Lightly raced galloper Hanchi had not won in almost 21 months leading into the $100,000 Jolly Beggar Stakes at Belmont but showed signs it won’t be his last with a dominant victory.
Hayden King
In her first appearance as a four-year-old, Treasurethe Moment announced herself as a true weight-for-age spring contender by stretching her winning sequence to nine in Caulfield’s Group 1 Memsie Stakes (1400m)
One of WA’s most enduring and evergreen gallopers will face the starter for the final time in Saturday’s feature at Belmont.
Despite just a field of six tackling Saturday’s $100,000 Jolly Beggar Stakes (1000m) at Belmont, the affair is wide open with only one runner at double-figure odds.
In 1996, it was Shayne’s Champ who emerged successful in the National Sprint Championship (520) in Queensland. Almost three decades on, it’s a different Shayne’s champ who could again clinch the title for WA.
The niece of recently crowned 2024/25 Horse of the Year Jokers Grin has put her own name out as a coming winner after Monday’s Lark Hill trials.
Despite riding a robust speed upfront, Phanta refused to fizzle as the veteran sprinter recorded his second Listed win in two weeks, taking the $125,000 Idyllic Prince Stakes (1300m) at Belmont.
She’s back. Champion mare Via Sistina sent an ominous warning to her spring rivals in the Group 1 $1 million Winx Stakes (1400m), going back to back in the event at her racetrack return.
Perhaps WA’s most promising apprentice, Chanel Cooper will have her best chance to break her Saturday metropolitan maiden when she steers quality types Yorga Pride and Castle Road at Belmont.
Evergreen eight-year-old Phanta turned back the clock in last fortnight’s Belmont Newmarket and will have a chance to rewrite history in Saturday’s Listed $125,000 Idyllic Prince Stakes (1300m) at Belmont.
The ever-effervescent Phanta is a narrow favourite to supply Chris Gangemi with a second Listed $125,000 Idyllic Prince Stakes (1300m) at Belmont, following in the footsteps of stable hero Rock Magic.
Find out which Brownlow Medal-winning AFL player owns a horse named after him racing this Saturday.
Three-start maiden Star Supreme cut a lone, grey furrow up the Belmont home straight on Monday morning, scoring her trial by three and three-quarter lengths in the fastest time of the morning.
Albany’s Tash Faithfull is the provincial queen of the saddle, having ridden more than 100 winners in a brilliant 2024-25 season that ended last month.
Cameron Newbold
Entering the Broome Cup as the least experienced runner, King Mahuta had the odds stacked against him, but showed heart beyond his years to claim a dynamite win against the north west’s best stayers.
Cream rose to the top in Caulfield’s Group 2 P B Lawrence Stakes (1400m) with veteran campaigner Private Eye dismissing his rivals to chalk up another feature success that looked inevitable halfway through.
History has an uncanny knack of repeating and there’s an eerie sense of symmetry about this year’s $100,000 Great Northern Broome Cup (2200m) for Peter Bamford.
Fitness proved no problem for Sensessional first-up, storming away from his rivals to land the Jockey Celebration Day Stakes in fine fashion and he will attempt a double on Saturday.
North-west invincible Border Control maintained his unbeaten record on WA’s dirt, stretching his winning sequence to six with a stunning win in the $40,000 TABtouch Broome Sprint (1300m).
An unraced but flashy filly created an impression at Lark Hill trials on Monday.
Veteran galloper Phanta showed there’s still fizz in his step by claiming the Listed $125,000 Swan Draught Belmont Newmarket (1200m) at Pinjarra, his second victory in the event.
Arcadia Knight scored his second win for the preparation in the $80,000 Lou Luciani Handicap (1600m) at Pinjarra, depriving longtime leader Lord Gannicus where it matters.
For the second consecutive week, Belmont’s Saturday racing fixture has again been transferred - this time to Pinjarra - in an eleventh hour move from Perth Racing.
Whilst William Pike will ride six of the eight favourites at tomorrow’s Pinjarra meeting, fellow leading hoop Chris Parnham has his own solid book of mounts as he bids to serve it up to the Wizard.
