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RACING AND WAGERING WESTERN AUSTRALIA THOROUGHBRED RACING DEPARTMENT Racing Manager: David Hunter 14 Hasler Road, Osborne Park 6017 Twitter: @DavidHunter_27 Trainers’ Service Centre: (08) 9445 5277 24 Hour Nomination Service: (08) 9445 5278 Fax: (08) 9445 9312 Website: rwwa.com.au/CRIS/ Email: racing@rwwa.com.au Twitter: @rwwa_thor Office Hours Monday to Friday: 7am to 4pm Saturday: 7am to 10am Sunday: 7am to 9am Late scratchings outside these times must be lodged with the Race Club. STEWARDS DEPARTMENT 70 Grandstand Road Ascot 6104 Email: stewards@rwwa.com.au General Enquiries: (08) 9445 5570 Fax: (08) 9479 3116 RWWA INTEGRITY Integrity Recorded Message Service: 9445 5565 Email: racingintegrity@rwwa.com.au LICENSING, REGISTRATIONS & STAKES 14 Hasler Road Osborne Park WA 6017 Email: licreginfo@rwwa.com.au Telephone: (08) 9445 5558 Fax: (08) 9445 5586 Forms can be found at www.rwwa.com.au RACING & WAGERING WA HEAD OFFICE 14 Hasler Road Osborne Park WA 6017 (08) 9445 5333 fax (08) 9244 5914 Email: info@rwwa.com.au Web: www.rwwa.com.au METROPOLITAN RACECOURSES & TRAINING FACILITIES Ascot Race Days (08) 9277 0888 fax (08) 9277 0803 Belmont Racecourse (08) 9470 8222 fax (08) 9470 8224 Ascot Track Tower (08) 9277 0826 Lark Hill Curator Manager: Greg Horne Phone/Fax: (08) 9524 3408 Mobile: 0432 830 290
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Features
02 Magic Millions Race Day 04 WA Country Cups Fashions on the Field Update 06 Off the Track 07 Liam O'Loughlin 08 Brock Lewthwaite 10 Feature Race Photos 12 Community TAB
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Features RACING AHEAD - March - 1
Magic Millions
Magic Millions Race Day There was a lingering fear the day would be called off for the entire week leading up to the Magic Millions race day at Pinjarra. A massive 108mm of rain fell in the 48 hours prior to the races, but the Pinjarra track held up remarkably well. Results from both the three-year-old and two-year-old feature races were a little unexpected, a major blowout in the case of the younger horses, but could have been predicted going on the results of the 2016 Magic Millions day. Shaun McGruddy rode his third winner in the two-year-old race while the three-year-old trophy stayed in the Pearce family. Enchanted Dream took home more than $88,000 in winnings and trophies while Lucy Mae’s connections pocketed the $145,000 winner’s cheque for winning the two-year-old classic. Lucy Mae was an $80,000 purchase for owner Martin Epis at last year’s Magic Millions Perth Yearling Sale from the draft of Scenic Lodge. Enchanted Dream was a $55,000 purchase from Western Breeders Alliance at the 2015 Perth Yearling Sale. It was a case of three times a charm for Shaun McGruddy who brought up his third win in the Magic Millions 2YO Classic aboard Lucy Mae. His previous triumphs came in 2009 aboard Wolfe Dreams, trained by Steve Wolfe, and then again McGruddy was first past the post last year on The River.
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Written by Taylor Courtland
This year, it is certainly a case of not judging a book by it’s cover. Lucy Mae, prepared by Ted Martinovich, is only small in stature. McGruddy said she had the major quality of all good horses. “She is a very small filly, but makes a nice stride and has a good will to win,” he said. “In the handful of quality horses I have ridden the number one attribute is toughness. She certainly has that, so it will be interesting to see how far she can go. “Her toughness will take her a long way in what anything she goes into.” According to the market, Lucy Mae was given an outside chance of winning. She paid more then $25 on the WA tote following her first two career starts which included a fifth on debut in October, before returning to the races in late January and placing second behind Driftwood Girl. Both her and race favourite Achernar Star paired off in the straight to fight the race out. The official winning margin was a short neck, with a further one and a-quarter-lengths back to third, the Wally Mitchell-trained Colourful Charade. “I only got the ride on Monday when Ted Martinivich’s stable foreman asked if I could ride their filly, I told my manager to get in touch with them and we went from there,” McGruddy said.
