Promising Ridgeport gelding Watch Me Rock has unleashed an eye-catching finishing burst to overhaul Madam Kisses (Rommel) right on the line at Ascot.

Pull The Trigger completed a running double at Ascot on Saturday but only banked half the prizemoney after the judge couldn’t separate the Yarradale Stud graduate and Profit Pocket in the Westspeed Platinum Hcp (1400m).

Winning Revolution qualified for the Gytrash Series Final (1200m) at Morphettville next month when he handled a steep rise in grade to win the Croser Hcp (1050m) on Saturday.

Emerging sprinter Bravo Centurion has nailed a picket-fence while earning a black-type first in the LR Crawford Stakes (1000m) at Ascot.

Darling View Thoroughbreds champion Playing God sired his 19th black-type-winner at Ascot on Saturday and it wasn’t before time for Comfort Me in the G3 Eurythmic Stakes (1400m).

Long Leaf sired his third first-crop winner in a week when Diamond Dancer scored an on-pace victory in the Keith Patten Memorial Maiden (1500m) at Ascot on Wednesday.

Money talks and punters heard that loud and clear at Ascot last Saturday when Capitola firmed from $8 into $5 before a comprehensive victory on debut in the Initial Plate (1000m)

Playing God’s 4yo crop leaders Rope Them In and Almighty Class can propel another title push for our reigning champion sire at The Pinnacles and there’s more coming through the ranks like last Thursday’s Northam maiden winner True Player.

Premier owner-breeders Peters Investments are triple-handed in the Peters Investments Hcp (1600m) at Ascot this Saturday and the numbers could stack up with their last-start winners Stormageddon and Western Power favoured ahead of Arcadia Knight.

Playing God took the lead for his third WA Sires’ premiership when Almighty Class won the Schweppes Hcp (1000m) at Ascot on Saturday.

Darling View Thoroughbreds has announced it will not be selling yearlings under the Western Breeders’ Alliance banner as from 2025.

Maschino 3yo Charino scored a $41 upset in the Max Simmonds Stakes (1000m) at Ascot on Saturday but it wasn’t a fluke according to Pinjarra conditioner Brett Pope.

Ridgeport filly Kuroyanagi bounced back after a break with a resounding victory in the $150,000 Thoroughbred Club Of Australia Plate (1200m) at Caulfield on Saturday.

Ain’t No Other Man was given the run of the race on opening day at Ascot and that made all the difference when apprentice Brayden Gaerth slipped him some leather in the Westspeed Platinum Hcp (1100m).

Melbourne trainer Troy Corstens bred WA-conceived galloper Awesome Lineup to win at Cranbourne on Friday night and he’s already plotting Perth campaigns with stable stars The Astrologist (Zoustar) and Baraqiel (Snitzel).

Gervase Park owners Chris and Andrea Gales celebrated on both counts as a vendor and buyer on Wednesday.

Camera Action is on a hat-trick for Wally Daly at Belmont next Wednesday but her recent rise up the ranks has been tempered by some sad news for the Group 1 breeder out of Victoria.

Mai Aloha sent Williams Racing further ahead at the top of the 2024-25 WA Trainers’ table after she easily defeated an all-age maiden field at York on Thursday.

Ridgeport 3yo filly Kuroyanagi returns to action this Saturday ahead of a spring campaign set to climax in the G1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) at Caulfield on November 16.

Pierata’s Gem brought up an interstate double for Dawson Stud this week when she won the Spring Carnival Maiden (1350m) at Doomben on Wednesday.

Yarradale Stud can complement its winning run during the Goldfields round when racing returns to Ascot this Saturday.

The tyranny of distance doesn’t hold any fears for Grant and Alana Williams in their quest to win another Group 1 in Melbourne with Star Turn mare Alsephina at Caulfield this Saturday.