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WA raider Super Smink is taking on the Group 1 Robert Sangster Stakes at Morphettville this Saturday in an attempt to give trainer @MortonRacing his first SA Group 1 victory! @SAJockeyClub @RacingWA_

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They didn’t like it in the studio… but it was a very different story in the Mounting Yard! 😏🎤 SO GOOD, SO GOOD, SO GOOD! 🎶🙌 Sweet Caroline singalong before The $5M BYD Quokka went off! @RacingWATV @BrittTaylor12 @lochietaylor_ @alexvlah1

@Pearce_Racing Super effort

TALKANCO ❤️ An outstanding effort by our 3YO filly in today’s $5 million Quokka when finishing a slashing third and taking her career earnings to $1.15mil to become the first millionaire of our stable. She was the first WA horse past the post & we’re incredibly proud of her! ⭐️

@RaquelReid20 Yep, I said the same thing. Love the Quokka but the Karrakatta has been pushed aside. It is our best 2yo race so deserves its own spotlight.

I dont think we should have the Quokka on the same day as the Karrakatta. Seems like all the emphasis is on the the $5 mil race and the 2yo olds have lost the prestiage.

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@ADurnsie She ran 96.2. She's rated up to 97.5 a couple of times over further.

🏇 WFA Performance Ratings ⏱️⚖️📊 - Top 5 winners from Day 2 of The Championships at Randwick: 💪 Sir Delius - 107.8 Produced a monster performance in a brutally run 2000m where Light Infantry Man went +22.9 lengths above standard to the 800m, placing it at the upper end of Pride Of Jenni’s early pace range. Over the past two and a half years, across her 24 starts when leading, that +22.9 would rank fourth, just 1.6 lengths off her second fastest. Light Infantry Man was also 1 length quicker to the 800m than Pride Of Jenni in the 2024 edition of this race when she led by over 30 lengths and won by 6.5 lengths, highlighting how much others misjudged that tempo, although that sits in the past. Sir Delius absorbed that extreme pressure tracking around 3 lengths off the lead, and while all runners were below standard over the final 600m, he still rated just 1 length below standard for the final 200m, the best in the race, to produce his 107.8. That improved on his previous 106 peak in the G1 Turnbull Stakes last spring, which was run at a moderate early tempo before increasing sharply in the final 800m. There is no doubt he would relish stepping to 2400m, a trip he has yet to attempt in Australia, with the stamina he showed here the key to handling such extreme pressure at 2000m. With no G1 WFA option beyond 2040m here in the spring, I’d like to see him tackle the Hong Kong Vase over 2400m on the International Race Day in December, which is not typically a high-rating race on the global scale. A 107.8 would have comfortably won the past five editions. ⚡️ Tempted - 103.5 She has run right up to her best ratings of 104 and 103.6 to win the Group 2 Arrowfield Stakes. The race was run moderately through the first 400m for this class, built from the 800m to the 600m, and then was fast over the final 600m. While she didn’t blow them away, the strength of the race speed over the final 600m and the fact she came from 2.5 lengths off the lead to score by a clear 1.2 lengths highlights plenty of substance in the performance. Last week, Joliestar ran 103.7 to win the G1 WFA TJ Smith Stakes, which helps show how competitively Tempted sits against the current crop of top sprinters. While this era of sprinters is around 1.5 to 2.5 lengths below our historically elite standards, she can only compete against what is in front of her and is clearly right in that mix. Still a three-year-old with proven consistency above 103, there's nothing to say she can't find higher new peaks in the future. 💎 Idle Flyer - 102 Appreciated a strong speed set by Pride Of Jenni (+10.4 lengths above standard to the 800m and +12.7 lengths to the 600m) and elevated to a strong new peak of 102 to win the Group 1 Queen Of The Turf Stakes. That improves on her previous 100.5 peak by almost a length from her dominant G3 Angst Stakes win last spring, also over the Randwick Mile. Her 102 sits just a shade above the 101.8 ten-year average for the race. 🎯 Ohope Wins - 100 Won a high-pressure ATC Oaks run at a very fast speed (+17.6 lengths vs standard to the 800m), making it a genuine 2400m staying test. The four runners within 3 lengths of the lead at the 800m were beaten more than 15 lengths. Ohope Wins settled 10.5 lengths back at that point and could not have been better suited by the speed, with the energy she conserved compared to Profoundly, who was almost five lengths closer, telling over the final 100m. Her 100 rating is a clear improvement on her 96.5 NZ Oaks win, which came from a similar position well back in the field but under a far less favourable race shape. That performance did not show the full extent of her ability, whereas this race provided the ideal scenario to do so. She has shown plenty of stamina here, and doing so at the end of a long eight-run first preparation that began in November 2025 is a testament to her constitution, which should serve her well going forward. While her 100 rating sits below the best winners of the past decade, such as Bonneval (104.5) and Verry Elleegant (104), it compares well with more recent winners Treasurethe Moment (98), Autumn Angel (99) and Pennyweka (98.5). 🙌 Changingoftheguard - 99.5 Matched his previous best in Australia, winning the Group 1 Sydney Cup in a race that was run below average early and became more about a fast final 800m than a tough two-mile test. That lack of early speed suited those closer to the front, and with Changingoftheguard running +11.8 lengths above average for his final 800m, it highlights how difficult the race was for those chasing. He was superbly rated by Jason Collett in front and capitalised with a good quality final 800m without being brilliant, and combined with his favourable position on the lead, everything fell into place. With 55.5kg, his 99.5 rating converts to 102.7 at the weights, which is historically weak against a 107 ten-year average for the race at the weights carried and a 101.8 winner average normalised to weight-for-age.