“We were at our peak for the Magic Millions.” “At the top of the straight I saw (Peter) Knuckey loom up in those colours and I thought that was the favourite. “Then I was hanging in their and to her credit she wouldn’t let it get passed and stuck her head out all the way to the line.” Riasc, The Shoe and Kentoo were in good form heading into the race. Despite it being a restricted feature race, McGruddy was quietly confident the form would hold up. The major races for the two-year-olds, the Group 3 Gimcrack Stakes, Group 2 Karrakatta Plate and Group 3 WA Sires’ Produce Stakes are not far away. They will be run on March 18, April 1 and April 15 respectively. “The favourite was Simon Miller’s horse and I know they have a good opinion of him, so I think they will be going to the good races,” McGruddy said. “I also thought Stephen Miller’s two horses would be tough to beat, so I think there was a bit of quality there but only time will tell.” The Pearce brothers are beginning to own the Magic Millions 3YO Trophy. They own the 2016 and now 2017 trophies after Enchanted Dream’s impressive win followed up the success Let It Slip had in last year. Dan Pearce trained Let It Slip and now Ben has his name on the trophy as a winning trainer. Enchanted Dream’s victory was her third fro as many starts in the preparation.
Unfortunately for connections that is where her campaign had to end, she went shin sore following the three-quarter of a length victory. Ellicazoom ran second in the race, bringing WA Guineas form to the race. Ben said he and his brother have always had a good opinion of their filly. “I think she is up to the top class,” Ben told TABradio’s Sports Daily program. “Dan bought the horse as a yearling, I remember seeing her and thinking she was a nice filly. “They bought her for about $55,000 and Dan got her through her first few starts, she put the writing on the wall, and I have been lucky enough to take over this prep.” Enchanted Dream started on the second line of betting with TABtouch for the Magic Millions race, while Ellicazoom was a short price favourite. The pair fought out the race like many expected, and finished more then a length in front of third, the David Harrison-trained Parading. “We have always had a big opinion of her and this prep she has come back and not put a foot wrong,” Ben said. “Ellicazoom was always a threat, but what gave me a little bit of confidence is that we had a few starts and Ellicazoom was going into the race first up. “We were at our peak for the Magic Millions.”
Features RACING AHEAD - March - 3
2017 WA Country Cups Fashions on the Field The WA Country Cups Fashions on the Field ‘Peel Regional Heat’ was held at the 2017 Magic Millions WA Ladies Day, at Pinjarra Race Club on Saturday, February 11. Over 40 ladies travelled to Pinjarra from all over the State to enter the Fashions on the Field, for their chance to score a spot in the WA Country Cups Fashions on the Field Final. Philippa Kupsch was the lucky winner of the Peel Regional Heat, followed by Hayley Scott in second place and Emilia Hyvarinen in third place. Judges for the day included General Manager Racing Charlotte Mills, WA Country Cups Ambassador Holly Young, and last year’s WA Country Cups Fashions on the Field winner Dr Sarah McEwan. Ms Young, the official ambassador for WA Country Cups, said that she was blown away by the level of competition at Pinjarra. “I was super impressed by the high standard of outfits seen at the Peel Regional Heat. The ladies really went above and beyond this year, they made judging very difficult, as there were so many outstanding and unique outfits to choose from!” said Ms Young.
