TBWA News
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...
Reg defies clock and quote for Radford
Veteran sprinter Without Reg ended a run of outs when he scored a last-to-first victory for Oakford trainer Rhys Radford in the Afgri Equipment Hcp (1400m) at Ascot on Saturday. The gelded son of former Yarradale Stud sire War Chant (USA) wasn’t helped by a slow tempo...
Black-type double for Rangeview Stud
TBWA News reported last week there was a black-type feel about Rangeview Stud related runners at Ascot and Caulfield on Saturday and that’s how it played out when Big Red Zoom won the LR Max Simmonds Stakes (1000m) and Jigsaw the G2 Schillaci Stakes (1100m). Big Red...
Streamlined on course for better company
It was par for the course for Peters Investments when Abissi kicked off a winning treble in the cerise and white silks at Ascot on Saturday. Bob and Sandra Peters started October with Just Sublime (Justify) in the Goldfields on the first day of the month and then...
Bassett Hound set for summer black-type
Amelia Park homebred Bassett Hound owns a big-race pedigree and his first-up win at Ascot on Saturday suggests he also has the wherewithal to match black-type expectations during a summer campaign. Bassett Hound (4g Wootton Bassett - Bound Copy by Street Cry)...
Albirex launches 2yo season at Ascot
Impressive Racing partners Darren McAuliffe and Kevin Berry drew first blood at the launch of Ascot’s 2yo racing season on Saturday. They produced Albirex to win the MC Equine Surfaces Initial Plate (1000m) and the normally reserved McAuliffe didn’t hold back when...
