Globetrotting gelding Dubai Honour made it a perfect hat-trick of Australian Group 1s, taking his third from as many appearances in Rosehill’s $1.5 million Kia Tancred Stakes (2400m).
Hayden King
Rising star jockey apprentice Rosie Mahony produced a strong showing for team WA at the National Apprentice Race Series in Hobart on March 23, picking up third-place finishes in both her events.
Jacki Elezovich
Following Saturday’s devastating Rock Magic Stakes win, Jokers Grin has quickly been snapped up by Ladbrokes for the $5 million The Kia Quokka (1200m) at Ascot on April 26.
Promising type God Has Drifted claimed a second career win, destroying his rivals to salute at Albany Racing Club on Thursday.
Cameron Newbold
Turf club officials have scrapped plans to build a landmark grandstand at Belmont Park after revealing financial strain would prevent the $120 million project.
Ernie Manning
Luana Miss upstaged raging favourite Yes Queen to win the Listed $125,000 Supremacy Stakes (1000m), replacing her at the head of the betting for the Karrakatta Plate on April 26.
Light Infantry Man continued his ascension through the grades, taking another dominant Group 1 win in the $2.5 million Australian Cup (2000m) at Flemington.
One of WA’s most promising speedsters will stake his claim for a Quokka slot on April 26 when Jokers Grin launches his autumn campaign in the $100,000 Rock Magic Stakes (1000m) at Ascot.
WA-owned sprinter Oscar’s Fortune will attempt to earn a start in Ascot’s $5 million Quokka by winning at Flemington on Saturday.
Tough-as-nails pacer Minstrel is the fifth horse entered for the Group 1 $1.25 million TABtouch Nullarbor (2536m) at Gloucester Park on April 25 after being selected by Ladbrokes.
Comeback pacer Magnificent Storm is the fourth horse to guarantee himself a position in the $1.25 million Nullarbor (2536m) at Gloucester Park on April 25 after impressing in his racetrack return.
Six-year-old Currimundi delivered trainer Steve Wolfe and jockey Shaun McGruddy the second leg of a provincial feature event double when he stormed home to win Sunday’s $150,000 Pinjarra Cup (2300m).
Machine Gun Gracie sent such a statement to her three-year-old counterparts in Saturday’s Listed $125,000 Natasha Stakes (2200m) at Ascot that it left most wondering if she can be beaten in the WA Oaks.
Six weeks ago, she hadn’t started in a race and one week ago, no one could be sure she was in it, yet Michael Freedman’s Marhoona upstaged Sydney’s biggest stables to win Saturday’s Golden Slipper.
The Grant and Alana Williams stable will be healthily represented in a string of Listed races across the weekend, including Sunday’s $150,000 TABtouch Pinjarra Cup (2300m) favourite Captain Pluto.
Hundreds of spectators flocked trackside for the second running of Albany’s Bluff Knoll slot race on Sunday, won by local star Rope Them In.
Quality mare Paigey’s Turn has retired a winner after claiming a third straight $40,000 Pelicans Ladies Bracelet (1600m) for trainer Sharon Miller.
Tough stayer Brave Contender has added the Narrogin Cup to his impressive record, after a thrilling victory on the post in Sunday’s feature race for Wagin trainer Angela Smith.
Hannah Whitehead
Bookmakers are facing a jumbo payout if race favourite Wodeton wins this Saturday’s Group 1 $5 million Golden Slipper (1200m) at Rosehill.
Jockey Shaun McGruddy said it was “absolutely unbelievable” to notch a second win in the Wellington and Reeves Bluff Knoll, in combination with champion Albany trainer Steve Wolfe in Sunday’s major slot race
Cameron Newbold and Melissa Sheil
Trainer-reinsman Chris Voak couldn’t hide his delight on Monday, proudly brandishing his whip as rejuvenated veteran Sangue Reale became WA’s fastest ever pacer in Pinjarra’s Group 3 Mount Eden Sprint (1684m).
Albany’s Steve Wolfe added the lucrative Bluff Knoll slot race to his decorated training career after one of WA’s most promising sprinters Rope Them In destroyed his rivals at Percy Spencer Racecourse.
Trial onlookers were left rubbing their eyes at Belmont as untapped two-year-old Yes Queen slayed her rivals in a dominant success, sending her to Karrakatta Plate favouritism.
Generosity’s electric turn of foot proved irresistible for her rivals in the Listed $125,000 A-1 Engineering Sheila Gwynne Classic (1400m) at Ascot as her scintillating sprint proved the difference.
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