Peel Regional Heat Winners (L-R): 2nd Runner Up Emilia Hyvarinen, 1st Place Philippa Kupsch, and 1st Runner Up Hayley Scott. The WA Country Cups Fashions on the Field is a state-wide racing fashion competition, open to fashionistas from all over WA, and consists of nine regional heats held at major country race meetings, culminating into a Final to be held at Ascot Racecourse on Saturday, December 2. The winner of the Final will take home a trip for two to London with Motive Travel to attend arguably the most famous racing carnival in the world, Royal Ascot, as well as $10,000 spending money thanks to TABtouch and more. The next WA Country Cups Fashions on the Field Heat will be held at the Bunbury Turf Club’s Ladies Day on Sunday, March 19. For more information head to: www.wacountrycups.com.au
Finalists of the Peel Regional Heat
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Liam O’Loughlin Written by Taylor Courtland It is tough to make your mark in the training ranks, never mind trying to juggle full-time employment as a boilermaker while searching for new gallopers and training winners. That’s what faces Liam O’Loughlin daily as he continues to improve his reputation among young WA trainers. Feature wins are always a good way to do so. And one of O’loughlin’s two horses in work, Elite Flight, has a strangle hold on the Great Southern Weekender Bracelet. She won in 2015, finished second in the 2016 edition and then won her second bracelet this year in January. O’Loughlin, 25-years-old, only received his training license at the beginning of last year, but worked closely with Steve Wolfe and was the unofficial trainer when Elite Flight won in 2015. “The first time she won the race it was all still in Steve’s name, so it meant more this year when she won because it was all in my name,” O’Loughlin said. “I bought her for $4000 two weeks before the race, and with that timing her preparation into the race wasn’t what I had planned. “I thought she would go well but not that well.” He admitted at the home turn he was almost regretting the purchase. Luckily he held off for another 30 seconds.
Wolfe and Stephen Sheehy assisted in getting O’Loughlin on his feet. He works from homemade stables constructed by his family. He lives on a six-acre property with wife Katie while his parents are also on the same piece of land. It is certainly a family affair when it comes to getting the horses to the track. O’Loughlin said he was lucky to have such great support around him. Working full time at MCB Construction as a boilermaker and then coming home to look after his gallopers makes for long days. The family help out and are able to get the horses to the beach, track and galloped on the sand once a week. “I would love to have more then two runners if I had enough ammo. It is go the whole hog or stay with the small stable, there is no real middle ground,” O’Loughlin said. “Hopefully owners can look at my strike rate and the horses I have and what I have done with them.” Elite Flight’s stablemate Multimagic is a city grade galloper according to O’Loughlin. He is quietly bullish about his talent, stating the son of Domesday prefers a went track. “Multimagic has had a few feet issues and not run for a while,” he said.
“We went nuts when she won though, it was a big party.” “I was with a mate who strapped her that day and he said at about the 200m, are you going to jump the fence with me, we’re home, and I told him he was mad,” O’Loughlin said. “We went nuts when she won though, it was a big party.” Elite Flight won the $30,000 race by a length from Qingdao with the star veteran Danny Miller in the saddle.
“I think he is a Saturday horse, but just needs some softer tracks. “He is over his issues and is not too far away from getting back to the races.” O’Loughlin is very passionate about racing and is desperate to try and expand his stable. Trying plenty of things to try and attract new owners and gallopers.
It was the boost O’Loughlin needed after a tough start to his training career.
He will be heading to the Perth sales and seeking out some bargains.
Training was also something he wanted to do after going to the races regularly with his family.
“I am always on the phone asking trainers what they are doing with this horse or that horse, but it is quite difficult,” he said.
They would watch O’Loughlin’s uncle Glenn Simpson during his riding career.
“I have a few mates interested in getting involved, but it is new people you want to attract that is the toughest thing.”
A desire to be a horse trainer started there for O’Loughlin.
“Owners want to see their horses run in Perth, but if they are always running fifth or sixth, they can be sent down to a place like here and win their fair share of races.”
He then got into the Steve Wolfe camp and started to work with the stable.
“It is tough getting your name out their enough, so when a horse is sent west or changes stables that the owners think of me.” Features RACING AHEAD - March - 5
Increasing the demand for retired racehorses post racing Animal welfare is a critical element of the Racing and Wagering Western Australia (RWWA) racing strategy. The quality of racing within WA is dependent on many factors but at the forefront is the welfare of our racing horses and greyhounds.