@NoMoralsRacing Like Maria Lucia in the Karrakatta and Cessation has been unlucky.

Mornington R1 - Luna Vega R4 - The Volta / Milos Filos R10 - Duchess Zou Randwick R5 - Matias 🔒 R7 - Sumac 💰 R8 - Private Eye Ascot R7 - Maria Lucia R8 - Caballus R9 - Cessation Can make a case for a heap in All Aged so staying out - cracking race 🔥

@RacingWATV @PerthRacing The poor Karrakatta gets lost in all the Quokka hype. Might be time for it to have its own day. Don't get me wrong, I love the Quokka etc but just feel our best 2yo race gets buried a little.

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@Racing_Previews @ThomasJ023 SC worked very well this morning, didn't see Luana sadly.

@ThomasJ023 Some important factors to note there but I honestly think the SP difference last start was telling us he’s the better horse of the two and now it’s saying the opposite. He was a shade disappointing but could bounce off that.

Luana Miss a top price of $8 and Smooth Chino a top price of $14 doesn’t seem right to me. Sure Luana Miss was unlucky last start, but the price difference between them is an overreaction. Smooth SP’d $2.45 vs Luana Miss $5.50 last start, better for the run and gets Mark Zahra.

Dan Morton gives an update on Super Smink following her impressive Irwin Stakes win at Morphetville on the weekend with Sky Sports Radio’s Dave Stanley 📻 @daveystan1 @SkySportsRadio1 @SAJockeyClub

@Racing_Previews Love the Quokka, but it is sad that the Karrakatta gets shoved aside a little bit.

Karrakatta Plate. Favourite Aurum Belle draws 16 but comes into 12 if emergencies don’t gain a start.

@loztor @MortonRacing Cheers mate

@ADurnsie @MortonRacing Congratulations on a ripper result Andrew.

Had an amazing day at Morphetville yesterday with Super Smink winning the group 3 Irwin Stakes. She was just fantastic, well done beautiful girl. Thanks to the @MortonRacing team (Shelby for travelling with her).

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@ADurnsie @MortonRacing Up you go mate! Well done!

@RacingSA @SAJockeyClub @MortonRacing @RacingWATV Thank you for a great day and thank you to Lady from the Committee (apologies i can not remember her nane) for looking after me post race. Everyone was very friendly and welcoming.

Super Smink won the Group 3 Sportsbet R N Irwin Stakes at Morphettville. Trained by Daniel Morton, ridden by Jacob Opperman. @SAJockeyClub @MortonRacing @RacingWATV

And a big shout out to Jacob Opperman for the ride

Super Smink soars home to take out the G3 Irwin at Morphettville, Watchme Win was game in defeat