The ever-conquering warrior of Western Australian racing Western Empire will be out to crack historical ground when he attempts a three-peat of Belmont winter sprint features in the Strickland Stakes (2000m)
Hayden King
Perth Cup winning trainer Adam Durrant’s horses have been hit with two shock positive readings to a prohibited substance in analysts’ tests which will rock the state’s thoroughbred industry.
Ernie Manning
Fangirl will be burdened by almost 130 years of history after being an interesting acceptor for Saturday’s $3 million Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap (1400m) at Eagle Farm.
For the 12th time, master trainer Aidan O'Brien has won the most famous of races, the Derby, at Epsom -- this time with a horse called Christmas Day.
Staff Writers
Rising three-year-old Vatican Storm has broken the unbeaten streak of Hot And High in the Listed $125,000 Raconteur Stakes (1400m) at Belmont with the finish so close it took minutes to decipher who had won.
Classy four-year-old pacer Boy Blue will undergo extra vet tests after stewards inquired into his dismal failure when a heavily backed odds-on favourite at Gloucester Park on Friday night.
Top trots trainer Aiden De Campo has been ordered to face a steward’s inquiry over the accusation.
Hot And High has emerged as one of the brightest sparks in WA racing but will face likely her toughest test to maintain an unbeaten record in Saturday’s Listed $125,000 Raconteur Stakes (1400m) at Belmont.
Chris Waller has already expressed his dominance as the country’s No. 1 trainer this winter carnival and his momentum seems unlikely to stop in the Queensland Oaks at Eagle Farm with a three-pronged attack.
Jockey William Pike rode brilliantly to land five Pinjarra winners on Thursday while embattled Melbourne Cup winning co-trainers Anthony and Sam Freedman faced additional charges.
Almost two decades on from her 2008 WATC Derby triumph, Grand Journey will be in search of even more Group 1 glory when her son Grand Omaha starts in the Queensland Oaks (2200m) at Eagle Farm.
Critically injured hoop Kristy Bennett is in a stable condition in a Queensland hospital after sustaining a brain bleed after falling from a horse on Tuesday.
Two members of a famous racing family are fighting to avoid a mandatory six-month disqualification for alleged vet treatment of gallopers on a race-day.
Injured WA jockey Kristy Bennett’s family have rushed to her Queensland hospital bedside after she sustained a brain bleed in a track fall and doctors placed her in an induced coma.
A Western Australian jockey has been placed in an induced coma after receiving a brain bleed when falling from a horse on Tuesday morning.
Not sure who to back at the track this week? Here’s all the horses and jockey’s who starred at Belmont on Saturday.
Western Empire again claimed the second leg of an elusive winter treble when saluting in the Group 3 $200,000 PKF Perth Hyperion Stakes (1600m) at Belmont in a typical William Pike final-stride success.
Stewards have cleared reinswoman Emily Suvaljko after probing Ruby Lovera’s win with an inside run when favourite Beetastic shifted out in a controversial finish at Gloucester Park on Friday night.
Leading WA trainers Grant and Alana Williams have pleaded guilty to a charge of presenting Starry Heights to race when prohibited substance ritalin was detected in his postmortem test.
A racing identity and convicted drug importer Damion Flower has been charged with fresh offences while serving a lengthy prison sentence.
Steve Zemek
Western Empire and Rope Them In will again square off in the second act of their winter campaigns, sizing one another up in the Group 3 $200,000 Hyperion Stakes (1600m) at Belmont.
WA racing has been rocked by a startling admission from racing authorities two races were run over the wrong distances at Lark Hill’s race meeting last month which has cost punters dearly.
Buthelezi has connections daring to dream big when the WA-owned galloper lines up as one of the most progressive runners in Saturday’s Group 1 Queensland Derby (2400m).
WA racing is mourning the loss of industry trailblazer Lois Taylor, who passed away on the weekend aged 91.