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RWWA’s Off the Track program continues to be an active voice within the racing and equestrian industries, positioning retired racehorses as the breeds of choice for equestrian disciplines and other pursuits. The program’s activities increases the demand for and supports the placement of retired Thoroughbred and Standardbred racehorses in second careers via sponsoring events, sharing success stories, promoting Retrainers and holding education clinics & shows for horses off the track. The program is widely recognised in the equestrian community as being a conduit for the successful transition of horses from the race track to alternative pursuits.
Off the track can assist you with finding a suitable home for your retired racehorse. We can advertise the horse on Cavalletti Classifieds under the specific ‘Off the Track’ tab at NO COST TO OWNERS OR TRAINERS. RWWA & Off the Track will pay for all advertising costs. Cavalletti Classifieds is the number 1, most frequented and popular website in WA for advertising horses and anything equestrian related and of course anybody throughout Australia can access this site.
Now in its third year of operation Off the Track has supported our retired racehorses and their new owners through the sponsorship of more than 200 equestrian events, hosting of Education Clinics & horse shows of which over 6000 retired racehorses have competed. If you are the owner of a racehorse you are primarily responsible for your horse’s welfare and ensuring your horse is receiving the best possible care, whilst in training or spelling. The same applies upon retirement of your horse from racing. Your responsibility for the horse’s welfare does not cease following its final race. Off the Track does not have a facility where we physically take in your retired racehorse and care for it when retired from racing, that is the racing owner’s responsibility. Our aim is to promote them as the ideal equestrian mount and increase the demand for them in the horse community when retired from racing. We can however assist you to find a home for your retired racehorse (see below), but until a suitable home is found, the racing owner is responsible for the daily wellbeing, health & welfare of their horse. 6 -March - RACING AHEAD Features
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a spell – this is the owner’s responsibility
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medical treatment and/or time to recover from injury – this is the owner’s responsibility
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to be sent to a Retrainer for education to prepare the horse for a smooth transition to the equestrian world or as a pleasure horse – this is the owner’s responsibility
www.cavalletti.com.au/horses-for-sale/discipline:25 We also help promote your horse by forwarding the advertisement of your horse to the Pony Club Association of WA, Adult Riding Clubs Association of WA, Equestrian Australia, Riding for the Disabled and other equestrian clubs such as Polocrosse WA, Endurance Riding Association of WA etc. & via our social media outlets. We are contacted daily by equestrian riders wishing to find a suitable mount off the track for equestrian or pleasure purposes and we have a very high success rate with finding retired racehorses suitable homes. A retired racehorse is a lot more attractable to an equestrian buyer if it does not have an existing injury. If your horse is retired with injury, please consider spelling the horse and only attempt to find a new home for the horse once it is sound. A retired racehorse is also more attractable and likely to find a good home more easily if the purchaser knows the horse’s history, whether it be good, bad or ugly. Don’t tell white lies. A prospective purchaser is a lot more likely to consider buying a horse from you for equestrian purposes if they are confident you are telling the truth. Disclosing all information on the horse can only benefit the horse and new owner in the future. Off the Track have a number of Acknowledged Retrainers listed on our website who can help you educate your horse for equestrian purposes once retired from racing. Sending a horse to a Retrainer, even for just a couple of weeks post racing will enhance its chances of finding a good home sooner. www.rwwa.com.au/home/our-community/retrainers. html If you require assistance from Off the Track to find your retired racehorse a suitable career and new home post racing, we want to help you. You will need to forward a good photo of the horse, together with as much detail as you can……warts and all! For the long term health and success of the horse we need to be completely honest when
advertising & giving details about the horse to potential new owners. All horses are to be afforded the best possible care until a suitable home is found. Horses will NOT be advertised as 'FREE TO GOOD HOME'. All horses will have a selling price and all selling prices are negotiable. Please forward photos and information of retired racehorses seeking new homes & careers to:Via email - sharon.joyce@rwwa.com.au Text message – 0438 746 487 Some recent horses moved onto equestrian careers due to direct communication between owners and Off the Track in the past month include: Bonny Express, Carillo, Uno Valentino, Eyesinger, Aggie Blue, God I Love You, Kingston Moa, Waikato Duke, Cape Revival, Our Dezzie Mac, Travel In Time, Mr Aviator, Meteor Rules, Woodstack and Unnamed Scandal Keeper. All are now on their way to enjoying their lives post racing. WHEN RETIRING A HORSE FROM RACING PLEASE ENSURE YOU DO THE FOLLOWING: Complete a Stable Return Thoroughbred Racing Office.
