Thomas Jordan 🏇

@shakes4454 @alexvlah1 Why would a hoof abcess in May keep out for the spring carnival?

@alexvlah1 Are you sure? I heard it’s very unlikely to race for Brisbane carnival and spring carnival

Jokers Grin has had continued issues with a hoof abscess over recent weeks. Chris Waller's team have now removed it and the horse's preparation will depend on how he recovers and if he's able to work fully next week. Still a chance to run first-up in the Doomben 10,000 on May 16 if all goes smoothly. @RacingWATV @SEN_Turf

Favourite for a reason … It was a command performance in the Group 3 Northam Stakes over 1300m from Smooth Chino who has notched up his 7th win from 9 starts and 2nd at stakes level. Winning his first 6 straight and before resuming with a close 2nd in the Roma Cup and a midfield finish in the Quokka, the Indianna Weinert trained 4YO wasn’t to be denied in the Northam Stakes and takes earnings to $700k. By Alwyn Park’s Maschino, Smooth Chino was certainly a bargain buy – purchased from @mogumberpark by Indianna Weinert for $40,000 at the 2023 Perth Magic Millions Yearling Sale. #ItPaysToBuyAustralian @mmsnippets

I’m so coshed.

Atleast spare me a few cents at the canning bridge lights Pikey will be living out of a tent in the Belmont park carpark if anybody needs me.

Freakish performance from Rock N The Jam

The Calabrese 🥹

Rissoles adds a first black-type feature to her CV in the Sheila Gwynne Classic! 📺 7plus, @Racing, Ch 78/68, Foxtel 529 or via our website.

@TopOddsPod @lucas_abbs @Bailscampbell Build her a statue #rissoles

Ep10-Sheila Gwynne & St Leger Day Quick fire episode this week with @lucas_abbs & @Bailscampbell kicking home Ethan Ewing @ margs 🌊. This week probably summed up by “Imagine you saw the calabrese’s trial and it was any other horse” @ThomasJ023

@Bailscampbell @FOXFOOTY Myles won’t be happy with you if he sees this.

@TheRealDeal1303 @J_Walter23 Tempted plays golf?

@J_Walter23 Beiwacht the Everest slot holder Lock it in

BEIWACHT likely races on. But the last we have seen of TENTYRIS and OBSERVER on the track Sad day. We need all the quality we can have racing. But thats the game! Hope they do special things in the barn

@TRBHorseRacing Agreed, thanks Dan.

@ThomasJ023 Afireofgidgeecoals ran 96. Strong late sectionals. Beatt 93.9 was arguably unlucky after missing the start 2L from barrier 1. Both look like they have a good future.

🏇 WFA Performance Ratings 📊⏱️⚖️ - Five highest rated winners from Randwick, Mornington & Ascot 18/4: 👌 Beiwacht - 104 Was perfectly rated in front by Nash Rawiller to optimise his own performance and make it difficult for those chasing, running a 104 rating to win the G1 All Aged Stakes. After a below-average tempo to the 800m, Rawiller increased the speed from the 800m to 400m while still not going quickly, leaving plenty in reserve for the sprint up the home straight, which was the fastest part of the race relative to standard. His 104 is second only to his 108 rating 4L win in the G1 Group Golden Rose last spring, and sits comfortably above the race’s 103.3 ten-year average. 🧩 Jigsaw - 100 Made it seven wins in a row with another display of his strong, sustained speed to run a 100 rating and win the Quokka at Ascot. That matches the 100 rating Joker's Grin produced to win the race last year and sits 0.6 lengths below the 101.5 rating Overpass ran to win the first two runnings in 2023 and 2024. Jigsaw’s winning streak extends back to October 2025, with victories now in Victoria, New Zealand and Western Australia. He has led in every one of those seven wins and, in four of the last five, jumped from barriers 10 to 13, so he certainly hasn’t had it easy. Under the care of Cindy Alderson, his resurgence as a seven-year-old stands out as one of the best training performances we've seen in modern times. 🎯 Mazu - 98 Scored a well-deserved 98 rating win in the Group 3 Hall Mark Stakes at Randwick, the third year in succession he has now won the race. He is known as a wet tracker, with just one win from 21 starts on Good tracks, but those figures are misleading. While no doubt wet is best, he's proven more than capable on top of the ground. Three of his eight best career ratings have come on Good ground between 101.5 and 102.5. While those higher ratings appear behind him, his best in the last 20 starts have been 99.8 (Good 4) and 99 (Soft 5), with numerous other performances above 98 on both Good and Soft ground. Rachel King set a genuine tempo in front and then went early with a fast speed increase from the 800m, giving those chasing every chance to run him down, but he was still too good. 🙌 Asterix - 97.2 Resumed first-up over 2000m in the Group 3 JRA Plate at Randwick and, while reportedly in need of the run and never previously finishing closer than 3.8L first-up across four attempts (best rating 91.5), he ran a 97.2 rating win in good style. That sits just below his 98.3 career peak over 2400m at the end of last preparation in December. It's a promising return for the Chris Waller-trained New Zealand Derby winner from 2022 (97.5 rating). He can only improve in fitness from that run and, with a likely Queensland campaign ahead, looks a very good chance to hit a new peak this preparation. 🔥 Fireball - 97 Proved strongest late in a high-pressure 1600m Group 1 Champagne Stakes run at a fast early speed, winning narrowly over Campione D'Italia with a 97 rating. He has built through his autumn 2YO campaign nicely, opening with a 90.5 rating win over 1100m, later running 94.1 in the Group 1 Golden Slipper (1200m) and 94.4 when third in the Group 1 ATC Sires' Produce Stakes (1400m) after a tough trip, before improving to 97 here. That figure matches the rating Nepotism ran to win the race last year and sits just over a length below the ten-year average.

@cobyhewitt1 @PaulDugan12 @RacingWATV Opinions game, but he’s won just about every big race there is in WA, just had some bad luck the last year or so in the big races.

@PaulDugan12 @RacingWATV 2nd horse was of tap I’m just a non believer of Niftys in big races

Trainer Dan Morton wins a third Karrakatta Plate in four years after Afireofgidgeecoals takes out the Group 2 race!

@Pearce_Racing @RacingWATV Tough as nails.

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! ⭐️

@ThomasJ023 stock ball run down the stairs and let everyone know how good you are ? #BetTheDrift

Karrakatta? Any danger.

Afireofgidgeecoals causes a boilover in the Karrakatta Plate 🤯 Not ideal for Beatty backers 😬 @lucywarwickk97 @mortonracing

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