Throwing Luana Miss into the deep end of a G1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) is a gamble her connections will seriously consider in light of her win against the odds in the LR Placid Ark Stakes (1200m) on Saturday.
Oakland Park had all the bases covered from the south-west to the mid-west last week and its homebred filly Pure Excess hit a home-run in the G3 Champion Fillies Stakes (1600m) on Saturday.
Reigning WA Horse of the Year Jokers Grin is on course for a well-deserved Group 1 following a trouble-free victory in the G3 Colonel Reeves Stakes (1100m) at Ascot yesterday.
It was another grey day for Yarradale Stud and Greenfields Lodge when Neap Tide made it back-to-back wins in the Nixon Electrical Hcp (2000m) at Bunbury on Thursday.
Forest View Farm owners Ben and Jo Duncan are marking time with high-class mare Super Smink ahead of next Saturday’s G1 Railway Stakes (1600m) but they took time out to savour Fast Harry’s victory at Ascot yesterday.
Hot And High won with ears pricked on debut at Northam last month and she doubled up with a runaway victory in the TABtouch Hcp (1200m) at Belmont on Wednesday.
Folklore has it an acorn doesn’t fall from the tree and that was evident when applied to a free-wheeling winner by that name in the Country Comfort Maiden (1000m) at Bunbury yesterday.
Karnup trainer Jason Miller is looking forward to the Ascot summer carnival with his top-class mares Bonjoy (Maschino) and Admiration Express (My Admiration) and he’s already making plans for a classic campaign in the autumn with Herault (Gingerbread Man).
Gold Front Thoroughbreds expat Awesome Fluke rewarded his new owner with a thrilling victory in a blanket finish to the Hing Yip Hcp (1800m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday.
WA-bred filly Jasstar won her maiden at $103 at Balaklava on Wednesday but the price didn’t reflect the confidence of her owner-trainer Peter Nolan in the Schweppes Plate (1050m).
Popular studmaster Steve Hoare and his wife Diane celebrated imminent retirement and the sale of Rivercrest Park with a double on the weekend at Ascot and York.
Punters ignored Sky Duke at their peril when the Playing God gelding eased from $31 out to $51 before causing a massive upset at Ascot on Saturday.
Cranbourne trainer John Rattle had good reason to be rattled when Tipping Rain was fractious in the barriers and then burst through the front of the stalls at the Pakenham night meeting on Friday.
Just a week after his much-loved flag-bearer Red Can Man was retired, Yarradale Stud stallion Gingerbread Man unearthed a debut winner who can develop into another black-type galloper of the future.
Ron Sayers was a mining industry leader in the Goldfields as the founder of Ausdrill and he was also a legend in the racing and breeding industries at Yarradale Stud in Gidgegannup.
Lynward Park-bred graduate Bondi Blossom impressed her trainer Brad Widdup when breaking through in the Poppy Parsons Memorial Maiden (1600m) at Gosford on Thursday.