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Complete a Retirement of Racehorse Form and forward to Racing Australia. Completion of this form will register the horse as ‘retired’ in the national racing system. If selling or gifting a retired racehorse to a new owner, ensure you create a ‘receipt of sale’ displaying the horse’s name and/or brands and new owner’s contact details. Doing all of the above will ensure you are no longer liable for any damages if the horse was to harm or injury anybody or property after leaving your care, or if the horse itself was to come to any harm after leaving your care. If you need any assistance with rehoming your retired racehorse please contact Off the Track via any of the contacts below.
Sharon Joyce Equine Welfare Officer - Off The Track Direct (08) 9445 5146 Mobile 0438 746 487 Email sharon.joyce@rwwa.com.au
Features RACING AHEAD - March - 7
Brock Lewthwaite Written by Robert Edwards
Horses and riding have always been an integral part of Brock Lewthwaite’s life.
came up to be cast into The Hobbit.
Lewthwaite is a modest young man but is overtly appreciative to his parents, Bill and Petrina, for embodying him with his deft horsemanship skills.
“I had a background in eventing but I also had ridden racehorses in track-work from a young age.
Lewthwaite was born in Waganui in New Zealand where Bill was a “horse-breaker” while Petrina followed her passion for the equestrian disciplines. Despite his parents splitting when Lewthwaite was 13 years-old, his life with horses was cemented. It was those skills he acquired from his parents riding equestrian and track-work that provided the platform for a once in a life-time opportunity to leap into Hollywood, when he was cast as a stunt rider and riding double in the Peter Jackson produced and directed “The Hobbit” films. For two years Lewthwaite worked on The Hobbit films as a wrangler rider and performing as a dwarf or an elf or other creatures in riding scenes. He also worked for NZ steeplechase trainer Paul Nelson at his farm in Hawkes Bay in between film breaks. “I left school when I was 15 years-old but went back to high school to gain the requirements to study a degree in communications in 2009,” Lewthwaite said. “I completed my Level Two and was in my second semester of journalism at Hamilton when the opportunity 8 -March - RACING AHEAD Features
“ Most blokes had dressage or eventing backgrounds.
“They were after tall and skinny horse riders and I was 70kgs at the time. “I rode some of the naughtier horses and you had to follow their orders explicitly. “Some blokes didn’t handle taking so many orders. “I kept getting the call back from them until I was in the final five or six from a list of 20 riders. “I was 19 years-old and the movie took me to the South Isle and all over NZ. “I saw things that were in my backyard that I had never dreamt of. “It gave me a yearning to travel and I decided to go abroad much to dad’s surprise. “Dad was worried about me being so young and travelling so far away when I told him I wanted to go to London for the 2012 Olympics.” Lewthwaite was hoping to catch Black Caviar at Newmarket’s July Cup meeting but the world champion was scratched after she won the Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot.
“I missed Black Caviar running at Royal Ascot because The Hobbit was still filming but I still went to the July Cup meeting at Newmarket. “I also visited Godolphin’s stables there and the experience was an eye-opener.” Lewthwaite even played a role in preventing Australia’s 2007 Equine Influenza crisis from spreading to NZ, working at his first job in the IRT Blackridge Quarantine Centre station in Karaka. He worked under Nigel Tiley where there was a backlog of New Zealand-bound Australian horses under quarantine. “There was an instance when it looked like we were going to be in lockdown,” Lewthwaite recalled. “Some results from tests for EI had come back indicating there could be infected horses.
gallopers, which he prepares at former leading trainer Chris Willis’ Lark Hill property. Lewthwaite also worked for two of MacAlister’s other trainers David Harrison and Vaughn Sigley. “I took out my trainer’s licence three months ago, two days before my 25th birthday,” Lewthwaite said. “It was a four year process to achieve my goal to train horses. “I still work at Alan’s and am kept busy on the farm with the broodmares, weanlings and My Atacanta standing there. “I have come a long way in the four years I have been here from track riding to stud work and working for leading trainers like David Harrison and Vaughn Sigley.”
