Young bully Charino takes a big prize in the Max Simmonds Stakes at Ascot on Saturday

Inexperienced prospect Charino gave trainer Brett Pope a memorable moment as the three-year-old prospect took the spoils in the $100,000 Unite Resourcing Max Simmonds Stakes (1000m) at Ascot on Saturday. With just one start under his belt, a second at Pinjarra on August 14, Charino ($51 at TABtouch) showed the alarm in an early sprint … Read more

Indigenous horror film The Moogai wins the $100,000 CinefestOZ Prize, beating WA's Runt

“The Moogai,” a nightmarish horror film written, directed and produced by First Nations filmmakers, has won the $100,000 grand prize at CinefestOZ, the most valuable award of its kind in Australia. The debut of veteran Indigenous screenwriter Jon Bell (“Cleverman”) is based on his short film of the same name and stars Shari Sebbens (“The … Read more