Embattled leading WA racing co-trainers Grant and Alana Williams will miss weekend gallops meetings after failing in their their for immediate lifting a swab case suspension.
Ernie Manning
Star two-year-old Warwoven, who was recently scratched on race morning from the Magic Millions 2yo Classic, won’t contest next month’s Blue Diamond and remains in doubt for the Golden Slipper.
Hayden King
The moment of truth has arrived for Grant and Alana Williams, with the high-profile WA trainers facing a stewards’ inquiry on Tuesday afternoon after one of their star horses tested positive to Ritalin.
Legendary cross-code horseman Fred Kersley has been bestowed the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) at Monday’s Australia Day Honours for his services to racing.
Sporting a resplendent white blaze, Jaz Session emerged a fitting winner of the Listed $125,000 Scenic Blast Stakes (1200m) at Ascot, racing to her first black-type victory.
Heeza Phoenix will kick-start a lucrative venture when he reappears after a break in the Happy 70th Birthday Lou Luciani Handicap (1200m) at Ascot on Saturday.
Suspended co-trainers Grant and Alana Williams’ stable stars Watch Me Rock and Storyville are clear to continue racing after off-loading to a new stable.
Fast-favourite Arion Rock claimed a well-earned victory of the $20,000 Albany Cup on Saturday at the Albany Harness Racing Club, blistering home to secure the feature race.
Amy Towers
WA horse racing royalty Grant and Alana Williams have been sensationally stood down after a prohibited substance was detected in one of their racehorses during a post-mortem blood swab.
Jessica Evensen
There were large crowds at the Albany Harness Racing Club on Saturday evening for the Wellington and Reeves Real Estate Albany Cup
Jamie Marsh is primed to take home the Sandi’s Me Mum (520m) trophy from Cannington on Saturday night, preparing a three-pronged assault for the feature.
Albany stables and local jockeys claimed a host of wins at Frost Park on Sunday, with a promising contingent of local talent turning out for the Mungrup Mt Barker Sprint.
Jacki Elezovich
Albany mother-daughter duo Samantha and Tash Faithfull bagged the $100,000 Mungrup Mt Barker Sprint with Wineaclocksumwhere on Sunday in the four-year-old gelding’s first start and win at the track.
Troy Turner has paid tribute to Colin Webster, penning an emotional piece after the revered trainer’s passing on Sunday aged 85.
$80,000 purchase Unit Five is now one of the great bargains after collecting Gold Coast’s $3 million Magic Millions 2yo Classic (1200m) at just his second racetrack appearance.
Silver Eye showed last week’s win was no fluke by again saluting in Ascot’s $100,000 Celebration Of Life Day Trophy (1500m), further enhancing his association with veteran hoop Shaun O’Donnell.
Star Albany sprinter Oxbridge will need to lump 63kg to win Sunday’s $100,000 Mt Barker Sprint (1300m) against a strong field of rivals.
Cameron Newbold
Raging Magic Millions 2yo Classic (1200m) elect Warwoven presented lame on the eve of his big assignment and will need to pass a supplementary check on race morning to prove his fitness to start.
Warwoven is poised to start one of the shortest-priced favourites of the $3 million Magic Millions 2yo Classic’s history when he lines up a burning $1.75 elect to collect Gold Coast’s 1200m dash on Saturday.
Hot favourite Warwoven has firmed further for the $3 million Magic Millions 2yo Classic (1200m) at the Gold Coast after drawing perfectly in gate six.
The WA harness community has been deeply saddened by the loss of top class trainer Barry Howlett, who passed away aged 70 on Monday morning with bowel cancer.
A horse owned by embattled football star Lachie Neale has had a brilliant win in a race at Bunbury on Sunday.
Veteran sprinter Acromantula rolled back the years with a scintillating sprint showing in the Listed $125,000 Miss Andretti Stakes (1100m) at Ascot.
A strong crowd gathered to witness the running of the 2026 Fitzpatrick Plate on Sunday, the first thoroughbred meeting in the Great Southern for the new year.
