A good day for the stable on Saturday with Malibu Style taking out the Listed Doverton Stakes at Sandown over 1000 metres. The win was his third at stakes level. Story from Mark Smith of www.breednet.com.au Honest seven-year-old gelding Malibu Style had plenty of support in the betting ring in Saturday's Listed Doveton Stakes (1000m) [...]
It could be a case of third time lucky for Checkpoint in the $1 million Crown Perth Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) at Ascot on Saturday. Untimely injuries have prevented the sprinter from lining up in the Group 1 feature in the past two years. Checkpoint was scratched on the eve of the 2013 race when he [...]
Hall-of-fame trainer Neville Parnham is hoping his latest acquisition Fulgur can deliver him his first Perth Cup winner since Luna Tudor in 2000, as he starts a campaign aimed towards the Group 2 classic at Ascot on Saturday. Fulgur will run first-up in Saturday’s Group 3 David Grays Aglink-R.J. Peters Stakes (1500m), a race Parnham [...]
Trainer Neville Parnham believes Bass Strait will be the big improver and cautions supporters not to dismiss the gelding’s claims in the Group 3 Asian Beau Stakes (1400m) at Ascot on Saturday. The former Melbourne galloper, on a path towards the Group 1 Railway Stakes (1600m) in November, ran eighth when resuming in the Northerly [...]
George N Ernie earned a shot at feature race glory after rewarding astute punters with a maiden victory in the Clubs In The Community Handicap (1400m) at Ascot on Wednesday. Despite George N Ernie’s maiden status and two unplaced runs back this campaign, punters were all over the son of Blackfriars, who firmed from $7 [...]
Street Bandit has won his third career race at start 44 today, and his third in six starts, with another perfect ride by Lucy Warwick for trainer Neville Parnham. Still likely celebrating the victory of Royal Rada in the Hannan’s on Thursday, Warwick and Parnham combined again to hand Street Bandit another victory following a [...]
Trainer Neville Parnham has described his latest training success as a “surprise” and suggested it could have all been down to “fate”. In-form galloper Royal Rada delivered the champion trainer his second Hannan’s Handicap (1400m) victory on Thursday, holding off a late charge from Akhedasset and the desperately unlucky favourite Red Ora. The win continued [...]
Trainer Neville Parnham is confident Musket gelding Sporting Image will mature into a Saturday horse for his wife Carol and Yarradale Stud owner Ron Sayers. Parnham made that prediction after Sporting Image scored a front-running victory in a Belmont midweek sprint last Wednesday. “He’s a nice horse in the making. There’s not much of him [...]
We go racing tomorrow at Belmont with six runners, all capable of winning prize money for their connections. Race 2 – Rotana Beach and Loopy’s Ladies Race 3 – Military Service Race 5 – Lenienece Race 6 – Megafactory Race 8 – Street Bandit Good luck to our partners.
From Rob Edwards of the West Australian Newspaper A testing gallop within the next six weeks will determine whether sprinter Rommel launches his comeback at Ascot later this year. Trainer Neville Parnham put the Commands entire on light duties on a treadmill as part of his rehabilitation for a fetlock injury sustained before he was [...]
