Paul Harvey to make a lightning move on City Angel made all the difference at Belmont on Wednesday. The lightly-raced 4yo daughter of City Place (USA) settled midfield on the fence but was eager to go faster approaching the home-turn. ...
Manhattan mare on track in Melbourne

Manhattan mare on track in Melbourne

Manhattan Rain mare Irish Mist carried colours familiar to WA punters when she took a short-cut to score at Pakenham on Thursday. The black silks with pink spots and hooped sleeves are registered to Barry and Barb Saunders who raced Voile D’Or (Dieu D’Or) to...
Reliable buys for WA at Karaka

Reliable buys for WA at Karaka

Western Australian buyers spent over $1 million on yearlings at the Gold Coast Magic Millions last month and they also broke seven-figures when the NZB National Sale concluded on Friday. Bloodstock agent John Chalmers, who has been a regular buyer for Peters...
Perth goes Platinum for Magic Millions Sale

Perth goes Platinum for Magic Millions Sale

Booming week-to-week prizemoney augmented by the super-successful Westspeed Platinum Bonus Scheme gives WA vendors every right to be confident ahead of this year’s Perth Magic Millions Yearling Sale. This season’s inaugural $10.5 million The Pinnacles in...