TBWA News
Prophet pays for patient partnership
Strapping Prophet had won a Northam maiden this time last year before placing in all bar one of his next ten starts prior to an overdue breakthrough on Bolton Sprint Day at Belmont. Trainer Steph Bakranich didn’t give up on the most consistent galloper in her...
Perth Crusader wins Bletchingly Stakes
Peters Investments completed another title-winning season as WA Breeder Of The Year when its Group 1 homebred Cosmic Crusader won the G3 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on Saturday. Cosmic Crusader (5g Maurice - Cosmic Storm by Street Sense) reached a career...
Spring beckons high-calibre winner The Rifleman
The Rifleman showed spring potential winning the Drummond Golf Plate (1000m) when racing for just the second time at Belmont on Saturday. Trained by Dan Morton for Oakland Park Stud, he was a never-nearer third to Gentle Touch (St Mark's Basilica) on debut earlier...
Westbury Park farewells Winning Rupert
Widely-travelled stallion Winning Rupert has died at Westbury Park following a severe bout of colic on Thursday. Westbury Park owner Phil Ibbotson, who stood Winning Rupert (Written Tycoon) on behalf of leading Perth trainer Luke Fernie, said surgery failed to save...
The eyes have it for Williamson
Gray Williamson was a winner on two fronts at Pinjarra yesterday 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. Dirty Habits is one of the most...
Pinjarra pay-days for Playing God and Yarradale
The Playing God connection paid off once again for Yarradale Stud when Sister Mary made the most of a drop in class to win the Western Racepix Hcp (1800m) at Pinjarra on Wednesday. Sister Mary had won a Northam maiden over 2200m in June prior to an unplaced run in the...
Sunset Session – TBWA Winner of the Week
Sunset Session served notice he would be an early winner when runner-up to flying chestnut Castle Road at Pinjarra last August but it’s taken the debutant almost a year to finally salute the judge. Six starts and another three seconds (at short odds) later, the Forest...
Western Miss bred in the Peters Purple
Peters Investments just missed out with Westbound (Toronado) in the LR Belmont Classic (2200m) on Saturday but struck back an hour later thanks to up-and-coming filly Western Miss in the aptly-named Peters Investments Hcp (1650m). Western Miss (3f Ghaiyyath - Western...
They’reallsisters wins against the odds for Splintex
They'reallsisters has signed off a successful season for Darling View Thoroughbreds stallion Splintex (Snitzel) with a win against the odds first-up in the Quayclean Plate (1200m) at Belmont. The David Harrison-trained filly settled at the tail of a 14-horse field...
Mogumber Park makes hay with Mindarie
Mogumber Park achieved its best ever sale result when Mindarie (Safeguard) topped the Inglis Digital July (Early) Online Sale at $355,000 on Wednesday. Representing one of Western Australia’s most successful families, Mindarie (pictured) attracted interest from right...
Perfect double for WA in Hong Kong
Hong Kong based gelding Perfectday scored a dominant victory to complete a double for WA-bred expats in the last race of the Sha Tin season on Sunday. The Chris So trained sprinter produced a powerful winning sprint to notch his fourth win from 11 starts in the All...
Refemme No Angel – TBWA Winner of the Week
Refemme No Angel was our Winner Of The Week on the back of a maiden victory at Belmont in December and he returned from a spell to score again as an odds-on favourite in the Drummond Golf Hcp (1200m) on Wednesday. The Wally Daly homebred skirted the rails behind...
