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Cicala keeps unbeaten streak alive in Lightning Stakes

Just twelve minutes after Bridal Waltz’s Bletchingly Stakes triumph in Melbourne Cicala (Tamasa) added further depth to the form over ...

Clarken's filly set for Stakes test

Unbeaten filly Cicala will be thrown into the deep end at start number three set to contest the Listed Lightning ...

Keeping it in the family

Later in the day a pair of lots sold for $200 000 respectively to secure their placings as the joint-second-top ...

Peltzer's brother turns heads

Peltzer's brother will stay in South Australia and be trained by Will Clarken and Niki O'Shea after being bought for ...

‘Quality’ So You Think colt heads to Clarken and O’Shea

A week on from claiming Adelaide Cup (Gr 2 1200m) success with Silent Surrente (Fiorente) Will Clarken and Niki O’Shea ...

Surrente stars in Adelaide Cup

Silent Surrente has given star apprentice jockey Rochelle Milnes the biggest win of her career winning the Group 2 Adelaide Cup (3200m) for ...

Adelaide Cup Day summary: Milnes rates Silent Surrente to perfection in ...

Front running masterclass - gives Silent Surrente success in The Cup A brilliant piece of front-running riding by apprentice Rochelle Milnes ...

Crowther's G1 chance on Flower

It's the race that's provided the script for a string of jockey fairytales in recent years and Kayla Crowther is ...

Flower blooms for stakes victory in Durbridge

Prairie Flower is a veteran of 37 race starts but at five years old the mare is just beginning to ...

Episodic regains winning touch to trainer's delight

After two unplaced finishes at stakes level sharp mare Episodic returned to the winner's stall on Saturday with an impressive ...

Former Aussie HK's next superstar?

Synonymous with Golden Sixty’s towering feats Vincent Ho has anointed Galaxy Patch as Hong Kong’s “next future star” after the ...

Rising Hong Kong Superstar for Wandjina

Larneuk Stud in Victoria is home to value sire Wandjina whose talented son Galaxy Patch has been acclaimed as the ...

Kuroyanagi back to Caulfield

A return to Caulfield looks imminent for Blue Diamond third placegetter Kuroyanagi. The South Australian daughter of Written Tycoon who will ...

Kuroyanagi 'could be anything'

One of the finds of the autumn returns to the races this weekend with endless possibilities ahead of a spring ...

Kuro's low-key return

A home-state black-type win is the immediate aim for South Australia's most-exciting young horse Kuroyanagi but Will Clarken admits it's ...

Stakes goals for Episodic

Consistent South Australian mare Episodic will chase all important black type next after making a terrific start to life under ...

Galaxy Patch - Hong Kong's rising star

It's a story that has its beginnings in a tragedy etched in the mind of so many Australians and one ...

Former South Australia galloper a future Hong Kong star

Galaxy Patch showcased his remarkable turn of foot once again at Sha Tin on Sunday June 23 clinching a dominant ...

Clarken's premiership chase

Will Clarken believes it will take a 'herculean effort' for he and training partner Niki O'Shea to win this season's ...

Hong Kong Stakes-Winner for Wandjina

Progressive Aussie bred gelding Galaxy Patch scored his first stakes win at Sha Tin on Sunday when the four year-old ...

Episodic is chasing a fourth consecutive win with Melbourne debut

In form mare Episodic will chase a fourth win in succession when she makes her Melbourne debut on Saturday. Formerly in ...

Boognish Triumphs in Thrilling Proud Miss Stakes

An early Mother's Day gift for the pensioned Unbridled's Song (USA) mare Regrowth when her twelfth and final foal Boognish ...

Stable to wait with Boognish

Boognish's Group 3 Sportsbet Proud Miss Stakes (1200m) win has convinced Will Clarken and Nikki O'Shea that she is a ...

Big step up for Extremely Lucky

Will Clarken says Extremely Lucky 'needs to find a few lengths' in Saturday's $1 million Group 1 Sportsbet Goodwood at ...

Lucky in line for Goodwood honours

Training partners Will Clarken and Niki O’Shea will chase a hometown first when they saddle Extremely Lucky in The Goodwood at Morphettville. After starting ...

Extremely Lucky Wins G3 John Hawkes

It’s been a while between drinks for talented sprinter Extremely Lucky but the five year-old son of Extreme Choice recaptured ...

