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Patronize and his progeny aren’t known for their staying ability but his Ascot winner Red Army has stamina in spades. Red Army ran down Swift Platinum in the Budget Car & Truck Rental Hcp (2200m) on Saturday after giving the front-runner a significant start at the furlong. He started an odds-on favourite following fourths to […]Read More

This Saturday’s G2 Karrakatta Plate meeting at Ascot looms large as a landmark for Serpentine trainer David Harrison. He saddles odds-on favourite Gemma’s Son in Perth’s 2yo grand-final worth $500,000. Snippetson’s unbeaten colt is the only starter under double-figures at $1.70 with daylight to Starfield Impact and Watch Me Dance on the second line at […]Read More

Western Breeders Alliance picked the perfect stage to showcase its strike-rate with a winning treble on Magic Millions Day at Pinjarra. WBA has catalogued 22 lots for Book 1 of next week’s Perth Magic Millions Sale and that’s the most of any vendor heading to the Swan Valley. Why Choose Her (Choisir) claimed the first-leg […]Read More

Grey flyer Chix Pic completed a winning afternoon for Patronize on Saturday with a characteristic victory in the Seacorp Hcp (1000m) at Ascot. Taken straight to the front by Joey Azzopardi, he was punched out in the straight to defeat Plutocracy (Sebring) and Essential Spice (Gingerbread Man) by a half-length. Patronize (Redoute’s Choice) stands at […]Read More

Cuballing is destined to make the grade in sprinting ranks after an unbeaten start to his career for trainers Robert & Todd Harvey. The Patronize 3yo won from an outside barrier on debut at Bunbury earlier this month and overcame another wide gate at Ascot on Wednesday. “It was a super run first-up and I […]Read More

Darling View Thoroughbreds stallion Patronize passed another milestone when The Last Waltz recorded his 250th win at the Kalgoorlie carnival on Thursday. The Last Waltz speared through a gap in the straight for visiting jockey Craig Newitt to win the Fifth Leg Hcp (1600m). She is trained locally by Brett Mathews who has leased several […]Read More

Darling View sire Patronize has completed a city double with promising 3yo winners Power Of St George and Belle Of Liberty at Belmont. Power Of St George started an odds-on favourite second time out last Wednesday and kept lifting to defeat Peters Investments filly Real Beauty (I Am Invincible). “He’s big, gangly and raw-boned,” trainer […]Read More

Patronize is primed for a career-high season with a host of black-type hopefuls in work for the spring and summer carnivals. Stationed at Darling View Thoroughbreds in Mundijong, he finished fourth on the WA sires’ ladder last season with 76 wins for prizemoney over $2.47 million. Patronize sprinter Little Fish put his name in the […]Read More

Mia Dolce is rapidly gaining something of a cult following in Perth. The Patronize filly had her 14th start (yes, that’s not a misprint) on Saturday, notching up her sixth win, along with four other placings. Mia Dolce’s racetrack earnings? A cool $239,850! It gets better. Mia Dolce was selected by, broken in by, part-owned […]Read More

Western Breeders Alliance combined for an early double with Mia Dolce and Cryptic Love at Belmont on Saturday. Mia Dolce (Patronize) pinged the machine and made all the running to win the Glory Glory Plate (1000m).  She was a $2,000 cheapie for owner Giuliano Cianciosi from WBA at the 2018 Perth Magic Millions Winter Sale. […]Read More