William Pike

Pike eyes WA Group 1 treble after Winterbottom Stakes win

Posted on November 29, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

William Pike is one win closer to completing a clean sweep of the three Western Australian Group 1 races this year after claiming Saturday’s Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) aboard Graceful Girl.

Posted on November 22, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

It was vintage William Pike on Saturday at Ascot as he rode five winners on the 10-race card, including the champions of the Western Australian Guineas and Group 1 Railway Stakes. Pike had three rides in the first four races and won all of them, before adding both feature races to complete the quintet. The[...]

Posted on April 18, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Sisstar has shown sustained speed to lead home her rivals in the Bel Esprit Stakes at Caulfield which has now earned her a shot at a Group 1 race. The Tony and Calvin McEvoy-trained mare will head across the border for the Robert Sangster Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville on May 1 after her brilliant win[...]

Posted on April 18, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

So Si Bon has picked up a second VOBIS Gold Mile at Caulfield, this time under a smart front running ride from the ‘Wizard of the West’ William Pike. It was Pike’s first ride on the enigmatic galloper who as he has got older is now starting to show consistent form. Pike made a hit-and-run[...]

Posted on March 25, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Champion jockey William Pike will ride Michelada in Saturday week’s $500,000 Group 2 Karrakatta Plate (1200m) at Ascot. William Pike chose Michelada, a filly he knows well, having steered the daughter of Nicconi in her two starts including a win on debut in January. Pike was also in line to pick up the mount on[...]

Posted on March 20, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Champion Perth jockey William Pike’s hit-and-run visit to Melbourne has paid off handsomely with four winners at Mornington on Saturday including a feature race double. Pike’s weekend commenced at The Valley on Friday night where his solitary ride, Masked Crusader, landed the feature race, the Group 1 William Pike Stakes. The jockey celebrated his birthday[...]

Posted on March 20, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

The pressure of gaining a Caulfield Cup start for Mount Popa has been relieved for Hawkes Racing with the Irish-bred import leading throughout to claim the Mornington Cup. Victory in Saturday’s Listed race over 2400m provides the winner a ballot exemption into the Group 1 Caulfield Cup in October. Providing leading Perth jockey, and birthday[...]

Posted on March 20, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

It was not the Guineas Sean And Jake Casey had planned for when Dom To Shoot left Perth but they were happy to collect a consolation prize at Mornington. Under leading Perth jockey William Pike, Dom To Shoot paid travelling expenses with his victory in the $135,000 Mornington Guineas (1500m) on Saturday. Dom To Shoot[...]

Posted on March 20, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

An electrifying turn of foot soon after straightening has catapulted Masked Crusader to an impressive first Group 1 win claiming the William Reid Stakes at The Valley. The victory prompted the gelding’s co-trainer Wayne Hawkes to declare champion Western Australian jockey William Pike should remain in Victoria after claiming his fourth Group 1 win of[...]

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 February 25, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Perth gallopers have had a great record in Melbourne this season and Sean Casey is hoping Dom To Shoot can continue that trend in the Australian Guineas.

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 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 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 16, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Southern Speed finished fourth in the Turnbull Stakes before she won the Caulfield Cup and trainer Leon MacDonald is hoping stablemate Dalasan can follow suit.

Posted on October 10, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Black Caviar's nephew, Ole Kirk, has stamped himself Australia's hottest stallion prospect with his win in the Caulfield Guineas, according to Wayne Hawkes.

Pike eyes WA Group 1 treble after Winterbottom Stakes win

Pike lands five winners at Ascot, wins fourth straight Railway Stakes

Sustained speed lands Sisstar Caulfield victory

So Si Bon claims a second VOBIS Gold Mile

Pike Picks Michelada For Karrakatta Plate

Pike celebrates birthday with four-timer at Mornington

Mount Popa gains Caulfield Cup start at Mornington

Consolation victory for Dom To Shoot in Mornington Guineas

Masked Crusader explosive in William Reid Stakes

Arcadia Queen shortens in All Star Mile betting

Pike Shooting To Win Australian Guineas

Queen And Sky Share Oakleigh Plate Honours

Reliable Man mare dominant in Railway

Arcadia Queen Farewells Victoria In Style

Peters Hoping For Beginner’s Luck In Plate

Leon Macdonald Hoping History Can Repeat

Pike Caps Red Letter Day With Guineas Win

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