Extremely Lucky claims inaugural running of John Hawkes Stakes

Extremely Lucky ($7.50) has broken through for his first win in nearly two years as the five-year-old gelding recorded a ...

ICYMI - Galaxy Patch runs a smashing second in the Hong ...

A $50 000 Adelaide Magic Million purchase by Will Clarken Suman Hedge Bloodstock and David Jolly the son of Wandjina ...

Kuroyanagi's spring goals

South Australian filly Kuroyanagi will spell in Victoria after a terrific run to finish third in the Group 1 Blue ...

Clarken ‘blown away' by his Blue Diamond filly

Blue Diamond contender Kuroyanagi is doing things Will Clarken has never seen before. The Group 1-winning trainer is astounded by the ...

SA filly ready to take next step

Eleven years after Miracles Of Life saluted in the Blue Diamond Stakes for trainer Dan Clarken his cousin Will Clarken ...

Avdulla booked for Blue Diamond contender

Star Hong Kong-based jockey Brenton Avdulla will make a flying return to Australia to ride boom South Australian filly Kuroyanagi ...

‘We're rapt with her': Clarken set to take boom SA filly ...

Boom South Australian filly Kuroyanagi is on track to compete in Saturday's Group 2 Blue Diamond Prelude but co-trainer Will ...

Black-type debut to come for unstoppable Second To Nun

In form mare Second To Nun will chase a fifth win in succession in Saturday’s $120 000 JRA Plate (Premier’s ...

Will Clarken excited to see what Kuroyanagi can do at Caulfield ...

Kuroyanagi is undoubtedly one of the more intriguing runners heading towards the Blue Diamond. Will her form stack up this week ...

Adelaide filly holds a Diamond dream

Trainer Will Clarken has always had plenty of time for his speedy filly Kuroyanagi (Written Tycoon) and the promising 2-year-old will be ...

Price's emotional Dux win

An emotional Ben Price fought back tears after being crowned dux of the South Australian Apprentice Academy for the second ...

Price's emotional honour after tragic deaths of mum and cousin

It's a testament to Ben Price's resilience that he has been able to perform at such a high level on ...

Kelton's winning run with homebred

There aren't many things that John Kelton loves more than backing a winner. The Racing.com form analyst has built a reputation ...

Diamond the aim for Kuroyanagi

Impressive South Australian filly Kuroyanagi will press on for a crack at the Blue Diamond Stakes if she bounces through ...

Exciting filly scores on debut as Clarken-O'Shea weigh up Blue Diamond ...

Hype filly Kuroyanagi was all the rage heading into the opening race at Gawler on Saturday and the Will Clarken ...

Clarken & O'Shea take Kuroyanagi to Gawler

Will Clarken and Niki O’Shea can build on an imposing record at Gawler on Saturday. In the last 12 months the ...

SA 2YO Kuroyanagi may be Blue Diamond bound

SA 2YO Kuroyanagi may be Blue Diamond bound if she justifies short odds at Gawler on Saturday. Co-trainer Niki O'Shea ...

Clarken's patient approach with 2YO

Will Clarken will progress towards the Blue Diamond series with exciting filly Kuroyanagi but admits the 'raw' filly is likely ...

Clarken-O'Shea stable races to title lead with Gawler treble

Will Clarken and Niki O'Shea have been in sensational form and they parlayed that into a treble at Gawler on ...

Kah returns home for Clarken prospect

Star jockey Jamie Kah made a whirlwind return to her home state of South Australia on Thursday to partner an ...

Boxing Day double for Clarken and On Fire

The training partnership of Will Clarken and Niki O’Shea secured two wins on Boxing Day. Three-year-old filly Divine Fire ($4.40) upset ...

Price is right: Young gun outrides metro claim

Young gun Ben Price achieved a significant personal milestone at Murray Bridge on Saturday claiming his 80th metropolitan winner to ...

The Alabama Express keeps on rolling

Yulong’s first-season sire Alabama Express has made a huge impression in his fledgling career and on Thursday he chalked up his first ...

Where are they now?

We stumbled across this photo from nearly 12 months ago so where are they now? Left to right | Hit The ...

