TBWA News
Right result for Ridgeport Roaming
Ridgeport Farm had wins on and off the track on Wednesday when Roaming America prevailed at Ascot and stud manager Marge Ojapold was shortlisted for the 2026 Australian Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards (ATIEA). Roaming America (3g Rommel - Democrat by Octagonal)...
Sentimental Legend – TBWA Winner of the Week
Grant and Alana Williams unearthed a 3yo with staying potential when Sentimental Legend won a Bunbury maiden on debut in November and he turned a Class 1 into a procession at Belmont on Wednesday. Sentimental Legend (Brutal) was giving the leaders a big start at the...
Clever ride benefits Arcadia Park in Bunbury Cup
Bob Peters shared a LR Bunbury Cup (2000m) in 2022 when True Attraction (More Than Ready) dead-heated with Paddy's Shadow (Dane Shadow) and there were more anxious moments before Arcadia Park (NZ) won the Bunbury Cup outright for the leading owner-breeder on Saturday....
Bonjoy brings bona fides to Bunbury Stakes
The real Bonjoy brought her A Game to the south-west on Saturday and a class field of sprinters had no answer to her superior turn of foot in the $150,000 LR Bunbury Stakes (1400m). Bonjoy fulfilled a feature-race hat-trick in the $100,000 Ascot Mile (1600m) twelve...
Gunn win for Baby Boomers
Baby Boomers would remember the hit 1960s TV series Peter Gunn plus its iconic theme by Henry Mancini and their namesake scored a win to remember in the Statewide Turf Services Maiden (1200m) at Pinjarra on Thursday. The four-legged Peter Gunn lost 8 lengths out of...
So Much Serenity – TBWA Winner of the Week
Trainer Tom Wolfe sent So Much Serenity into her first-up run this prep without the benefit of a barrier trial but that was never an issue in the Sura Maiden (1200m) at Bunbury on Thursday. Given license to lead as she pleased from a wide barrier by Brad Parnham, So...
Rommel mare maintains winning Sequence
Ridgeport Farm stallion Rommel notched his 200th win on Saturday courtesy of Magical Sequence who signed off her latest prep with a narrow victory as an odds-on favourite in the Westspeed Platinum Hcp (1400m) at Ascot. Magical Sequence (4m Rommel - Jinsky Magic by...
Westbury Park expat wins again at Sha Tin
Westbury Park-bred graduate Galactic Voyage made it back-to-back victories in Hong Kong when he rocketed home to win the Citi Wealth Hcp (1200m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. In-form jockey Jerry Chau was at his brilliant best on the WA-expat helping him overcome a wide draw...
Oakland Park Pirate lands Lex Piper Stakes
The Crimson Pirate graduated from a Pinjarra Class 1 to a Listed victory in the Lex Piper Stakes (1600m) at Ascot on Saturday and there’s no reason why he can’t continue improving towards the G2 WATC Derby (2400m) on April 11. The Oakland Park homebred (Photo /...
Wonderful J Farms graduate set for G3 WA Oaks
Wonderfully Made provided Playing God with a fourth black-type victory in February when she lived up to an odds-on quote in the LR Ascot 1000 Guineas (1800m) on Saturday. Positioned one-out and one-back, she raced past front-runner Admire Astra (Admire Mars) in the...
Autumn Rains streaming for Carnivals
Greenfields Lodge finished second on the Perth Magic Millions vendor leaderboard with an average of $129,000 and there’s more good news ahead with its untapped youngster Boy Crush who is by Geisel Park sire Manhattan Rain. Boy Crush (2c Manhattan Rain – Crushed by All...
Vale Tony Freebairn
Members of Western Australia’s racing and breeding industries will be very saddened to learn former TBWA President Tony Freebairn has died in South Australia following a brave battle with cancer. He was hospitalised last week and passed away aged 86 on Sunday. Based...
