News - STRAIGHT CHARGE (AUS)

Gray Williamson was a winner on two fronts at Pinjarra on Wednesday with Dirty Habits scoring a flashing-light victory over 1700m while his new stallion Straight Charge also caught the eye parading between races for prospective breeders.

Westbury Park in Western Australia have announced an exciting new addition to their roster with Group II ATC Silver Slipper Stakes winner Straight Charge to stand at a fee of $6600 inc GST.

Written By was a dominant winner of the 2018 Group I MRC Blue Diamond Stakes before retiring to stand at Widden Stud and he featured on Saturday with with an exciting new stakes-winner when quality colt Straight Charge led all the way to win the $300,000 Group II ATC Silver Slipper Stakes (1100m).

While the Group I MRC Blue Diamond takes centre stage at Caulfield for the juveniles, in Sydney the Group II ATC Silver Slipper (1100m) has also attracted a good field with light to be shed on a couple of key Waterhouse Bott trained colts in Espionage (James Harron Bloodstock)  and Straight Charge (Yulong).

The Warwick Farm trials this morning kicked off with a super interesting heat featuring Everest winner Think About It and the new Joe Pride stable acquisition Mazu with five heats won by juveniles including two winners for Microphone and the return of exciting colt Straight Charge.

The Waterhouse Bott stable will be without one of their top chances in the $3million Magic Millions 2YO Classic on January 13 with news on Sunday that Straight Charge is out of contention due to an elevated temperature.

An important day for two Waterhouse/Bott runners on Saturday for the Magic Millions 2yo Classic aspirants Storm Boy and Straight Charge.

Two heats for juveniles at Randwick on Tuesday morning and we might have seen the winner of the 2024 Magic Millions 2YO Classic, which is not surprisingly trained by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott.