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Leading sire Playing God has several high-profile irons in the fire for the $4 million The Quokka while his midweek winners like Boy Blue are flying under the radar. Ascot trainer Russell Stewart prepares Playing God’s $300,000 earner Swear To God and he unveiled another budding banker by the Darling View Thoroughbreds stallion when Boy […]Read More

Western Breeders Alliance topped Perth’s Magic Millions Sale with turnover of $2.31 million in February and they’ve jumped the gun with five winners already this month. Ascot winners in March that were catalogued by WBA for Swan Valley Sales include Street Parade (Lucky Street), Alaskalot (A Lot) and American Troop (King’s Troop).  Their out-of-town winners […]Read More

Playing God is already a dominant force in Perth and it’s only matter of time before his stock begin making an impact in other jurisdictions. The Darling View Thoroughbreds resident has sired 125 individual winners in his first five crops and 21 of them have earned black-type led by Group 1 Kingston Town Classic heroine […]Read More

A filly by Darling View Thoroughbreds stallion Playing God topped the leaderboard as records continued to tumble at the Perth Magic Millions Yearling Sale on Friday. Ascot trainer Neville Parnham, in partnership with Santo Guagliardo (Ridgeport Holdings), paid $170,000 for the top-priced filly (Photo / Western Racepix) from Nickel Queen (Lot 304) during an outstanding […]Read More

Rubick is sire of the moment in Victoria and the feeling is mutual with WA-based Western Breeders’ Alliance who have three yearlings by the Swettenham Stud stallion at next week’s Perth Magic Millions. The WBA trio are the only Rubick yearlings catalogued for the Swan Valley Sale on February 23 and 24 and they will […]Read More

The popular Playing God – Oratorio cross ticked off another new winner when La Dette opened her account in the Free Entry To Belmont Park Maiden (1200m) on Australia Day. Not before time, either, because La Dette (Photo / Western Racepix) had been a beaten even-money favourite at Pinjarra and Geraldton at her first two runs this […]Read More

Darling View Thoroughbreds is about to embark on what’s shaping up as another good-news week at the Gold Coast Magic Millions Yearling Sale. The Mundijong stud has entered two beautifully-bred fillies through Attunga Stud (as agent) for the sales-season opener that kicks off on Tuesday at 10am (WST).  The Written Tycoon (Lot 821) and Dundeel […]Read More

Darling View Thoroughbreds has signed Melbourne Group 2 winner Lightsaber to stand in Western Australia. The Peter Moody-trained colt won the G2 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) at Flemington and G2 Caulfield Guineas Prelude (1400m) for Blueblood Thoroughbreds who bought him for $100,000 at the 2020 Inglis Ready2Race Sale. Lightsaber (4h Zoustar – Dream Cirque […]Read More

Playing God’s current 3yo division has the firepower to drive home his advantage at the top of the WA sires’ premiership in 2023. The Darling View Thoroughbreds stallion added this week’s Ascot-winning fillies Megami and Feels Playful to a very strong crop of 3yo city performers fronted by Swear To God, Baby Paris, Paddy’s Lad, […]Read More

Having won over the west, Playing God is looking further afield for black-type and he may have found a spearhead with Melbourne filly Nunthorpe. Touted on debut from the trials, Nunthorpe appreciated a Peter Moody prep and a Jamie Kah steer in the Hertz Maiden Plate (1200m) at Cranbourne on Friday night.  After firming into […]Read More