Top WA galloper Cosmic Crusader will begin his Victorian push as favourite in Saturday’s Group 3 $200,00 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield.
Hayden King
Progressive galloper Amaroo Star took some notable scalps and sounded a warning ahead of his raceday reappearance when successful in a 1000m Belmont trial on Monday morning.
Security Spot won at huge odds, rebounding from last to first to win the Mixed Grade 4/5 over 400m at Greyhounds WA Mandurah.
James Broadhurst
Urquharts Bluff produced yet another boilover result to salute at Belmont on Saturday, scoring at long odds for the second time in three weeks.
Shaping as a match race between the best of the boys and a gloried girl, the Belmont Classic delivered a pulsating duel between Westbound and Ladies Pro with the latter gaining a narrow edge in the dying part.
The Listed $125,000 Belmont Classic (2200m) shapes as a battle between the boys and girls with Westbound and Ladies Pro dominating the betting for Saturday’s headliner.
Leap To Fame will become a true Inter Dominion immortal should he salute for the third time in harness racing’s biggest prize at Albion Park on Saturday, though he will need his best performance yet to win.
Racing WA stewards have reported finding prohibited substance cobalt at prominent Perth trainer Meryl Hayley’s property after her winner Divine Inanna returned a positive swab.
Ernie Manning
Leap To Fame may need to fight his toughest war yet in a gloried career to again hold the Group 1 Inter Dominion trophy aloft as the southern hemisphere’s greatest-ever pacer bids for his third championship.
Apprentice Zephen Johnston-Porter has a lucky escape in Bunbury fall ahead of five rides at Belmont on Saturday.
Just eight runners have nominated to start in Saturday’s Listed $125,000 Belmont Classic (2200m), however, both the top filly and gelding of recent weeks are set to meet.
Miss Envy confirmed herself amongst the greatest dogs ever produced by WA with a stirring Group 1 Queensland Cup triumph at the Q on Saturday, certifying a record-breaking third greyhound of the year title.
Regarded the greatest pacer of all time, Leap To Fame is set to start at rare odds after a dramatic barrier draw for this year’s Group 1 $1 million Inter Dominion (2680m) at Queensland’s Albion Park.
Immortal Bliss stamped himself as a sprinter to watch, making a sparkling return to racing by saluting in the Listed $125,000 Beaufine Stakes (1000m) at Belmont.
The West Australian’s racing expert Ernie Manning reveals his tips for a blockbuster week of racing action.
Winnasedge justified favouritism and enhanced his impressive Caulfield course record when taking Saturday’s Group 3 Sir John Monash Stakes (1100m).
Harness racing officials are confident Gloucester Park’s $60 million revitalisation is back on track after delays and the historic East Perth course looks set to remain WA pacing’s headquarters.
Luana Miss has firmed to co-favouritism for the Listed $125,000 Beaufine Stakes (1000m) at Belmont on Saturday in the first winter outing for several of Perth’s best sprinters.
The Listed $125,000 Beaufine Stakes (1000m) shapes as one of the most intriguing races of the winter so far with almost every runner in Belmont’s Saturday headliner on campaign reappearance.
Miss Envy looks set to further push her case for a record-breaking third greyhound of the year title when she contests the Group 1 $262,500 Queensland Cup (710m) at Q2 Parklands on Saturday night.
The Melbourne Cup could be back on the radar for world-renowned galloper Constitution Hill after his trainer Nicky Henderson flagged a start in a conventional lead-up race.
Gold Smirch made it back-to-back wins with a runaway victory in the 400m Free For All at Greyhounds WA Mandurah last Friday.
Ladies Pro confirmed herself as the biggest threat to Westbound landing the Belmont Classic next fortnight by recording her own slashing triumph in the Listed Belmont Oaks (2000m) only half an hour later.
Westbound confirmed himself as a stayer on the rise with a bloodless decimation of his Listed $125,000 Swan Draught Aquanita Stakes (2000m) rivals at Belmont on Saturday afternoon.
