FOLLOW KROPP RACING

By Graham Potter | Saturday, March 14, 2026

FOLLOW THE MATT AND WILLIAM KROPP RACING STABLES

Prince Levi added another notch onto his belt when he landed a fourth career win, taking out a BM78 Handicap over 2050m at the Gold Coast on March 14.

The progressive William Kropp trained son of Casino Prince was winning for the second time in his last three starts here … and he has hardly put foot wrong in 2026 with his other three results since the start of the year returning two runner-up finishes and one third placing, all of that coming on the back of a finely forged horse / jockey relationship between Prince Levi and Mark Du Plessis which has brought significant rewards.

Prince Levi came into this Gold Coast assignment following a second place finish in BM80 Handicap over 2200m at Doomben three weeks earlier.

The Kropp trained runner was beaten by 1.55 lengths that day by Akkadian Emperor (who would frank that form by winning again next time out), but it remained a very game effort, particularly considering that Prince Levi carried 2kg more than the winner (59kg to 57kg).

Prince Levi, who came back in distance for this Gold Coast test, found market support as the second favourite at $4.40 behind the race $3.20 race favourite, the Chris Waller trained Lovey Dovey, who, in her last three starts, had landed back-to-back wins at Ipswich before claiming a runner-up finish in her last start over 2200m behind the self-same Akkadian Emperor. Read more ...

PRINCE LEVI RULES AT THE COAST (MARCH 14, 2026)
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The William Kropp trained Baccarat Rouge bounced back to winning form when he saluted in a BM58 Handicap over 2020m at Ipswich on March 6.

The four-year-old daughter of Casino Prince had claimed back-to-back wins at Kilcoy and Gatton in January … in a BM60 Handicap over 1900m and a BM58 Handicap over 2000m respectively … but unplaced finishes in two subsequent starts (at Eagle Farm in a BM68 over 1800m and at Ipswich in a BM58 over 2180) dented the enthusiasm of punters with Baccarat Rouge allowed to start at double figure odds of $19.

Courtney Bellamy, who had partnered Baccarat Rouge in the last of those unplaced finishes, retained the ride and her 2kg claim arguably proved invaluable in a tight enough finish in which Baccarat Rouge got home by a 0.40 length margin.

Bellamy pushed the Kropp trained runner forward from the wide number eight barrier draw and crossed to settle in second place outside the leader, Slugworth ($17), and the leading two runners continued to maintain their positions all the way to the approach to the home turn, where challenges to the two frontrunners started to emerge with Key Command ($5.50) quickly coming into contention out wider on the track and Down Under Stunnah ($10) lurking on the inside. Read more ...

BACCARAT ROUGE BOUNCES BACK TO WINNING FORM (MARCH 6, 2026)

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It had been a while between drinks for the Matt Kropp trained Propose, but the chestnut daughter of Rothesay got the scoreboard moving again when she landed a Class 2 Handicap over 1600m at Gatton on March 1.

The four-year-old had kicked off her career with some intent, winning two of her first seven starts and placing second or third on another three occasions.

That was back in 2024 though, and it has been a long slog for Propose since then with it taking all of sixteen months and another nineteen starts before she saluted again, but, under Kropp’s guidance, she came back to do just that as the $2.90 favourite at Gatton.

Propose was seventh-up this prep at Gatton, with her immediate four runs prior to facing the starter for this latest assignment resulting in two third places and two fourth place finishes … always thereabouts but equally always a couple of lengths shy of claiming a winning result.

That changed at Gatton.

With Fred Larson guiding Propose from the saddle, the Kropp trained runner landed in the lead but then went back to settle fourth on the rail Read more ... _

PROPOSE EARNS A CHANGE OF FORTUNE (MARCH 1, 2026)

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