2018 WA Guineas Preview

Terry Leighton | Metropolitan Racing | 7 months ago

Monster edition of the 2018 WA Guineas, with thirteen blokes to do battle against the three quality girls backing up from the Champion Fillies seven days ago. Chris Waller, Darren Weir and Gai Wate...

Ascot Preview, 17th November

Terry Leighton | Metropolitan Racing | 7 months ago

Race 1 - Seven Days With just one week til the biggest day in the Perth Racing calendar, my liver is already starting to get that uneasy feeling when it knows a serious onslaught is coming. For...

2 Comments | 7 months ago

Ascot Preview, 3rd November

Terry Leighton | Metropolitan Racing | 8 months ago

Race 1 - Snip Snip Tinsnip looks extremely well placed to turn the tables on Prim And Proper in the first at Ascot. Was arguably a good thing beaten second up when Pike had some minor traffic i...

33 Comments | 8 months ago

Ascot Preview, 27th October

Terry Leighton | Metropolitan Racing | 8 months ago

Race 1 - Swimming And Tits Unfortunately the team behind the Tabtouch early markets, learnt how to frame a quote this week and there were no early Galaxy Star or Jeraft gifts. Cracking effort r...

20 Comments | 8 months ago

Ascot Preview, 20th October

Terry Leighton | Metropolitan Racing | 8 months ago

Race 1 - Let The Carnival Begin A wet and windy Thursday morning cannot deflate the spirits of this Western Australian racing enthusiast as the carnival is officially upon us. There is a lo...

47 Comments | 8 months ago

Bunbury Preview, 12th October

Perth Turf Talk | Metropolitan Racing | 9 months ago

Race 1 - Funbury Feature racing makes its way to the South West with arguably the best Saturday race card we’ve seen in months. There is a real ‘start of the carnival’ feel ab...

27 Comments | 8 months ago

Belmont Preview, 6th October

Terry Leighton | Metropolitan Racing | 9 months ago

Race 1 - They Bet Us We sadly said goodbye to PUNTA during the week, in what was a case of the little guy not getting a fair go in a world dominated by the big corporate bookmakers. I think I s...

17 Comments | 9 months ago

PUNTA to cease operations.

Perth Turf Talk | Metropolitan Racing | 9 months ago

It is with much regret and sadness that the boys at PUNTA have decided to cease operations indefinitely. Declining turnover and the leakage of customers to corporate online bookmakers, who have...

3 Comments | 9 months ago

Belmont Preview, 22nd September

Terry Leighton | Metropolitan Racing | 9 months ago

Race 1 - No Mystery It appears a lot of owners and trainers have opted for the footy over the gallops with some very thin acceptances. It isn’t a card which gets the blood flowing. Af...

12 Comments | 9 months ago

Belmont Preview, 15th September

Terry Leighton | Metropolitan Racing | 10 months ago

Race 1 - Let’s Go C… Winx could win a fourth Cox Plate this year, but I don’t think there will be a better racing story than that of Andiamo Fica (https://bit.ly/2p7FCjC). I...

21 Comments | 9 months ago

Belmont Preview, 8th September

Perth Turf Talk | Metropolitan Racing | 10 months ago

Race 1 - Back Pike... I’d be surprised if #backpikedrinkwhatyoulike is not trending globally on twitter by the end of the Belmont card. The Wizard has a book of rides which most jockeys w...

5 Comments | 10 months ago

Belmont Preview, 25th August

Terry Leighton | Metropolitan Racing | 10 months ago

Race 1 - Broome To Belmont Keen on the chances of Patristic in the first. Looked sharp in a debut trial nearly a year ago, before copping one of the toughest initiations to racing you will see....

8 Comments | 10 months ago