TBWA News
Geisel Park sells Myalup Farm
Geisel Park Stud has announced its intention to sell Myalup Farm, one of Western Australia’s most historic pastoral properties. Established in 1846 by Sir William Bunbury, the 100-hectare (248-acre) property near Bunbury represents one of the longest continuously...
Kanas Mtoto – TBWA Winner of the Week
Kanas Mtoto looked a likely type winning Belmont and Ascot 2yo barrier trials in May 2025 but it took two stable changes and almost twelve months before he surfaced for an encouraging victory at Pinjarra on Wednesday. Facing the starter for just the third time in the...
Life’s a beach for Jedibeel and Bondi
Sydney trainer Brad Widdup reports Jedibeel is just loving life on the beach in Perth as he prepares for The Quokka (1200m) at Ascot this Saturday. Jedibeel (Dundeel) is coming off a slashing second in the G1 The Galaxy (1100m) at Rosehill after flying home to be...
Winning Lineup for Awesome Rock
Awesome Rock gelding Outspoken Lad bagged a third country cup this season after defeating his Pearce Racing stablemate Decoration in the $70,000 Narrogin Cup (1900m) on Saturday. It was also the second-leg of an international double for Awesome Rock after the Gold...
Legends land G2 WATC Derby
Sentimental Legend scored one of the more decisive G2 WATC Derby (2400m) victories in recent years when he dispatched Saturday’s classic field with ease at Ascot. Sentimental Legend tracked WA Oaks (Gr 3, 2400m) winner Wonderfully Made (Playing God) and put her away...
Super Smink surge wins G3 Irwin Stakes
Perth sprinter Super Smink was out wide and out the back before producing a dazzling last-to-first surge in the G3 R N Irwin Stakes (1100m) in Adelaide on Saturday. The Dan Morton-trained mare (pictured) was winning first-up in Adelaide and will now be set for the G1...
Fatty Finn a timely omen for Gracie
Alwyn Park resident Maschino sired his latest interstate winner when Victorian-based gelding Fatty Finn cruised home in the Programmed Property Services Maiden Plate (1415m) at Sale on Wednesday. Studmaster John Andrew will be hoping it was a timely omen when he broke...
Le Fem Le Choix – TBWA Winner of the Week
There were no excuses for the beaten division when Le Fem Le Choix did things wrong but was still good enough to win the Lawn Pride Australia Maiden (1200m) at Ascot on Good Friday. The Playing God filly was resuming from a six-month spell and there would have been...
Rope Them In reels in Roma Cup
Rope Them In maintained a 70% first-up winning strike-rate in the G3 Roma Cup (1100m) for Great Southern trainer Steve Wolfe on Saturday. It was also a positive trial for the $5million The Quokka (1200m) back at Ascot in a fortnight. He was unplaced in last year’s...
Crunchy Nut nails Westspeed Platinum
Esperance visitor Crunchy Nut overcame traffic problems in transit to snatch a narrow victory in the Westspeed Platinum Hcp (1600m) for trainer Helen Harding on Saturday. The Alwyn Park graduate would have been a good thing beaten but for a resilient ride by Tash...
Karrakatta beckons Yarradale Belle
Yarradale Stud can play a big hand in the G2 Karrakatta Plate (1200m) with Aurum Belle ($3.20), Beatty ($4.60), Cos I Am ($15) and Rok ‘N’ Rom ($21) prominent in pre-post markets for Perth’s juvenile grand-final on April 18. Owner Lyn Sayers races Aurum Belle with...
Williams Racing over the Moon
Williams Racing went into Easter with two stakes-winning scalps and they also prepared Bondi 3yo filly Moonwalk to open her city account at Ascot on Good Friday. Moonwalk (3f Bondi – Wahwahtusi by Thunder Gulch) is a Lynward Park homebred and won as she pleased for...
