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Pike steers King Of Light to a convincing win at Belmont on Saturday.

RACINGCommentsPremiumPike set to claim eighth Australian Jockey Premiership

Champion jockey William Pike has surged to a surely unassailable lead in the Australian Jockey Premiership, blasting eight-and-a-half wins clear of Blake Shinn with just four days left in the season.

Hayden King

Zadar Rock wins for jockey Keshaw Dhurun at Ascot.

RACINGPremiumCocivera quinellas $50,000 TABtouch Roebourne Cup

After going around as one of the favourites and finishing an eighteen-length seventh last year, Zadar Rock did not let his supporters down a second time by clinching the $50,000 Roebourne Cup (2200m).

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Arcadia Park wins with Clint Johnston-Porter aboard

RACINGCommentsPremiumArcadia Park stays out Belmont Classic strongest

Touted as a match race between the best staying filly and gelding over recent weeks, Arcadia Park put the boys on top when holding off Fancy Red to salute in the Listed $125,000 Belmont Classic (2200m).

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Stephanie Tierney riding trackwork.

RACINGCommentsPremiumNew hoop gets first taste of Bundaberg

A one-time West Aussie will begin a new phase of her career when she makes a belated start to a jockey career and takes her first mounts at Queensland’s Bundaberg racetrack on Saturday.

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Trainer Dan Morton has good odds of victory.

RACINGCommentsPremiumKing Of Light’s stranglehold over Belmont reopening clash

King Of Light will be one of the shortest-priced favourites in metro racing memory when he contests the opening event at Belmont’s return to racing on Saturday.

Hayden King

Sherpa Express wins with Brad Parnham aboard.

RACINGCommentsPremiumSire Blue Point’s chance at rich and surprising WA double

Blue Point two-year-old Sherpa Express gave the sprinting sire a chance at a lucrative and surprising WA double in the coming days by scoring a maiden victory at Northam on Thursday.

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Arcadia Park wins the 2025 Aquanita Stakes for jockey Clint Johnston-Porter

RACINGCommentsPremiumRecent top staying filly and colt to meet in Belmont Classic

The top staying filly and colt of recent weeks will meet in the Listed $125,000 Belmont Classic (2200m) when Fancy Red and Arcadia Park clash.

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Just Leroy wins with Troy Turner aboard

RACINGCommentsPremiumJust Leroy redeems at Pinjarra after recent disqualification

Just Leroy scored a redeeming victory at Pinjarra on Wednesday, two weeks after being disqualified from an event at the same track.

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Joseph Suvaljko and Longreach Bay take flight to cross and lead the field.

RACINGCommentsPremiumYoung gun Joseph Suvaljko riding crest of a wave

Promising reinsman Joseph Suvaljko is riding the crest of a wave having driven more winners in the opening six months of this year than his first five years in the sulky.

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Shmoov Moova wins at Ascot for jockey Chris Parnham.

RACINGCommentsPremiumBelmont back on the cards for Classic weekend

Following extensive testing and successful trials on Monday morning, Belmont racetrack has been given the all clear to resume racing this weekend for the running of the Listed $125,000 Belmont Classic (2200m).

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Chris Lewis salutes to the sky as Petes Honour wins the Vale Mark Lewis.

RACINGPremiumLegendary sportsman Chris Lewis wins race honouring late son

No one could perfectly capture nor describe the emotions Chris Lewis felt when saluting aboard Petes Honour in the Vale Mark Lewis Pace. So no one tried; they merely combined in a symphony of united applause.

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Chris Lewis salutes to the sky as Petes Honour wins the Vale Mark Lewis.

RACINGCommentsPremiumLegendary sportsman Chris Lewis wins race honouring late son

No one could perfectly capture nor describe the emotions Chris Lewis felt when saluting aboard Petes Honour in the Vale Mark Lewis Pace. So no one tried; they merely combined in a symphony of united applause.

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Wind And The Lion wins with William Pike aboard.

RACINGPremiumPike goes like the Wind with four-timer and Bolton Sprint

Another three-year-old has trumped some of WA’s most hardened speedsters, this time with Wind And The Lion claiming a gritty win in the Listed $125,000 H G Bolton Sprint (1200m) at Bunbury.

