TBWA News
Elite showdown in Placid Ark Stakes
Elite Beau has firmed into a $7 second favourite for the LR Placid Ark Stakes (1200m) next month on the back of a brilliant return in the Patten Hcp (1000m) at Ascot on Wednesday. The Yarradale Stud-bred graduate looked an untapped talent winning an Ascot juvenile on...
Kazana – TBWA Winner of the Week
Kazana was never on the track when racing for the first time at Northam on Thursday but that didn’t prevent the Awesome Rock filly putting her maiden rivals to the sword for Gold Front owner-breeders Alan and Sue Olive. Evening In Paris (King Of Athens) led them up...
Diamonds are trumps in Eurythmic Stakes
Last start G2 Perth Cup (2400m) runner-up Diamond Scene caught punters and jockey Clint Johnston-Porter off guard with an on-pace victory in the G3 Eurythmic Stakes (1400m) on Saturday. A market drifter at $15 first-up since New Year’s Day, Diamond Scene made the most...
Wolfe wins more black-type with Rope Them In
Rope Them In has a penchant for firing first-up and that was evident when the after-burners propelled the Playing God sprinter to his second black-type victory in the LR Crawford Stakes (1200m) on Saturday. He has won four of six fresh starts starting with a debut...
Rainline swoops for Pike and Pearce Racing
Rommel mare Rainline launched a last-to-first finishing sprint to claim the first of four wins for Willie Pike in the TABtouch Hcp (1400m) at Ascot on Saturday. Rainline was a dozen lengths off front-runner Swanee (I'm All The Talk) along the riverside and was still...
A Lot a winning connection for Willaview
Willaview Park couple Coel Hunter and Claire Williamson are on a roll with their sire A Lot (USA) and there’s more to come from their mare Mendicity who foaled yesterday’s Northam winner Mia Gusto. Coel purchased Mendicity (Blackfriars) for a bargain-based $1,250 at...
Shooting To Win on Fire at Yarradale
Shooting To Win marked the anniversary of his career-high Caulfield Guineas victory on Saturday by siring another black-type winner back at The Heath while working through his first book at Yarradale Stud. “Shooting To Win settled in here straight away," Yarradale...
Stars align at home for Man Crush
The stars can align for leading Westspeed breeders Tony Patrizi and Eddie Rigg when Man Crush takes on a crack field of sprinters in the Listed R S Crawford Stakes (1200m) at Ascot this Saturday. Man Crush will strip match-fit for trainer Luke Fernie after returning...
All On Red – TBWA Winner of the Week
All On Red opened the Ascot season with a dominant victory in the opening 2yo race of the season for part-owner and trainer Tiarnna Noske on Saturday. The good-looking chestnut took over from early leader Sovereign Rock (Awesome Rock) in the Vale Lindsay Severn...
Hard Solo set for city schedule with Maley
Gingin trainer Ash Maley gave his 3yo filly Hard Solo an easy kill first-up at Geraldton on Sunday and they don’t come much easier than her three-length stroll in the Mark Houston Maiden (1203m). Hard Solo (Photo / Western Racepix) went out an odds-on favourite and...
Pearce Racing marking time with Talkanco
Carnival plans for Champion WA 2yo Talkanco are still up in the air following her superb first-up victory in the $100,000 Max Simmonds Stakes (1000m) at Ascot. Talkanco (3f I'm All The Talk - Calianco by California Dane) sent her earnings through $600,000 with a...
Untapped Moonwalk by Bondi
Trainers Grant and Alana Williams bookended the Northam meeting on Wednesday when short-priced favourites Moonwalk and Fast Harry were steered to very impressive wins by Willie Pike. Moonwalk (3f Bondi - Wahwahtusi by Thunder Gulch) is a Lynward Park homebred and she...
