Ginger Green in the groove for Yarradale

Ginger Green in the groove for Yarradale

Yarradale Stud sire Gingerbread Man can maintain a winning groove this Saturday after a hit and near-miss last weekend. Great Southern trainer Steve Wolfe came to town to win a Westspeed Platinum (1600m) with Ginger Green at Ascot last Saturday before stablemate Red...

Biggs takes Treasury with Minsk Moment

Goldfields owner-breeder Keith Biggs had a nickel moment over 50 years ago and he can hit the headlines again with Minsk Moment at this year’s Brisbane carnival. Biggs bred Minsk Moment and kept a share after selling him to a Coolmore Stud syndicate for $575,000 at...

Two Illicit too much class in Travis Stakes

Kiwi mare Two Illicit signed off a Group 1-winning career for Roselee Park sire Jimmy Choux (NZ) at Te Rapa on Saturday. Unusually, Two Illicit led the G2 Travis Stakes (2000m) with a lap to run and was kept up to her work by Michael McNab for an easy three-length...
Stewarts reject offers for Swear To God

Stewarts reject offers for Swear To God

Playing God can put the icing on the cake of a calendar month to remember at Ascot on Saturday. The Darling View Thoroughbreds champion has several winning chances headed by the Neville Parnham-trained Pray Again & Success Play (Race 3) and Pambella (Race 4).  The...
Timely first-up win for Sessions

Timely first-up win for Sessions

Oakland Park sire Sessions started April with a double at Pinjarra and he kept up the winning momentum with Timely Outburst at Ascot last Saturday. Adam Durrant trains his Pinjarra winners Tales of Manhattan & Garage Days and Stephen Miller puts the polish on...
Scenic Lodge sets the bar in Swan Valley

Scenic Lodge sets the bar in Swan Valley

Last Saturday’s Ascot meeting commenced with a treble by Playing God and it closed with a hat-trick from Scenic Lodge. They’ve gone hand-in-hand since Playing God (Blackfriars) was foaled at the Muchea nursery on the 7th of November 2007.  That was a day after...

Final 3yo crop firing for Blackfriars

Blackfriars sired his 7th winner in week when Above The Peg and Brother Paddy completed a running double at Ascot on Wednesday. Earlier this month, the Scenic Lodge legend broke through $3 million in progeny prizemoney this season and he’s on track to extend a...
War Chant in the Mood at Ascot

War Chant in the Mood at Ascot

Yarradale Stud sire War Chant (USA) and apprentice Keshaw Dhurun were in a winning mood at Ascot on Saturday when they combined to land a double with Express Time and Mood Swings. Mood Swings helped Dhurun celebrate 100 career wins when he scored a barrier-to box...
Farm-fresh the difference for Downforce

Farm-fresh the difference for Downforce

Downforce could be forgiven for thinking he’s been on a carousel this season but that didn’t stop him chiming in to win again on Easter Saturday. The Snippetson sprinter-miler (Photo: Western Racepix) has raced 18 times since the start of the season and Laqdar Ramoly...

All Banter banks black-type at Oakbank

All Banter doubled her black-type record with a superb victory in the LR Adelaide Hills Railway Stakes (1100m) at Oakbank on Saturday. The daughter of former Darling View Thoroughbreds sire I’m All The Talk will now be pointed towards the Group 1 Robert Sangster...

Interstate double for Mogumber Park

Star colt Snowdome has sent Mogumber Park stallion Rommel to the top of the WA second-season premiership after winning the G3 WA Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) in a canter on Easter Saturday. Snowdome was coming off a successful seven-day break at Ascot to bank a major...

Easy does it for Eason in Hong Kong

Eason has confirmed himself as a sprinter on the rise for Gold Front Thoroughbreds in Hong Kong Bred and sold by Gold Front owners Alan & Sue Olive for $80,000 as a yearling, Eason has won three times in six starts and been runner-up in the other three for trainer...