'Serious horse' can Give Some Lip at carnival time

The Will Clarken and Niki O'Shea stable is flying at the moment with the team very bullish about the long-term ...

American Pharoah Colt Tops Buoyant Gold Coast 2YO Sale

An exciting colt by American Triple Crown winner American Pharoah topped today's Magic Millions Gold Coast 2YOs in Training Sale ...

Emerging Sires Take Centre Stage

In a move to find value this sales season Will and his team have showed confidence in the promise of ...

‘You couldn’t ask for a better start’: Yulong stallions on fire ...

A good week turned into a great week for Yulong on Saturday when another of their first-crop stallions Alabama Express ...

First Winner a Stakes-Winner for Pierata

The Listed MRC Debutant Stakes (1000m) at Caulfield on Wednesday produced a quinella for first season sires with Pierata colt ...

First for Alabama Express

Yulong’s first-season sire Alabama Express (Redoute’s Choice) sired his inaugural winner from his first runner yesterday when Karavas (2 f ...

Ironclad off to Sydney

Ironclad will next tackle the $2 million Hill Stakes (1900m) at Rosehill after pleasing his co-trainer in a race-day exhibition ...

Frankel colt has a bright future

After a couple of runs as a 2-year-old Gates resumed in Race 2 at Sandown-Hillside - a 1500-maiden for 3-year-olds. The ...

Pierata trial winner

It was a fearless start for first season sire Pierata at the 2YO trials in Sydney as Pierata colt packs ...

Amelia's Jewel form to the fore in Balaklava Cup

Eleven years after winning the Balaklava Cup at his only previous attempt Victorian jockey Brad Rawiller completed another successful cross-border ...

Ironclad All Courage in Balaklava Cup

Few would argue that Ironclad (GB) sports a mouthwatering pedigree recognised worldwide but when the son of Dubawi lined up for ...

Rawiller chasing second Balaklava Cup

A 25-time Group 1-winning rider Brad Rawiller will travel to South Australia for Wednesday's Balaklava Cup in the quest for ...

Behemoth Stakes Attracts Strong Field

The inaugural running of the Group 3 Behemoth Stakes (1200m) has attracted a strong field of 12 sprinters vying for ...

In-form stable set to strike with Jean Valjean

The Will Clarken and Niki O'Shea stable has struck form in the past month and is hoping to parlay it ...

Price partners Jean in Flemington debut

Ben Price can launch his 2023-24 season with his first Melbourne winner when he partners talented galloper Jean Valjean at ...

Quality on show as spring prep ramps up

This year’s $150 000 Group 3 Behemoth Stakes (1200m) looks set to be loaded with SA horses with spring aspirations. Richard ...

Clarken seeks third Lightning strike

Will Clarken and Niki O'Shea head into Saturday's feature race at Morphettville the Listed Lightning Stakes with four runners as ...

Clarken chasing third consecutive Lightning Stakes

Will Clarken will chase a third consecutive $120 000 Listed Lightning Stakes (1050m) victory a first in partnership with Niki ...

Stakes test next for Reasons

Promising filly Sixteen Reasons will return to the Stakes-grade arena after a deserved maiden win at Gawler on Wednesday. Luckless in ...

Racing Rewards SA scheme increased

Racing SA has announced an increase in the Racing Rewards SA scheme for the 2023-24 season. The Racing Rewards cap will ...

‘It was getting hard a couple of months ago so I ...

Racing in South Australia yesterday received a long-awaited and immediate boost to prize-money levels an injection participants hope is one ...

South Australia set for $7.4m prizemoney increase

A successful financial year coupled with the increased return from the POC tax will see a sustainable 15% prizemoney increase ...

50th Stakes winner for So You Think

Last year’s runner-up Asathought avenged her narrow defeat in the Listed Riverton Cup (2147m) when she produced a dogged finish ...

Veight cruising through the grades

The Tony and Calvin McEvoy-trained Veight (Grunt) is set to take on Group 1 company for the first time in his ...

Sooboog Filly Boognish Bolts In On Debut

Here is another bargain buy on Inglish Digital that hit a home run when re-offered as a yearling. The Will ...

Magic Millions Masterclass

Clarken Racing will be represented at the upcoming Magic Millions Masterclass 🔥 Get an exclusive insight into the upcoming Magic Millions ...

