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Leather Stops wrote: Pushin' Shapes couldn't get warm in last 8 local starts but bobs up today with Oliver on board.. $81 win.. Didn't give it a chance & backed the 2nd horse EW.. (last win at Northam)

And now another old West Aussie in the evergreen Black Heart Bart gets up at huge odds in the Underwood Stakes.

Ive always been a big Black heart Bart fan but 30 months since its last win and coming back from retirement as a 9 year old never figured as one of Homesmans dangers in my learned assessment.

Beasley Hutton wrote:

Leather Stops wrote: Pushin' Shapes couldn't get warm in last 8 local starts but bobs up today with Oliver on board.. $81 win.. Didn't give it a chance & backed the 2nd horse EW.. (last win at Northam)

And now another old West Aussie in the evergreen Black Heart Bart gets up at huge odds in the Underwood Stakes.

Huuuge. I wonder if this along with Gatting, Arcadia Queen and Scales of Justice winning efforts might spark a surge of interest in trainers, owners and jockeys wanting to bring their horses here for the Ascot Summer Carnival? Nothing wrong with the prize money here. Maybe they can even dangle a bigger carrot and add a bit to the kitty.

Another WA horse Pushin Shapes won race 3 at Caulfield at $61 ridden by D. Oliver. WA horses cleaning up.

Another 3 WA horses headed off to Melbourne overnight for a raid on the Spring Carnival.

A couple of decent races on at Moonee Valley this weekend with a couple of WA horses running in the Manikato Stakes tonight (Rock Magic & Vital Silver) plus the time honoured Cox Plate is on tomorrow (Black Heart Bart), it would be nice to see the old boy Bart run a good race in what is often considered the best race on the gallops calendar.

No more horses winning but Damien Lane deserves a mention..Has the Caulfield Cup & Cox plate this year & no jockey has ever won the Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate & Melbourne cup in the same year..
Rising Fast won the three but Arthur Ward & Jack Purtell aboard..Damien has the chance..

Leather Stops wrote: No more horses winning but Damien Lane deserves a mention..Has the Caulfield Cup & Cox plate this year & no jockey has ever won the Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate & Melbourne cup in the same year..
Rising Fast won the three but Arthur Ward & Jack Purtell aboard..Damien has the chance..

West Aussie (Bunbury boy) jockey Damian Lane also won the Golden Slipper on 33/1 chance Kiamichi this year LS and he could become the first jockey in history to win the Big 4 (Golden Slipper, Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate & Melbourne Cup) all in the same year if he can win the Melbourne Cup this year!

I notice William Pike has flown to Melbourne for two rids on Bendigo cup day rather than riding a book of rides in Perth.

He rode a second and the winner of the Bendigo cup. a good days work from the wizard from the west as they were calling him on the call today

premiership hangover wrote: I notice William Pike has flown to Melbourne for two rids on Bendigo cup day rather than riding a book of rides in Perth.

He rode a second and the winner of the Bendigo cup. a good days work from the wizard from the west as they were calling him on the call today

Willie "The Wizard" Pike didnt leave Bendigo empty handed either PH as he did a hit and run raid there and took home the Bendigo Cup!
It could be argued that 3 of the best jockeys currently in Oz are West Aussies- Pike, Lane & Oliver!

Bad luck for WA's Damian Lane missing out on winning the "Grand Slam" in Australian racing (Golden Slipper, Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate & Melbourne Cup) in the 1 year but at least it was good to see Vow And Declare one of the only 2 Australian bred horses (Youngstar the other) of the field of 24 getting up to win the Melbourne Cup at Flemington today.