Four-year-old Parmesan steps up in class to win the $30,000 Pure Steel Pace (2130m) at Gloucester Park.
Ernie Manning
Jockey Patrick Carbery says Cup Night is “coming off the track like Mike Tyson in his prime” after his sizzling Northam Stakes victory first-up.
Jay Rooney
At nearly 12, Rock Magic is Mick Gangemi’s favourite and it’s easy to see why. What’s difficult is to work out how the gelding keeps on keeping on at racing’s elite level.
Steve Butler
Top French jockey Pierre-Charles Boudot has been sidelined from riding following his indictment for rape.
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At his second career start, Nowhiteflag scored the first of what Fabergino’s owners and trainer Todd Harvey hope will be many wins when he broke through at Northam on Thursday.
Perth Racing is likely to shift the Roma Cup back to Belmont next year, but the club is confident the race will be run without any issues on a sparingly-used pad at Ascot on Saturday.
One of the favourites for the Roma Cup at Ascot on Saturday, Windstorm has been scratched and will also miss upcoming features at Belmont Park.
Trainer Bob Baffert says Preakness favourite Medina Spirit's dermatitis ointment might have caused the Kentucky Derby winner to fail a drug test.
The Velvet King will make his WA return in Saturday’s Roma Cup at Ascot after feet problems thwarted his Melbourne campaign last spring.
Classy three-year-old Brooklyn Pier confirmed his recovery from a leg injury by sprinting impressively over 1000m for jockey Chris Parnham at yesterday’s Belmont barrier trials.
Owner Bob Peters confirmed three-time Group 1 winner Arcadia Queen is a late entry for the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale starting on May 25.
Horse racing has been left in shock with news that Kentucky Derby-winning horse Medina Spirit has failed a drugs test and his trainer Bob Baffert suspended.
Flirtini will race in blinkers for the first time in Saturday’s Roma Cup at Ascot, but trainer Simon Miller is yet to confirm a new rider for the quality mare.
Perth trainer-reinsman Colin Brown is looking at another goal after achieving a career milestone when Joelene delivered his 3000th win as a driver in the 3YO Fillies Pace at Gloucester on Friday.
WA staying find Marocchino brilliantly scored his fourth straight win when he set a hot pace for jockey Chris Parnham and left rivals floundering in yesterday’s $100,000 Eurythmic Stakes at Ascot.
ERNIE MANNING
Star Of Diamonds, trained at Busselton by Barry Howlett, won the $30,000 Golden Girls Mile (1684m) and $30,000 Race For Roses (2503m) in lead-ups to the Breeders’ Stakes.
Punters are tipped to break the record for the world’s biggest post-coronavirus trackside crowd. This is how many spectators can attend.
PETER ROLFE
After bidding for her started at $800,000, Celebrity Queen was knocked down to Coolmore for a record price at the Inglis Chairman’s Sale in Sydney.
Fair Justice and Material Witness are among a dozen or more of Chris Brown’s racehorse investments being investigated by receivers in a bid to track down $126m owed to investors.
Neale Prior
Cryptic Love will take on some of WA’s best sprinters in the Roma Cup next week as trainer David Harrison weighs up whether to send the dual stakes winner over east in the near future.
Jockey Chris Parnham rode his 100th Perth winner of the season when Tri For Us scored in yesterday’s Amelia Park Lodge Handicap at Ascot.
Paul Ramsay, who was bringing the horses to WA, said he had never seen such shocking scenes after a stock-carrying accident.
Leading jockey Chris Parnham has picked up the rides on Elite Street and Marocchino in upcoming Ascot features the Roma Cup and Eurythmic Stakes.
The West Australian’s racing reporter Ernie Manning runs an eye over yesterday’s trials at Lark Hill.
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