Silent success only the beginning

Silent Surrente flew late to score in the last of the day at Murray Bridge on Saturday.The daughter of Melbourne ...

Inglis Premier in the sights

The boys have their walking shoes on and they're pounding the pavements of Oaklands rearing to get into the sales ...

49 Stakes Winners for So You Think

Coolmore Stud sire So You Think (High Chaparral) earned a stakes-winning double yesterday with the first of his black type ...

Stable Stalwart He's A Balter Retired

We want to wish stable favourite He's A Balter a very happy retirement. Balter came into the stable during March ...

Clarken's farm success

Shifting half of his stable from an on-course base at Morphettville to a property an hour south of Adelaide was ...

Price claims top gong at SA Apprentice Awards

Rising star Ben Price has been crowned the Dux of the Racing SA Apprentice Academy after riding more winners than ...

Ironclad headlines Clarken's two-state feature assault

Ironclad nearly knocked off the darling of Western Australian racing in the Northerly Stakes last month but now finds himself ...

Clarken, O'Shea chasing SA/VIC features

Will Clarken and Niki O’Shea will chase a two state feature race double on Saturday. South Australian racing’s newest partnership head ...

Australia Stakes an option for Adelaide sprint pair

The Adelaide stable of Will Clarken and Niki O’Shea is still weighing up who will be their representative in the Australia Stakes ...

Bittersweet moment for Clarken as Yasuke makes smart debut

Breaking his maiden at Metropolitan level on his first start is exactly what Clarken imagined Yasuke was capable of once ...

First HK winner for Winning Rupert

The former Newgate resident Winning Rupert who now stands at Grandview Stud in Queensland after five seasons in the Hunter Valley ...

Ironclad to live up to name for Clarken in Van Heemst ...

Despite being happy with Ironclad’s consistent preparation so far South Australian trainer Will Clarken just wants a win. And he believes ...

Will Clarken Calls on SA Government to Increase Prizemoney

Adelaide’s Racing Carnival is not short on brilliant Group 1 action but it’s the prizemoney on offer which needs to ...

Beau Rossa on track for Ascot's Gold Rush despite Winterbottom failure

As the great Aussie saying goes a figurative teaspoon of cement might’ve been all it took to harden up Beau ...

Will Clarken appoints co-trainer Niki O'Shea to take stable to the ...

Looking to take his stable to the next level Will Clarken has welcomed former jumps jockey Niki O'Shea to his team appointing him ...

Clarken tempers Lucky expectations

Extremely Lucky burst onto the scene during his second racing preparation but trainer Will Clarken is happy to temper expectations ...

Clarken: New 'recipe' for Ironclad

Will Clarken has gone back to the drawing board to hopefully produce an improved performance from Ironclad in Saturday's Group ...

Neindorf's confidence in 'Clad

Lachie Neindorf got a bit of a shock during last Saturday's spectacular electrical storm in Adelaide although it had nothing ...

In-form apprentice rewarded with Railway ride

South Australian apprentice Lachlan Neindorf had no inkling a trip to Western Australia to ride in the Group 1 Railway Stakes was ...

Will Clarken’s Iron horse Perth-bound

Will Clarken admits it is a ‘bold’ play but the South Australian horseman thinks if ever there is a time ...

Perth mission for fresh Beau

Will Clarken hopes his ambitious placement of Beau Rossa pays dividends when the talented gelding travels to Perth for The ...

Ironclad primed to make an impact in Cranbourne Cup

He's already got a Golden Mile under his belt and now Ironclad is eyeing another Victorian feature with trainer Will ...

Clarken's Cup confidence dented

A wide draw has dented Will Clarken’s confidence of winning Saturday’s $500 000 Cranbourne Cup with stable star Ironclad. The talented ...

Ironclad kicks off big Flemington carnival for Clarken

Will Clarken is taking a big team across to Flemington for the Melbourne Cup Carnival and he's hoping to land a blow ...

Will Clarken continues hot form as Agreeable collects Murray Bridge Gold ...

Will Clarken added another country cup to his trophy cabinet as Agreeable took advantage of a lovely run to break through for her ...

Stakes Breakthrough for Agreeable

Supporters of Agreeable had plenty to worry about when Kayla Crowther found herself buried in the pack approaching the home ...

