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Arcadia Queen shortens in All Star Mile betting

Posted on March 10, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Champion Perth jockey William Pike shies away from public barrier draws for big races preferring to find out a day or two later what his horse has drawn. But with owner Bob Peters in Perth and co-trainer Grant Williams at the Sutton Grange training complex of Brent Stanley attending to Arcadia Queen following her gallop[...]

Posted on March 8, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Pat Carbery shrugged off a controversial week when he lifted Liwa to an upset win in the Listed Supremacy Stakes (1000m) at Ascot on Sunday. In an exciting finish, Patrick Carbery was able to extract every possible effort out of the Simon A Miller – trained Liwa who edged out Pixie Chix by a short[...]

Posted on March 5, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Newmarket Handicap hope Celebrity Queen will undergo a veterinary examination before scratching time on Saturday after pulling a front shoe during the week. A $13 chance in TAB markets for the Group 1 1200m sprint on Saturday, Celebrity Queen will race in bar plates on Saturday. Co-trainer Grant Williams reported to Racing Victoria stewards the[...]

Posted on February 20, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Top apprentice Teo Nugent was happy to share the spoils as Portland Sky dead-heated for victory in the Oakleigh Plate to give him his maiden Group One win.

Posted on January 5, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Leviathan Perth owner Bob Peters has announced that his star mare Arcadia Queen would spearhead his attack on the All-Star Mile, a race he won last year.

Posted on November 24, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Western Australian jockey William Pike was delighted to be rewarded with a Group 1 on his return to his home state when Inspirational Girl ran out a ready winner of the Railway Stakes (1600m) on Saturday. The man dubbed the Wizard from the West is keen to maintain the association with the daughter of Reliable[...]

Posted on November 22, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Five-year-old mare Inspirational Girl produced a devastating turn of foot under popular jockey William Pike to race away with the Group 1 Railway Stakes (1600m) at Ascot in Perth on Saturday. The Group 1 winning mare advanced her record to nine wins and two placings from eleven starts and stamped herself as one of the[...]

Posted on November 7, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Star mare Arcadia Queen showed she was one of the best in the land when she took out her second spring Group One with an easy win in the Mackinnon Stakes.

Posted on November 1, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Five-year-old mare Inspirational Girl came with a well-timed ride under jockey Chris Parnham to win the Group 3 Asian Beau Stakes (1400m) at Ascot in Perth on Saturday. It was the first black-type attempt for the talented Reliable Man mare, who advanced her record to eight wins and two placings from ten starts. Prepared by[...]

Posted on October 21, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Bob Peters is hoping his first ever Cox Plate starter, Arcadia Queen, can secure the famous race but he's worried a wet track could dull her closing sprint.

Posted on October 10, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Former star Perth mare Arcadia Queen won her first race in over a year when she defeated Russian Camelot in the Group One Caulfield Stakes.

Posted on September 5, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Showmanship proved he's one of the rising stars of Australian racing when he won his sixth race in a row at Moonee Valley to put himself on a Group One path.

Posted on August 28, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

West Australians Grant and Alana Williams will be out to raid the Caulfield coffers with a quintet of runners, including two Group One Memsie Stakes contenders and a pair of Golden Eagle hopefuls. The husband and wife training partners prepare the quality string raced by prominent Perth owner-breeder Bob Peters, who sent his best horses[...]

Posted on August 13, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Perth's number one racehorse owner Bob Peters will kick-off his unprecedented attack on the Melbourne spring carnival with two starters in the Group Two P B Lawrence Stakes at Caulfield in Regal Power and Arcadia Queen. He will also unveil another much vaunted raider in Showmanship in a 1400m benchmark race on Saturday. Peters has[...]

Posted on July 27, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Champion Perth jockey William Pike wants to base himself in Melbourne for the spring to continue his association with a number of the west's leading horses. But how that will be achieved during the current COVID-19 climate, Pike is unsure. Pike on Saturday created an Australian riding record when he surpassed his previous highest tally,[...]

Posted on June 8, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Potential West Australian star Showmanship indicated he was heading right to the top with another comprehensive victory on the weekend. The Showcasing gelding sat outside the pace for rider William Pike before easing clear to win effortlessly by five lengths over 1400m at Belmont on Saturday as he registered his third win from his first[...]

Posted on March 14, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Grant Williams has had his journey from West Australia made complete with a one-two finish in the second running of the All-Star Mile at Caulfield. A week after the deflating defeat of Regal Power in the Australian Cup at Flemington, Williams, who trains in partnership with his wife Alana, rebounded when the gelding held off[...]

Arcadia Queen shortens in All Star Mile betting

Carbery Shrugs Off Difficult Week With Feature Win

Vet test for Celebrity Queen ahead of Newmarket

Queen And Sky Share Oakleigh Plate Honours

Peters Sets Star For All-Star Mile

Kingston Town next for Inspirational Girl

Reliable Man mare dominant in Railway

Arcadia Queen Farewells Victoria In Style

Group 3 winner for Reliable Man

Peters Hoping For Beginner’s Luck In Plate

Perth Queen Regains Her Crown Over Camelot

Showmanship Puts On Another Winning Act

Perth Stars Step Out In Force At Caulfield

Peters’ Powerful Spring Attack Kicks Off

New Mark For Pike Before Spring Campaign

The show goes on with Belmont triumph

Perth Quinella In $5 Million All-Star Mile

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