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.
Hayden King
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.
Cameron Newbold
Turf club officials have scrapped plans to build a landmark grandstand at Belmont Park after revealing financial strain would prevent the $120 million project.
Luana Miss upstaged raging favourite Yes Queen to win the Listed $125,000 Supremacy Stakes (1000m), replacing her at the head of the betting for the Karrakatta Plate on April 26.
Light Infantry Man continued his ascension through the grades, taking another dominant Group 1 win in the $2.5 million Australian Cup (2000m) at Flemington.
One of WA’s most promising speedsters will stake his claim for a Quokka slot on April 26 when Jokers Grin launches his autumn campaign in the $100,000 Rock Magic Stakes (1000m) at Ascot.
WA-owned sprinter Oscar’s Fortune will attempt to earn a start in Ascot’s $5 million Quokka by winning at Flemington on Saturday.
Tough-as-nails pacer Minstrel is the fifth horse entered for the Group 1 $1.25 million TABtouch Nullarbor (2536m) at Gloucester Park on April 25 after being selected by Ladbrokes.
Comeback pacer Magnificent Storm is the fourth horse to guarantee himself a position in the $1.25 million Nullarbor (2536m) at Gloucester Park on April 25 after impressing in his racetrack return.
Six-year-old Currimundi delivered trainer Steve Wolfe and jockey Shaun McGruddy the second leg of a provincial feature event double when he stormed home to win Sunday’s $150,000 Pinjarra Cup (2300m).
Machine Gun Gracie sent such a statement to her three-year-old counterparts in Saturday’s Listed $125,000 Natasha Stakes (2200m) at Ascot that it left most wondering if she can be beaten in the WA Oaks.
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