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Jokers Grin wins the 2025 Rock Magic Stakes for jockey Patrick Carbery.

RACINGPremiumJokers Grin out to show he’s a real Quokka contender

Ladbrokes’ Quokka representative Jokers Grin will be out to show why he’s one of the highest-rated sprinters in WA in his final tune-up before the big dance in Saturday’s Group 3 $200,000 PKF Roma Cup (1100m).

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Front Page on the way to the barriers prior to the Cirka Always Welcome Stakes at Flemington last November.

RACINGCommentsPremiumFront Page steals headlines as latest runner in Quokka

In a spectacular 24-hour backflip, Sportsbet have replaced I Am Me with hardy gelding Front Page as their $5 million Kia Quokka (1200m) slot representative after the mare weakened in Saturday’s T J Smith Stakes

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Western Empire wins the 2024 Gold Rush for jockey Billy Egan.

RACINGCommentsPremiumBig guns add star power to $5 million Quokka feature

Ascot’s $5 million Kia Quokka (1200m) was given a serious boost on Monday, with second and third favourites Headwall and Western Empire both locking away slots in the April 26 extravaganza.

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Machine Gun Gracie wins the 2025 WA Oaks for jockey Shaun O'Donnell.

RACINGCommentsPremiumMachine Gun Gracie shoots to stardom in WA Oaks

Machine Gun Gracie asserted her dominance over the fillies’ staying ranks and sent shivers through Derby candidates with an annihilation of the $300,000 Group 3 Drummond Golf WA Oaks (2400m) field at Ascot.

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Trainer Bjorn Baker celebrates after Jason Collett riding Stefi Magnetica win Race 8 The Star Doncaster Mile.

RACINGCommentsPremiumBoisterous Baker brought to tears with Doncaster win

In WA over the past two years, we’ve come to know Bjorn Baker for his boisterous post-race celebrations, but when Stefi Magnetica won the Group 1 Doncaster Mile at Randwick, he was overcome by emotion.

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Machine Gun Gracie wins the Natasha Stakes at Ascot.

RACINGCommentsPremiumLightning to strike twice for Erkelens in WA Oaks

Boutique trainer Justine Erkelens landed a watershed win in the 2024 WA Oaks as Own The Queen ripped home from last to score a dazzling win as the odds-on favourite.

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Machine Gun Gracie wins the 2025 Natasha Stakes for jockey Shaun O'Donnell.

RACINGCommentsPremiumGracie all guns ablaze heading into WA Oaks

Machine Gun Gracie asserted her dominance over the fillies a fortnight ago and enters the Group 3 $300,000 Drummond Gold WA Oaks (2400m) as a raging $1.70 TABtouch favourite with her rivals up against it.

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Tom Marquand riding Dubai Honour wins Race 8 The KIA Tancred Stakes during Sydney Racing at Rosehill Gardens.

RACINGCommentsPremiumGlobetrotting Dubai Honour secures Aus perfect hat-trick

Globetrotting gelding Dubai Honour made it a perfect hat-trick of Australian Group 1s, taking his third from as many appearances in Rosehill’s $1.5 million Kia Tancred Stakes (2400m).

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Jokers Grin wins the 2025 Rock Magic Stakes for jockey Patrick Carbery

RACINGCommentsPremiumAll Grins for Jokers’ connections as they deal into Quokka

Following Saturday’s devastating Rock Magic Stakes win, Jokers Grin has quickly been snapped up by Ladbrokes for the $5 million The Kia Quokka (1200m) at Ascot on April 26.

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Luana Miss wins the 2025 Supremacy Stakes for jockey Shaun O'Donnell

RACINGCommentsPremiumLuana Miss storms off sizzling tempo to steal Supremacy

Luana Miss upstaged raging favourite Yes Queen to win the Listed $125,000 Supremacy Stakes (1000m), replacing her at the head of the betting for the Karrakatta Plate on April 26.

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Light Infantry Man continued his ascension through the grades.

RACINGCommentsPremiumLight Infantry Man shows Perth form was no fluke in Cup

Light Infantry Man continued his ascension through the grades, taking another dominant Group 1 win in the $2.5 million Australian Cup (2000m) at Flemington.

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Jokers Grin wins at Ascot for jockey Patrick Carbery

RACINGCommentsPremiumJoker the ace in the Rock Magic pack

One of WA’s most promising speedsters will stake his claim for a Quokka slot on April 26 when Jokers Grin launches his autumn campaign in the $100,000 Rock Magic Stakes (1000m) at Ascot.

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