TBWA News
Star Martini – TBWA Winner of the Week
Precocious 3yo filly Star Martini has been ultra consistent since resuming for her latest campaign with two wins at Northam and three seconds Belmont from five starts since July. The Jim Taylor-trained flyer is unbeaten over 1000m in the Avon Valley winning her...
Railway record in sight for King Of Light
King Of Light arrived on the big stage winning the G2 WA Guineas (1600m) last year and he can become the first horse in over 50 years to double up in the G1 Railway Stakes (1600m) twelve months later. The Dan Morton-trained chestnut has firmed into a $4.50 favourite...
Cape Falls mare flying High at Ascot
Cape Falls Thoroughbreds owner-breeder Brett Fogarty notched a second black-type victory this month when his top-class mare Hot And High won the LR Crawford Stakes (1200m) at Ascot on Saturday. Racing first-up since June, Hot And High settled right behind the speed...
Ascot three-peat for Gold Front
Gold Front Thoroughbreds celebrated a day to remember when I’m Nipote (Gingerbread Man), More Than Enuff (Rich Enuff) and Rock Fest (Awesome Rock) filled out a winning treble at Ascot on Saturday. The trio were bred by Gold Front owners Alan and Sue Olive and the...
De Grey Park on the double at Ascot
De Grey Park bred a day-by-day double with Wild Things in Kalgoorlie on October 3 followed by Show The Way at Northam on October 4 and they can duplicate that double this weekend. Show The Way won the Avon Valley Toyota Hcp (1400m) at Northam on Thursday and Wild...
Rivals crumble against Quick Cookie
Quick Cookie has thousands of kilometres on the odometer floating to the races so the trip to the Avon Valley was a snip for the Gingerbread Man mare on Thursday. Keysbrook trainer Ryan Hill took her to Northam for the Cup Packages Hcp (1300m) and the Yarradale...
Better company beckons Swagman
Northam Race Club catered for five maiden fields on Thursday with Flying Swagman one of the more impressive first-time winners for Serpentine trainer Dave Harrison. Flying Swagman (3c Bivouac - How To Fly by Written Tycoon) was appearing as an odds-on favourite...
Princess going places for Amelia Park
Vasse-based Amelia Park Farm specialises in quality over quantity with a core purpose that’s produced this week’s black-type bound Ascot winners Bassett Hound and Perfume Princess. Bassett Hound (4g Wootton Bassett – Bound Copy by Street Cry) was a slashing first-up...
Business as usual for Parnhams
Trainer Neville Parnham labelled Official Business a Saturday horse after he travelled three-wide while shouldering 60kg to win the Murlpirrmarra Connection Hcp (1200m) during the first midweek meeting of the season at Ascot. Official Business (3c Gingerbread Man -...
Light shines on latest Foals
Kelstar Park Darling View sire Lightsaber (Zoustar) has his initial 2yo crop ready to fire and Witchy Woman was the first seen out when placed in a Belmont trial for Josh Brown last month. His latest foals include this filly from Born Spicy (Gingerbread Man) who is a...
Champeze centre stage in Ladies Day Sprint
Ascot’s first meeting of the season saw Playing God sire a regulation double with Reginetta and God’s Gate but Darling View's WA Champion didn’t clock off after that Saturday shift. He was back centre stage on Sunday winning the feature race at Geraldton’s second...
Angel Express – TBWA Winner of the Week
Angel Express is unbeaten in both starts at Bunbury this season and she’s a standout for another reason besides those two odds-on victories that stamped her as a filly with a future. The Jason Miller-trained 3yo is a daughter of Darling View’s Champion WA First-Season...
