Machine Gun Gracie capped off a miracle first preparation, completing a rare three-year-old double in Saturday’s Group 2 $400,000 WATC Derby (2400m) at Ascot after her WA Oaks demolition a fortnight earlier.
Hayden King
Trainer Ciaron Maher could have another Everest contender on his hands after Jimmysstar claimed his second Group 1 for the preparation in Saturday’s $1.5 million All Aged Stakes (1400m) at Randwick.
Watch Me Rock brought up a winning hat-trick in the $100,000 Good Friday Stakes (1800m) at Ascot, chinning courageous stablemate Fluro Neuro for the third consecutive time.
Albany jockey Tash Faithfull is confident she can win a second Wellington and Reeves Community Albany Cup aboard Manavendra on Sunday.
Cameron Newbold
The Quokka jigsaw is finally complete after Peters Investments won a bidding duel for Saturday’s Roma Cup winner The Boss Lady to represent them in the $5 million sprinting feature on April 26.
Champion reinsman Gary Hall Jr has been bestowed the rich honour of representing Australia in the World Driving Championship held by New Zealand from November 2 to 11.
The Boss Lady virtually assured herself a start in The Quokka, winning the Group 3 $300,000 PKF Roma Cup (1100m) following a tense protest hearing, initially dead-heating across the line with Jokers Grin.
Champion mare Via Sistina continued her groundbreaking preparation, equalling the feat of Winx by claiming her seventh Group 1 this season and ninth overall in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) at Randwick.
Perth will be abuzz at Ascot Racecourse’s PKF Italian Raceday on Saturday, celebrating the city getting recognised as the 2025 Capital of Italian Culture in the World.
The Group 3 $200,000 PKF Roma Cup (1100m) is shaping to be the most important race of the year so far at Ascot, with a distinct likelihood four runners will line up in next fortnight’s Quokka.
Star WA pacer Magnificent Storm is in doubt for rich Gloucester Park races headed by the $1.25 million Nullarbor after he was found to have bone bruising on Friday.
Ernie Manning
Ladbrokes’ Quokka representative Jokers Grin will be out to show why he’s one of the highest-rated sprinters in WA in his final tune-up before the big dance in Saturday’s Group 3 $200,000 PKF Roma Cup (1100m).
In a spectacular 24-hour backflip, Sportsbet have replaced I Am Me with hardy gelding Front Page as their $5 million Kia Quokka (1200m) slot representative after the mare weakened in Saturday’s T J Smith Stakes
Ascot’s $5 million Kia Quokka (1200m) was given a serious boost on Monday, with second and third favourites Headwall and Western Empire both locking away slots in the April 26 extravaganza.
Albany trainer Indianna Weinert picked up a winning treble on her home turf in wet conditions on Friday, with Pure Chino firming for a start in the $125,000 Albany Cup on Easter Sunday.
Jacki Elezovich
Trainer Willie Mullins has achieved a unique 1-2-3 triumph at the world's greatest steeplechase, the Grand National, with son Patrick winning on Nick Rockett..
Ian Chadband
Machine Gun Gracie asserted her dominance over the fillies’ staying ranks and sent shivers through Derby candidates with an annihilation of the $300,000 Group 3 Drummond Golf WA Oaks (2400m) field at Ascot.
In WA over the past two years, we’ve come to know Bjorn Baker for his boisterous post-race celebrations, but when Stefi Magnetica won the Group 1 Doncaster Mile at Randwick, he was overcome by emotion.
Boutique trainer Justine Erkelens landed a watershed win in the 2024 WA Oaks as Own The Queen ripped home from last to score a dazzling win as the odds-on favourite.
Machine Gun Gracie asserted her dominance over the fillies a fortnight ago and enters the Group 3 $300,000 Drummond Gold WA Oaks (2400m) as a raging $1.70 TABtouch favourite with her rivals up against it.
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).
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.
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.
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