Fresh from one of the most satisfying days he’s experienced on a race track, trainer Grant Williams has outlined ambitious plans for outstanding Northam Stakes winner, Western Empire. The short term has been locked away with the Belmont Sprint (1400m), Hyperion Stakes (1600m) and Strickland Stakes (2000m) a trio of Group 3 races on the […]

The Port Hedland Turf Club’s (PHTC) racing season gets underway this Saturday, with club officials expecting a big turnout on course for the opening meeting of 2024. It marks the first of the six meetings set to be held by the PHTC this season, headlined by the highlight of the Pilbara racing season, the Port […]

Blockjorg taking out the Dash For Cash. Photography by Jodie Hallows Seven-year-old Blockjorg brought up her 13th career success on Saturday May 4 at Bunbury when she took out the feature of the night, the $11,000 Dash For Cash over the 1140m sprint trip for trainer Colin Reeves. Driven by Emily Suvaljko, Blockjorg was having […]

When Barry Howlett head to New Zealand back in 2016, he had zero intentions of purchasing a yearling out of Auckland Reactor by Baileys Delight, but with a miscommunication between friends, the horse somehow ended up with Barry and now seven years later, he has emerged, making his trial debut at Pinjarra just last Wednesday, […]

The empire strikes back! In a brilliant winning return to Perth racing, Western Empire revived memories of past glories when he outclassed his opponents in Sunday’s Group 3 Tabtouch Northam Stakes (1300m). Back in the familiar care of previous trainers Grant and Alana Williams, Western Empire put the writing on the wall at his previous […]