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Sunday afternoon was full of mixed emotions for Dave Hopperton when he saddled up Playing God stablemates Play Dice and Our Nemisis in the final two races at Bunbury. There were celebrations all round after Play Dice and Jade Mc Naught delivered a barrier-to-box victory in the TABtouch Hcp (1200m) but they were cut short […]Read More

Playing God gelding Currimundi won the last city race of last season to put the finishing touches on the Darling View stallion’s first WA Sires’ premiership in 2022-23. The Steve Wolfe-trained sprinter miler was back in the frame on Saturday with a late burst to land the Thank You Jay Rooney Hcp (1600m) under Brayden […]Read More

Champion WA stallion Playing God sired his regulation Saturday city winner when Playing Rio arrived from the Great Southern to land the Own The Dream Maiden (1400m) at Ascot. Playing Rio had been placed in all bar one of his six previous starts around the provincial circuit until Albany trainer Paul Hunter decided to test […]Read More

Playing God mare Devine Belief kicked off a memorable winning treble that couldn’t be scripted any better for champion jockey Damien Oliver at Ascot on Saturday. Oliver announced retirement plans earlier this season and decided to bow out back where it all started in Perth.  A bumper crowd sensed something special when Devine Belief scored […]Read More

Playing God has played a lone hand for local stallions during the first three days of The Pinnacles at Ascot. The Darling View Thoroughbreds champion has sired the winners of five black-type races at the half-way point of The Pinnacles and he’s gearing up for Day 4 with an undeniable chance for an unprecedented second […]Read More

Darling View’s Brent Atwell was still floating on air a day after Playing God sired a dream double at Ascot on Saturday. In what could well be a pivotal day in a stud career that’s knows no bounds, Playing God 3yo Zipaway won a prized Group 2 in the WA Guineas (1600m) for Neville & […]Read More

Breeding and selling racehorses had always been a hobby for the O’Bree family until they made a momentous decision to go commercial in 2020. The O’Brees – Rod & Bridie and their children Jaime & Daniel – operate Ruby Racing & Breeding in the mid-west at Kojarena and being far removed from the traditional breeding […]Read More

Playing God has increased his lead on the WA sires’ premiership with a half-dozen winners in the last week and the icing on the cake came with a 15th Stakes winner at Ascot. The Darling View Thoroughbreds champion was represented by doubles at Ascot on Wednesday (Red Tori & La Dette), Bunbury on Thursday (Play […]Read More

Playing God’s domination of Perth’s locally-bred 3yo division was evident again in the LR Fairetha Stakes (1400m) at Ascot on Saturday. Investmentstrategy (Photo / Western Racepix) provided the Darling View Thoroughbreds resident with his 14th individual Stakes winner and a six-figure payday to increase his lead for this season’s WA sires’ premiership. The Neville Parnham-trained […]Read More

Darling View Thoroughbreds sire Playing God has strength in numbers leading up to the G2 WA Guineas (1600m) with Almighty Class ($9), Zipaway ($14), Rope Them In ($17) and Investementstrategy ($21) all in the market to emulate their sire on November 25. Playing God won the 2010 WA Guineas and his trainer Neville Parnham is […]Read More