TBWA News

Universal Ruler completed a feature double in the Ascot Fillies & Mares Summer Series with Yonga Lass a breakthrough winner of the G3 La Trice Classic (1800m) on Monday. Yonga Lass also became Universal Ruler’s 11th black-type winner in the fourth and final leg of...

Champion WA stallion Playing God sired his regulation Saturday city winner when Playing Rio arrived from the Great Southern to land the Own The Dream Maiden (1400m) at Ascot. Playing Rio had been placed in all bar one of his six previous starts around the provincial...

Gold Front Thoroughbreds stallion Awesome Rock reached the winners of 100 races when his 3yo filly Bonny Rock was judged TBWA Winner of the Week on December 5 and there’s been more since that milestone with Ascot winners like Rocking The Casbah and Cold Shizzle. Cold...

An extended break since a winter campaign was no barrier to Manhattan Thunder winning for stand-in jockey Dan Stackhouse at Moonee Valley on Saturday. The lightly-raced son of Geisel Park sire Manhattan Rain had won a Sale juvenile on debut before a lean 3yo season...

Steve Wolfe’s star sprinter Red Can Man is enjoying a well-earned break ahead of the $350,000 The Bluff Knoll (1099m) in Albany on March 10. The seasoned son of Yarradale Stud sire Gingerbread Man ran a brave fifth in the G3 Damien Oliver Gold Rush (1400m) last...

Scenic Lodge graduates Allegiance (Blackfriars) and Easy Snip (Snippetson) completed an international double for the Muchea stud with wins at Ascot and Happy Valley on Wednesday. Allegiance (Photo / Western Racepix) bolted in for Port Kennedy owner-trainer Chris...

Pearce Racing strengthened its hand for the G2 Perth Cup (2400m) with a quinella in the LR ATA Stakes (2200m) at Ascot on Wednesday. Stablemates Queen Alina (Mahuta) and Black Fantasy (Blackfriars) controlled the feature staying event from barrier rise until the mare...

Playing God mare Devine Belief kicked off a memorable winning treble that couldn’t be scripted any better for champion jockey Damien Oliver at Ascot on Saturday. Oliver announced retirement plans earlier this season and decided to bow out back where it all started in...

It was a sight to behold at Ascot on Saturday when two world-class jockeys were locked together on the line in the LR Starstruck Classic (1600m). No, Damien Oliver wasn’t involved.  The fairytale climax to his career would come later.  The Starstruck was a tactical...

Manhattan Strip scored his first metropolitan win at Ascot on Saturday under a perfect ride by visiting jockey Craig Williams in the Bisley Workwear Hcp (1500m). Put straight into the one-out and one-back position by Williams, he levelled up to the leaders at the 200m...