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Ideal Agent Claims Mount Eden Sprint For Team Bond

Ideal Agent NZ flashes down the outisde to claim narrow win in the Mount Eden Sprint. Photo Credit – Photography by Jodie Hallows Greg and Skye Bond are reaping the rewards of their hard work, with the training duo once again taking out WA’s Leading Trainer for 2023 on Saturday night at the annual Racing […]

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Parnham Opts To Stay Home For Key Mounts

Steven Parnham has opted to forgo a Group 2 opportunity in Melbourne to remain focused on Perth’s Ascot meeting this Saturday. With Parnham electing to stay at home, Declan Bates is the new rider for Zipaway in the Alister Clark Stakes (2040m) at Moonee Valley. Zipaway will have someone new on his back for the […]

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Overpass Tunes Up Nicely For Quokka Defense

While Perth’s glamour mare Amelia’s Jewel strutted her stuff in a Perth trial on Monday, Overpass was doing the same at Rosehill Gardens ahead of their mouth-watering clash in next month’s $5 million Quokka (1200m) at Ascot. Amelia’s Jewel, who settled last in her four-horse trial, gave pacesetter Bopping Blue a six length head start […]

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Perfect Starting Point For Amelia’s Jewel

Glamour mare Amelia’s Jewel took the first step towards the $5 million Quokka (1200m) when finishing a close second in a Belmont trial this morning (Monday). Restrained to last in a four horse trial by jockey, Pat Carbery, Amelia’s Jewel closed off her 1000m heat strongly when chasing down pacesetter, Bopping Blue. Amelia’s Jewel stood […]

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WA’s Golden Girl Continues To Shine

Steno and Jocelyn Young in the Woodlands Stud Golden Girls Mile at Pinjarra. Photo Credit- Photography by Jodie Hallows The future is bright for Steno, who is undeniably the mare to beat this season. Yesterday at Pinjarra, the Jocelyn Young trained and reined five-year-old continued her impressive run with an all the way victory in […]

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That’s A Wrap On Team Teal For 2024

Photo Credit- Pacepix Team Teal for 2024 has come to an end, but this year looked a little different for WA with the South West Pony Trots getting behind the fantastic initiative. With six young members involved, we saw Ruby Woodworth, Brooke Strachan, Addison Sharp, Mikayla Vlemmix, Maisie Reeves and Ruby Russell don the teal […]

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WA Star Never Ending Confirmed For $1.25mil Nullarbor

CONFIRMATION boom WA pacer Never Ending will tackle the $1.25mil Group 1 Nullarbor has added another dimension to the April 19 feature at Gloucester Park. Slot owner Entain, through its Ladbrokes brand, moved swiftly to find a replacement slot runner when superstar Magnificent Storm was ruled-out of the race with a nasty knee infection. “They […]

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Magnificent Storm wins 2023 WA Harness Horse of the Year Award

WA Pacing Cup winner Magnificent Storm has scored yet another brilliant victory by winning the WA Harness Horse of the Year title for 2023. The Ray Willliams-trained pacer who rose to stardom in Western Australia, amassing more than a million dollars in prize money since being imported from New Zealand after an unplaced debut, won […]

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Big Night For Walls Pacing With First Ever Treble

The Sarah Wall Stable experienced a first on Friday night, March 15 at Bunbury, with the team walking away with their first ever training treble. Not only did they take training honours on the night, but the wins were even more special with the stable experiencing 100% winners to runners strike rate on the night. […]

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Martin Hopes to Revive Fond Memories In Batavia Sprint

Julia Martin hopes a dual-pronged attack will be potent enough to score a coveted home-town feature win at Geraldton on Sunday. Martin will be represented by two runners in the $125,000 Batavia Sprint (1200m), Bombay Style and Miff Muffered Moof. As an eight year-old with 64 starts behind him, Bombay Style is the veteran of […]

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Turner’s Queen To Own Natasha Stakes

