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The Fred Kersley trained Operational rose to new heights today at Belmont, with a clinical victory in the open class Reed Resources HCP 2100m.

Trainer Trevor Andrews prepared a race to race double at Belmont today, culminating in the winning return of his stable star The Rising.

Jerry Noske in winning treble Jerry Noske had her best day in racing with a winning treble at the mid week meeting at Belmont on May 22 while female trainers won the majority of the races.

It wasn’t so long ago that Steven Parnham was sitting third on the jockeys premiership but before the meeting on May 18 the eldest son of the racing clan had slipped back to equal seventh.

Big grey galloper It’s A Bit Shady (Jason Whiting) put the opposition into the shade with a powerful win in the Del Basso Smallgoods Italian Day Handicap (1600m).

Cyber Crime the perennial’Bridesmaid’ with 10 second placings finally broke through for his fourth win after an absence of 13 months from the winners circle for trainer Alan Mathews.

The closest thing to local racing royally in the modern era – The Parnham’s – made their presence felt at Belmont today, adding a training and riding double to the family mantel piece.

Royal Inferno, charging home late, was too strong in a three horse finish to the Crown Perth Sprint (1200m), edging out Secret Scandal and Hussy By Choice.

The old adage used to be the family that prays together stays together. With the Parnham family it is a case of the family that races together succeeds together.

It was an impressive return to the winners list for the Vaughn Sigley trained Daneclicked today at Belmont, with a dominant victory in the Italian Day At Belmont Park Next Saturday HCP 2000m.

Like a scene out of “Underbelly”, the finale at Belmont saw arguably “the hardest horse of all time to find” – The Underworld – come out of hiding to blow away rivals in the LD Total HCP 1600m.

Promising galloper Back To A Walk has given trainer Gino Poletti some cheer after the Ascot trainer recently losing his star galloper, Luckygray, to Victorian trainer Robert Smerdon.

Despite racing first up, from a spell, Moneghetti (Glenn Smith) proved too strong in the York Stakes powering home to run down Rebelson and Miss Tipsy Topsy, in a tight finish to the 1600m race, at Belmont on May 4.

A marathon of outs came to an end for the Grant Williams trained Moneghetti today at Belmont with a mesmerising last to first landslide victory in the $80,000 Listed York Stakes 1600m.

Interesting to see all three local Oz Tipsters declare “barleese” for the return to Belmont this week – the traditional meeting notorious for upsets did not disappoint, and we did not have to wait long to feel the pain.

The classy Gino Poletti trained Back To A Walk returned to the winners list today at Belmont, with a dominant victory in the Jackson’s Restaurant HCP 1400m.

Fittingly, it would be star hoop William Pike who would claim the accolades on the final day at Ascot this season, with a brilliant riding treble, and in doing so – surpassed 50 wins in the jockey premiership.

Arguably the win of the day went to master trainer Fred Kersley and his promising 3yo Tiger Hill gelding Purple Tiger, with a barnstorming victory in the Amelia Park Lamb HCP 1800m.

The first race for the last meeting at Ascot this season (Southern Habitat Wholesale Nursery HCP 1200m) presented an exciting showdown between two very different horses – the up and coming gelding Vs. the experienced mare.

Highly regarded Victorian jockey Ben Melham is unlikely to forget his first experience of riding in Perth. After the shock of losing Ms Funovits before the running of the  WA Sire Produce Stakes the visiting hoop was then successful in the main race, the WA Derby (2400m), with  Mystic Prince.

She bowed out in style. Mabel Grace running in her 41st race and carrying a 62kg impost showed her class with a lionhearted win in the Matchmaker Classic (1400m), running down the lightly weighted Red Hot Sax with Miss Tipsy Topsy next best.

Perhaps it was a case of William Pike being outpiked. In a stirring finish it was Brad Parnham on Dominating grabbing Swap Ya (Pike) right on the post.

Makybe Diva’s mate Glen Boss has come and gone. The champion jockey was on a mission to win two races last Saturday and while he won two he achieved victory in only one of the major plums.

Baleen In Me stamped herself as an exciting future prospect for trainer Stephen Rowe when she recorded her third win, from as many starts, by easily taking the Connector Drilling Sprint (1000m) at Ascot yesterday.

She had never won over 1200m before but evergreen mare Mabel Grace made amends for that with a classy winning display in the Miss Andretti Stakes yesterday.

Normally when a filly has won a hat-trick, a jockey has completed back -to-back Oaks double and a trainer has won her first Oaks they can expect to dominate the story.

Watching the Yalumba Classic Hurdle at Oakbank (SA), on Easter Monday, while doing a shift on Racing Radio, I thought for one moment we were going to experience a Devon Loch moment.

Young apprentice jockey Chris Parnham is making it a habit of winning the last races whether at Ascot Geraldton or Pinjarra, including three such wins in the last week.

It had been a very long 665 day wait for the connections of Daintree Road ($16.00), but patience paid off today in the Stavros Vitsas HCP 1400m with the 6yo Magic Albert gelding outlasting rivals to salute by ¾ length.

It was a simple case of “reward for effort” for the Grant Williams trained Western Blaze at Ascot today, when it produced a dazzling late finish to claim this year’s $80,000 listed Raconteur Stakes 1500m.