Extremely Lucky put on ice

Emerging South Australian sprinter Extremely Lucky has been sent to the paddock after a taxing campaign that culminated in a ...

Talented Clarken pair to resume

A talented pair of Will Clarken-trained gallopers will resume on Caulfield Cup Day after nearly five months on the sidelines. Beau ...

Clarken's Toorak throw at the stumps

Will Clarken is under no illusions Saturday's Group 1 Toorak Handicap (1600m) at Caulfield is the biggest test of stable ...

Meet Clarken's eccentric star

Trainer Will Clarken has high hopes for Extremely Lucky who is contesting the Moir on Friday night with dreams of ...

Moir looms for Lucky

Spruik South Australian sprinter Extremely Lucky remains on track for Friday week's Group 1 Moir Stakes (1000m) at The Valley ...

Kah feels Lucky in Carlyon

Jamie Kah is reunited with budding sprint star Extremely Lucky at The Valley on Saturday in what she expects could ...

Lucky breeder rides emotional rollercoaster

Although Brenton Parker has experienced all of the highs and lows of thoroughbred breeding over the last three decades not ...

Clarken in no rush with Rossa

Beau Rossa won’t attempt to avenge his Memsie Stakes (1400m) defeat of 12 months ago nor will he be seen ...

Lucky shows Extreme ability

Rising four-year-old Extremely Lucky has suddenly appeared in the market for the G1 Moir Stakes at The Valley in September ...

Caution on Lucky's Lightning hopes

Will Clarken has cautioned punters that are keen on Extremely Lucky in Saturday’s Listed Lightning Stakes (1050m) at Morphettville admitting ...

Fairytale return for Bella Vella

Bella Vella has made a fairytale racetrack return landing Saturday's Group 3 R.N. Irwin Stakes (1100m) at Morphettville. The Group 1 ...

Price eyes mammoth Saturday

Apprentice rider Ben Price has a good book of rides on Saturday at Morphettville including the promising filly The Map ...

Bella Vella sights set on another G1

For the second time in her life Bella Vella is aiming to go from breeding barn to Group 1 glory ...

Doncaster dream for Ironclad

Will Clarken will attempt to sneak a run in the Doncaster Mile on Saturday week with talented import Ironclad who ...

Jones' journey from Penola to Riyadh

Nearly a week on from shining the brightest under the lights of Saudi Arabia's King Abdulaziz Racecourse Caitlin Jones admits ...

Bella Vella back in work, for now

Group 1 winner Bella Vella is back in work after a failed spring in the breeding barn was followed by ...

Clarken duo back on show in Dubai

Will Clarken's duo He's A Balter and Parsifal are set to charge down the Meydan straight once again on Saturday ...

Clarken plots next steps

Will Clarken has his sights set on the Group 2 Blue Point Sprint over 1000m on February 18 with Parsifal ...

Balter edged out in Dubai debut

South Australian trainer Will Clarken’s Dubai venture almost got off to a flying start on Friday might when his sprinter ...

Jones not daunted by Dubai stars

Adelaide-based jockey Caitlin Jones says she is embracing the opportunity to compete against some of the world's premier riders in ...

New home for eye-catching winner

Trainer Will Clarken and Bloodstock agent Suman Hedge were so impressed by three-year-old Extremely Lucky’s eye-catching debut victory at Murray ...

Pannell set for hit-run Qld mission

It's a long way to travel for just one ride but Todd Pannell is hoping his Boxing Day dash from ...

Kah wins on Second Slip

Jamie Kah enjoyed a far better journey on Second Slip than did Mark Zahra just seven days ago after the ...

Bella Vella set for Group 1 challenge

Heading towards the Group 1 Charter Keck Cramer Moir Stakes at The Valley on Friday night trainer Will Clarken could ...

Bella Vella impresses in jumpout

Bella Vella continued her preparation towards the Group 1 Moir Stakes at The Valley on September 25 with a jumpout ...

Bella Vella claims McEwen

Older sprinting mare Bella Vella maintained her unbeaten record this year with a trademark determined on-pace display in the $200 ...

Leading SA trainer Will Clarken to expand into Victoria

Leading South Australian trainer Will Clarken is in the process of setting up a second base at Ballarat with an eye to picking ...

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