Troy Turner’s confidence in Own The Queen is sky high and he expects the filly will handle a rise in distance in the Natasha Stakes (2200m) at Ascot on Saturday. The Justine Erkelens-trained Own The Queen is unbeaten this campaign and extended her winning sequence to three straight in last fortnight’s Ascot 1000 Guineas (1800m) […]

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Junior Drivers Rolling In With Ajay Markham Making Trial Debut

Ajay Markham is set to be the next new driver to join the ranks, with the 16-year-old due to make his appearance at trials in the coming weeks. Following in the footsteps of his dad, Ashleigh Markham, Ajay knew early on in life that this is what he wanted, and after two-and-a-half years in Victoria […]

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Don’t Write Off Alaskan IN J.C.Roberts Stakes

Unfazed by his last-start defeat, trainer Neville Parnham has encouraged supporters to follow his lead and not write off the claims of Alaskan in the J.C.Roberts Stakes (1800m) at Ascot on Saturday. Vanquished by Icebergs and track conditions that favoured on pace runners two weeks ago, Alaskan finished a disappointing 12th of 13, making little […]

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Swingband Confirmed for $1.25 Million TABTouch Nullarbor

Photo Credit: Pacepix Jeavons Racing are excited ahead of Australia’s Richest Group 1 Race, The TABTouch Nullarbor, with the team confirming that Swingband will represent their slot on the big stage on Friday April 19 at Gloucester Park. Slot representative Kevin Jeavons confirmed that they have been sitting on the decision for a few weeks […]

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Patience Pays Off For Burnham With Rewarding Win At Pinjarra

The Freelancer driven home by Mitchell Miller. Photo Credit – Photography by Jodie Hallows Seven-year-old The Freelancer has had a fair bit of time between drinks, but on Monday at Pinjarra the Edward Burnham trained gelding broke through for his first win in just under two years. After beginning from barrier one on the front-line […]

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New studies seek horse health and welfare advances

A simple blood test to help predict the injury risk of racehorses is among the study projects made possible by the inaugural Racing WA Research Fund grants. Racing WA Head of Animal Welfare Dr Anna Smet announced two projects had secured funding: A study into WA racehorse health and research on injury prevention. “We are […]

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Krispyn Dreams Of Karrakatta Plate Success

Following a fortuitous change of heart, Joshua Krispyn plans to raise the stakes and plot a path to next month’s Group 2 Karrakatta Plate (1200m) at Ascot with Sir Dreamalot. Perth’s richest juvenile race was off the radar and an idea far removed for Krispyn until Sir Dreamalot raced into calculations by winning his maiden […]

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Bridgetown’s Back For Their Two Meetings This Season

Bridgetown is back for 2024, and on Sunday March 10, the club celebrated the first half of their two-meeting season, with the first meeting getting underway without a hitch, seeing seven fully supported races going ahead on the sunny afternoon in the southwest. It may have been just over a year between wins, but the […]

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Brickies Dream NZ Takes Out 2024 Boof Elliott Memorial

Brickies Dream NZ – Photo Credit: Pacepix Northam Harness Racing presented a seven-race card on Saturday, March 9, with the night dedicated to the Elliott Family, including the feature race of the program, the Boof Elliott Memorial, which is in its fourth year running. The race was first run in 2021 after Boof (Clayton) passed […]

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Esperance Cup a win for local lifesavers

Esperance-Goldfields Surf Lifesaving members rallied together at Esperance Cup to raise funds for better facilities and equipment. By marshalling cars in the parking lot, rattling donation tins and selling raffle boards, the local lifesavers raised $3238 towards upgraded racking and shelving to fit out the new patrol shed and Nippers area. Racing WA matched the […]

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Vahala Hopes To Rule Bunbury Stakes.

From early on, trainer Stefan Vahala has tagged Aztec Ruler as a stakes horse in the making. Aztec Ruler has yet to realise his trainer’s ambition, a couple of hiccups and small setbacks has stymied his progress. But, the horse has talent and started to show that flair last year in the winter during a […]

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