“We were looking at being locked down in the quarantine with the horses.
Lewthwaite was in charge of Harrison’s team when the Serpentine stable won a double at Belmont Park with Benito and Pininci, winning the 2014 Beaufine Stakes.
“I remember Nigel had left the centre and from the outside he told us we could be locked down.
“I was only there a few weeks before David and Jenny went on holidays,” he said.
“We thought “Oh good one Nigel! You have got out and left us in here in lockdown for who knows how long?
“David has 50 horses in work including Sheidel and I learnt a lot from him.
“Fortunately it turned out to be an error.”
“I watched him at the yearling sales like a hawk and how he bought cheap yearlings and turned them into good racehorses.
Lewthaite was en route back home to Auckland when he stopped over in Perth in 2012. He surprised his dad for a second time in the space of a few months when he told him he was not coming back. “Some friends said there is a couch to sleep on and a car you can drive until you get on your feet, if you want to stay,” Lewthwaite said. “ I rang dad and told him that I was enjoying Perth and wanted to stay.” Lewthwaite’s passion for Perth eventually swayed his father to pull up stumps and shift here too. Bill now plays a role as an owner and overseer in his son’s fledgling career as a trainer. “To train Bali King Prawn to win at Pinjarra for my dad was the ultimate,” Lewthwaite said. “I had seen dad turn a kiwi fruit farm into a horse establishment. “He had to rip out all of some 20 acres of vines and build paddocks, a track and everything else that goes in having a horse property. “He did most of it himself. “He is only 63 years but his body is a bit buggered from all of the hard work. “He has to have ankle surgery and then go in for shoulder surgery in another six months. “He is a great horseman and always had another trick up his sleeve when it came to solutions to difficult horses. “I like to have him around to watch over the horses I now train.” Lewthwaite’s initial break into the Perth thoroughbred scene was through working for studs such as Touchstone, Rosalee and Westbury Stud Farms, where he honed his skills in handling stallions and yearling preparation. He also spent two weeks working and riding at Hermitage Thoroughbreds at The Oaks in NSW, where many of champion trainer Chris Waller’s horses spell. He still does stud work for owner Alan MacAlister, who is the proprietor of Redwood Park. MacAlister provided Lewthwaite with his first winner Musical Art at Bunbury on December 18 and owned his first city winner My Kind Of Music, who won a maiden at Ascot on February 8. Musical Art (by Excellent Art) and My Kind Of Music, by MacAlister’s sire My Atacanta, are from the mare Music Theatre. MacAlister owns the majority of Lewthwaite’s squad of seven
“I still have his work log books.” Lewthwaite also was a track rider and worked for Sigley for a year during Sigley’s break-out season when he trained a swag of winners through the deeds of Black Heart Bart, He Or She, Dawn Approach and She’s A Virtue. He rode four-times Group 1 winner Black Heart Bart work at Sigley’s stables. “There was nothing special about him in the first eight or nine weeks of his work,” Lewthwaite said. “Trevor Jolly (track rider) had said he felt like Rohan, who won a WATC Derby for Vaughn. “Then one Saturday he worked with another galloper who had big wraps. “I rode Bart and he went past him like he was standing still. “I never released the hand-brake.” Lewthwaite counts his lucky stars that he has worked for such successful people in the Perth racing industry. Willis, who ran second to Lou Luciani in the 1995-96 season’s city trainers’ premiership, gave Lewthwaite a break by letting him rent boxes on his property. “I have become good friends with Chris over the years,” Lewthwaite said. “I would break in horses for Chris and he would let me keep a few horses there initially. “We have built a good relationship over time and having his established stables to set up in has been a huge help to my career.”
