TBWA News
All Play a sharp winner by Playing God
Playing God didn’t break stride into the New Year with winners at Ascot (All Play) on Wednesday and Pinjarra (Precious God) on Thursday. The Darling View champion had sired the winners of 14 races in December headed by smart mare Rissoles in the $125,000 Epona Classic...
Peters Investments wins sixth La Trice Classic
Peters Investments missed improving its monumental G2 Perth Cup record when Diamond Scene (So You Think) was beaten less than a length on Wednesday but it took no more than a half-hour to lift another feature race in front of the big crowd at Ascot. Bob and Sandra...
Super horse salutes for Sheehy
Veteran sprinter Oxbridge brought up a New Year’s Day double for Yarradale Stud when he arrived on the line to nail the LR Summer Scorcher (1000m) at Ascot on Wednesday. Oxbridge was conceived in the second of four books covered by Storm Cat sire City Place (USA) at...
North Face – TBWA Winner of the Week
Oakland Park homebred North Face was always travelling like a winner at Bunbury on Sunday and there were no excuses for the beaten division after Lucy Fiore went for home in the Flyn & Peter Narkle Maiden (1200m). North Face is trained by Adam Durrant and is the...
Positive vibe for Rommel Connection
Ridgeport Farm resident Rommel signed off the calendar year with an international double on Sunday which signalled even better things to come in 2025. Rommel has a rousing 67% winning strike-rate from his first four crops and they don’t come any better than...
Sun shining on Geisel Park
The stars aligned for Geisel Park-bred winners Sunshine Tafe (All American) and Our Rocky Bay (Awesome Rock) on Saturday when they completed an early double at Pinjarra. They went out as odds-on favourites and were both piloted by in-form hoop Lucy Fiore who doubled...
Classics beckon Yarradale-bred Fillies
Yarradale Stud manager Davy Hanratty predicted a pampered life for Valour Road in retirement and there’s been no reason to doubt it after his first week back home in Gidgegannup. The 9yo chestnut had bowed out with the beaten division in the G3 Gold Rush (1400m) at...
Norich set for Summer Scorcher
Norich makes his black-type debut in the LR Summer Scorcher (1000m) on New Year’s Day after completing a winning hat-trick at Ascot on December 21. The 6yo son of former Taunton Vale sire Demerit (Lonhro) has been a work in progress for quite some time. In fact, he...
Hasty tasty Boxing Day for Chop Suey
Safeguard is flying at the top of this season’s WA 2YO Sires’ Premiership with gun youngster Castle Road and he’s also making inroads with a 4yo crop that added another notch on Boxing Day with Chop Suey at Pinjarra. Chop Suey was bred by Ridgeport Farm’s Santo...
Tactics – TBWA Winner of the Week
Patience has been the key to Tactics and the Rommel 3yo is our second Winner Of The Week in a row to show the benefit of persistence at Ascot. Tactics greeted the judge at start No.8 which was marginally better than Earthstorm (Calyx) who took 9 starts to break her...
Daytona delivers for Yarradale in December
Beautifully-bred 3yo Daytona Pete continued Yarradale Stud’s winning run in December with a comprehensive victory in the Westspeed Platinum Sires Stakes (1200m) on Saturday. The son of Yarradale resident Gingerbread Man (Shamardal) is a full-brother to millionaire...
Playing God double on Platinum Day
On an afternoon that celebrated the WA breeding industry at Ascot, Champion sire Playing God was not to be denied doubling up with Investmentstrategy in the Westspeed Platinum Sprint (1400m) and Rissoles in the Epona Classic (1200m). Both winners are from Playing...
