Hall of Famer Neville Parnham has always been a top buyer at WA’s leading sales, the Perth Yearling Sale. Once again he’s topped the list of buyers. His most expensive purchase was an Australian bred Rommel colt for A$180,000. The Parnham Family have been involved with horse racing for more than 50 years and in recently years with Neville at the helm, Parnham racing has won 13 Western Australian training premierships. Neville Parnham's first major winner was Higinsville in 1991 and first Group I winner was Playing God in the 2010 Kingston Town Classic. Here, in an exclusive interview with The Impact, leading domestic buyer Neville Parnham discusses his purchases and his buying plans for the ...

Up and coming jockey Campbell Rawiller has planned his move from Victoria to Sydney later this month to link up with the Waterhouse-Adrian Bott stable. It was the same journey once taken by his Dad who started his riding career in Victoria but moved north in 2007 to kick-off what was to become a glittering working relationship with Waterhouse. Top jockey Nash Rawiller has won 26 Group Ones for Waterhouse and now his 19YO boy will be working for racing’s first lady. Apart from the opportunity of his young lifetime, another attraction for Campbell Rawiller in moving north to Sydney was reuniting with Dad. Campbell Rawiller has plenty of happy memories from his childhood days of meeting racing ...

Tattersalls has just launched its catalogue for next months Craven Breeze Up Sale with 168 high-class juveniles featuring for a sale which comes with the attraction of the new £250,000 Craven Royal Ascot/Gr.1 Bonus. A £125,000 reward will be offered to the first Craven Breeze Up winner of any of the six 2YO races at Royal Ascot. An additional £125,000 bonus will also be paid to the first Craven Breeze Up winner of any of the 15 European Gr.1 races open to 2YO. Colts by the late Arrogate and Union Rags out of Gr.1 victresses Funny Moon (11) and Careless Jewel (145) respectively also feature. There are also own or half-brothers and sisters to 32 Group or Listed winners, including Oak Tree Far ...

With its schedule already as hamstrung by a winter storm as the racetrack itself, Oaklawn Park will cancel Thursday through Sunday’s racing slates, totalling four more missed days due to inclement weather. The track had already cancelled racing for last Friday through Monday, which had moved four more stakes races to the days that are newly cancelled, including the Southwest Stakes and the Razorback Handicap. Trainer Brad Cox texted "No sir" when asked if he had any new plans for his champions Essential Quality, whose 3YO debut in the Southwest has been postponed twice, and Monomoy Girl, who was expected to make her first start as a 6YO in the (Gr.3) Bayakoa Stakes. A total of five stakes r ...

Unbeaten filly Enthaar eased slightly with Sportsbet but remains the $2.30 favourite (out from $2.20) for Saturday's Gr.1 Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) after it was confirmed that Ciaron Maher and David Eustace's 2YO will jump from barrier 14. The barrier draw, which was televised live on Racing.com on Tuesday evening, provided mixed results for trainer James Cummings, whose three horses - Arcaded (barrier 1), Ingratiating (7), and Anamoe (15) - drew right across the track. As a result, Ingratiating firmed from $12 into $9.50, while Anamoe eased from $8 to $9. Jockey Damien Oliver is expected to make a decision about whether he rides Ingratiating or Anamoe in the next 24 hours. General Beau, ...