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MISS ANDRETTI STAKES [LR] $100,000 1100 metres
VOLKOFF
5YO C M (TIME THIEF - STORMARAMA)
Owners: P.R.Whyte, R.P.Whyte(Jnr), & D.E.Lines Trainer: Gary Crispin Jockey: Jason Whiting
SCENIC BLAST STAKES [LR] $100,000 1200 metres
DIVINE CALLING
6YO G G (STRATUM - RUBICAL)
Owners: W.Yu & Mrs L.He Trainer: Fred Kersley Jockey: Daniel Staeck
2YO MAGIC MILLIONS [LR] $250,000 1200 metres
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LUCY MAE
2YO C F (STRATUM - RAZZIA)
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Owners: M.A.Epis & Mrs I.M.Ledden Trainer: Ted Martinovich Jockey: Shaun McGruddy
3YO MAGIC MILLIONS [LR] $150,000 1200 metres
ENCHANTED DREAM
3YO B F (PATRONIZE - MAGICAL BELLE)
Owners: M.A. Bardsley, Miss D.L. Miller, Darling View Thoroughbreds (Mgr: C.B. Atwell) , Mrs C.L. Peterson, G.A. Lenz, M. Pink, P.J. Coen, M.A. & P.A. Whittleton & K.G. Hughes Trainer: Ben Pearce Jockey: Jarrad Noske
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Features RACING AHEAD - March - 11
Riding for the Disabled Community TAB has been a major partner to Riding for the Disabled (RDA) for the past three years which has seen a $240,000 contribution from Community TAB to the not-for-profit organisation. This month we will be celebrating RDA Awareness week from 13 to 19 March, which will celebrate RDA and raise awareness of what the organisation does. “More than just a pony ride!” is the theme for RDAWA Awareness Week. There is still a perception in the wider community that RDA provides pony rides for people with disabilities and although it is a lovely thing to do, there is little or no understanding of the many benefits the programs provide to people with disabilities, special needs and mental health problems. RDA is a community based not for profit charitable organisation that combines the transformative power and the therapeutic effects of horse riding in the provision of equine assisted activities. RDA offers a variety of programs and services to children and adults with physical & intellectual disabilities, mental health issues and learning & behavioural problems in an inclusive environment. Join the RDA journey and help us make a difference in the lives of people in the community. More information here http://www.rdawa.org.au/rda-awareness-week
Parks Week This month from 4 to 12 March is Parks Week which Community TAB will be supporting due to its affiliation with Parks and Leisure Australia WA. The WA TAB has been supporting the sport and recreation community in WA for over 10 years by contributing a portion of turnover to the Department of Sport and Recreation each year which goes towards supporting many programs and organisations including Parks and Leisure Australia WA. The extended week of Parks Week takes in two weekends, and aims to get people out of their living rooms and into our parks with a series of events to raise awareness of the value of parks and open spaces. More information here http://www.parks-week.org/
Racing Industry Partnerships Program Community TAB has been matching fundraising efforts at race clubs around WA recently through the Community TAB Racing Industry Partnerships Program. Community TAB has doubled: $1,585 raised for Give Me 5 For Kids at Kalgoorlie Golden Mile Trotting Club; $2,000 raised for local Bunbury Paralympian Sean Pollard at Bunbury Trotting Club; $3,229 raised for Lifeline WA at Gloucester Park; $2,000 raised for Motor Neuron Disease Research at Mt Barker Turf Club; and $2,000 raised for LAMP at Busselton Trotting Club. Community TAB will be partnering with Esperance Bay Turf Club, Pinjarra Harness Race Club, Bunbury Turf Club and Bridgetown Harness Racing Club over the next month.
12 -March - RACING AHEAD Features
The Royal Ascot Fashion Stakes THE 2017 WA COUNTRY CUPS FASHIONS ON THE FIELD F OR YO U R C H A N C E TO W IN A T R I P TO R OYA L ASCOT IN LO N D O N PLUS $1 0,0 0 0 !
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