Untapped three-year-old Deel Her In announced herself as a serious big race contender over the next two months, displaying scintillating acceleration to win the Listed $125,000 Challenge Stakes (1500m) at Ascot
Hayden King
Exciting two-year-old Devil Night clinched victory in the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield, clinging on to win the feature at just his second start.
The landscape for some of WA’s upcoming three-year-old features may become a little clearer after tomorrow’s Challenge Stakes (1500m) at Ascot as punters struggle to separate some of the State’s bright talents.
It’s crunch time for reinsman par excellence Gary Hall Jr and the Gloucester Park Gurus ahead of the Ultimate Driver Championship at Albion Park on February 21 and 22, with the series’ draft taking place.
Leading trainer Adam Durrant is set to slash his numbers in a massive unreserved reduction sale featuring more than 50 of his recognisable stable names at the end of this week.
Jockey Kyle Taylor-Wilson has been fined $1000 for punching a hole in the riders’ room wall after he clashed with his fiancee hoop Angela Jones at Saturday’s races.
Ernie Manning
Do I Feel Lucky turned in an electric exhibition of pace, staving off Perfectly Proper in a nail-biting finish to the $250,000 Magic Millions 2yo Classic (1200m) at Pinjarra.
Late bloomer Smooth Chino was just moments away from missing a run in the $250,000 Magic Millions 3yo Trophy (1200m) but fortune shone on Indianna Weinert and Austin Galati, giving them their biggest wins.
David Harrison has a live chance at a fifth Magic Millions 2yo Classic (1200m) with Da Generals Son but must overcome some of WA’s most precocious youngsters to collect the lion’s share of the $250,000 purse.
The entire Albany Racing Club board has quit less than 24 hours after racing was suspended at the historic venue because of ‘ongoing financial challenges’.
In one way or another, a Parnham is expected to take out either of Saturday’s $250,000 Magic Millions two and three-year-old races at Pinjarra.
Magic Millions Perth manager David Houston is optimistic that this year’s yearling sale will rival last year’s record-breaking event when the youngsters go through the ring on February 20 and 21.
Another Wil scored his maiden Group 1 win in the C F Orr Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield, wearing down the iconic Mr Brightside to snatch a poignant win in the colours of the late Colin McKenna.
Trainer Neville Parnham thought he was a moral and Snowdome didn’t let his trainer down, monstering his rivals in the Listed $125,000 Bisley Workwear Cyril Flower Stakes (1200m) at Ascot.
With the score at one apiece, Saturday’s Listed $125,000 Bisley Workwear Cyril Flower Stakes (1200m) shapes as the decider between two favourites Man Crush and Twain’s Angel.
Two of WA’s most recent feature event winners have become arch-rivals in recent weeks and will settle a score in the Listed $125,000 Bisley Workwear Cyril Flower Stakes (1200m) at Ascot this weekend.
Inter Dominion winner Don Hugo now has a position in this year’s $1.25 million TABtouch The Nullarbor (2536m) at Gloucester Park, with owner Tony Licastro buying out Aaron Bain and Summit Bloodstock’s slot.
Trainer Simon Miller has continued a run of success staged through the opening month of 2025, taking his tally to 12 winners from just 45 starters since the beginning of the year with a Monday double at Ascot.
Marvellous mare Bonjoy kept her invincible reign of form going in the $100,000 Ascot Mile, sprinting brilliantly to land the day’s feature.
Jockey Daniel Moor’s day on the farm might have been interrupted, but a late call-up paid dividends as he sent debutante Inkaruna to victory in the $200,000 Group 3 Chairman’s Stakes (1000m) at Sandown.
Rising talent Sensessional will look to continue his ascendance through the classes when he meets his stiffest test in Saturday’s $100,000 Ascot Mile (1600m).
Two of WA’s winningest horses will compare notes in the $100,000 Ascot Mile when Bonjoy and Sensessional clash in WA’s headline contest on Saturday.
Millionaire mare Alsephina sent an ominous warning to interstate rivals with a smooth success at Tuesday’s Pinjarra trials ahead of a lucrative interstate mission.
Experienced trainer Chris Willis celebrated the Australia Day public holiday in style, taking two runners to Pinjarra and landing a double with Mavis Myrtle and Tallangatta.
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