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Ethereum Girl’s trainers Ben Hayes and JD Hayes celebrate after Little Brose won the Blue Diamond.

RACINGCommentsPremiumEthereum Girl lands maiden black-type success in Sires’

Ethereum Girl cashed in her maiden big-race triumph in the Group 3 $150,000 South Australian Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) at Morphettville, turning the result around after a narrow defeat last start.

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Giaan O'Donnell celebrates after Charleton Eddie's Derby Sprint win

RACINGPremiumO’Donnell cracks it for first win in a big way

Having just her 13th race ride, Giaan O’Donnell broke through for her first career victory aboard Charleton Eddie in the CMC Derby Sprint (1120m), one of the day’s features at the iconic north-west racetrack.

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Wind And The Lion wins the 2024 Placid Ark Stakes for jockey Chris Parnham.

RACINGCommentsPremiumFavourite ruled out of Sprint allowing Casey team box seat

With early favourite Toropa ruled out of the Listed $125,000 H G Bolton Sprint (1200m) at Bunbury, the door has opened for a two-pronged assault from the Sean and Jake Casey team.

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Brad Parnham will ride Toropa in the $125,000 H G Bolton Sprint (1200m) at Bunbury.

RACINGCommentsPremiumParnham to rope a H G Bolton Sprint win for more history

Brad Parnham is in the midst of his greatest-ever season in the saddle and will have a chance to add to his growing tally of top-line glories aboard Toropa in the H G Bolton Sprint (1200m) at Bunbury.

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Emily Suvaljko sporting the AYDC colours.

RACINGCommentsPremiumSuvaljko represents WA against southern hemisphere’s best

Star Western Australian reinswoman Emily Suvaljko will compete against the southern hemisphere’s brightest emerging talents in Queensland’s Australasian Young Drivers’ Championship beginning on Tuesday.

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Fancy Red wins the 2025 Belmont Oaks for jockey William Pike at the Bunbury Turf Club.

RACINGCommentsPremiumCheers! Fancy Red salutes in Belmont Oaks

Adam Durrant and William Pike continued their prestigious relationships with the Listed $125,000 Belmont Oaks (2019m), collecting their fifth and seventh trophies in the event respectively with Fancy Red.

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Arcadia Park wins the 2025 Aquanita Stakes for jockey Clint Johnston-Porter

RACINGCommentsPremiumArcadia Park does mum proud by winning Aquanita Stakes

It could easily be argued that Arcadia Park was destined to win Saturday’s Listed $125,000 Aquanita Stakes (2019m) from the moment he was born when realising history of a decade in the making.

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Fancy Red has been anything but expensive for punters in the lead-up to Saturday’s Listed $125,000 Belmont Oaks.

RACINGCommentsPremiumFancy Red anything but expensive for favourite followers

Fancy Red has been anything but expensive for punters in the lead-up to Saturday’s Listed $125,000 Belmont Oaks (2019m) at Bunbury where she will again start favourite.

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Elite Missile is in with a chance to win the Aquanita Stakes.

RACINGCommentsPremiumAquanita Stakes shapes as an Opportunistic outing for 3yos

With the omission of nominal favourite Opportunistic, the door has opened for a budding three-year-old stayer to capture the crown in Saturday’s Listed $125,000 Aquanita Stakes (2019m) at Bunbury.

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Racing and Gaming Minister Paul Papalia said the government does not plan to shut down greyhound racing.

State PoliticsCommentsNo plans to stop greyhound racing in WA despite Labor rift

Minister Paul Papalia said the government remains committed to supporting the greyhound racing industry, despite past criticism from within its own ranks.

Liam Murphy

Luke Fernie’s problem-plagued gelding Otheroneson gave a reminder of his class with an assured victory at Monday’s Belmont trials.

RACINGCommentsPremiumForgotten horse steps out for Fernie in top hit-out

Luke Fernie’s problem-plagued gelding Otheroneson gave a reminder of his class with an assured victory at Monday’s Belmont trials.

Hayden King