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).
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Bookmakers are facing a jumbo payout if race favourite Wodeton wins this Saturday’s Group 1 $5 million Golden Slipper (1200m) at Rosehill.
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).
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.
Lady Shenandoah made it back-to-back Group 1 wins and maintained an unbeaten preparation in the $1 million Coolmore Classic (1500m) at Rosehill.
She might have plotted a peculiar preparation, but it’s hard to fault the form of Bonjoy heading into the Listed $125,000 A-1 Engineering Sheila Gwynee Classic (1400m) at Ascot.
Local trainer Corey White has two chances to fulfil a lifelong ambition in Saturday’s Group 1 Sky Racing Galaxy (715m) at Cannington, qualifying both Miss Ronnie Mac and Flaws And Sins.
TABtouch completed their trilogy of slot-race representatives on Monday, announcing Great Southern sizzler Rope Them In for the $5 million Kia Quokka (1200m) at Ascot on April 26.
Rising star Don Hugo claimed Saturday’s Group 1 Miracle Mile at Menangle and despite rumours otherwise, owner Tony Licastro has confirmed his intention to run in The Nullarbor at Gloucester Park on April 25.
Captain Pluto provided the training husband-wife duo Grant and Alana Williams with their second Bunbury Cups, but first together, as he finally rewarded his followers with a big-race win.
Four-year-old Tom Kitten showed he has now truly come of age, cutting down cult hero Mr Brightside in a nail-biting finish to the Group 1 $2.5 million All-Star Mile at Flemington.
Honest gelding Blazing Away will have his date with destiny in the $150,000 Swan Draught Bunbury Cup (2019m), aiming to become the first horse in the event’s 130-year history to claim the crown three times.
A clearly talented horse who has proven the punters’ enemy over the last six months will get his chance to redeem himself when he starts favourite in Saturday’s Listed $150,000 Swan Draught Bunbury Cup (2019m).
Western Australia’s most promising young jockeys will pit themselves against the best from around the country in the 2025 National Apprentice Race Series beginning on March 23.
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