TBWA News
Luana Miss – TBWA Winner of the Week
The sky’s the limit for Saturday’s runaway Placid Ark Prelude (1100m) winner Luana Miss. The Trevor Andrews-trained filly chimed in from the back-half of the field to score running away in a tip-top dress rehearsal for the LR Placid Ark Stakes (1200m) at Ascot on...
Ridgeport Rock ready for Railway Stakes
Watch Me Rock has fulfilled a day of firsts for Ridgeport Farm with a career-high victory in G3 Asian Beau Stakes (1400m) at Ascot. Saturday started on a winning note for the Waroona stud when resident sire Rommel doubled up with Battle Commander (TABtouch Hcp) and...
Jokers Grin on track for Winterbottom Stakes
Jokers Grin came of age during a very profitable autumn campaign and he’s on track to ink that bank-balance in elite black-type come the Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) at Ascot on November 29. That spring journey commenced on Saturday in the G3 Prince Of Wales...
A Lot clocks century with Odinaka
Odinaka registered the 100th win for his sire A Lot (USA) with a well-timed victory in the Quayclean Hcp (1800m) on Asian Beau Stakes Day at Ascot. The Steve Wolfe-trained gelding jumped in front before handing up the lead to follow his former stablemate Classic Rogue...
Gingerbread mare a Tonic for Jordans
Yarradale Stud sires Gingerbread Man and Shooting To Win combined for an international double on Thursday and a Yarradale-bred graduate can put the icing on the cake at Ascot on Saturday. Ginger And Tonic (4m Gingerbread Man - Moderation by Mastercraftsman) was...
Latest Legacy another winner from Lynward Park
Lynward Park homebred Summer's Legacy relished stretching out to a mile for the first time this prep with a straightforward victory in the Schweppes Hcp (1650m) on Wednesday. The Ascot result was never really in doubt once the $1.70 favourite lobbed one-out and...
Sparx fly for WA-conceived Manhattan Rains
Geisel Park sire Manhattan Rain has a barrage of big-money races looming for his Melbourne-based stars Jigsaw and Benagil but a low-key barrier trial in Perth next Monday will signal a new phase of his stud career. Just over a week after King Of Light (Earthlight)...
Gold Front Sensation wins Northam Cup
Red Sun Sensation was rated one of the leading 3yo stayers in Melbourne and Adelaide in 2022-23 and he gave Avon Valley racegoers a glimpse of that ability with a second-up victory in the LR Northam Cup (1600m) on Sunday. The Awesome Rock gelding was previously...
Pure Obsession – TBWA Winner of the Week
Colin Webster’s lightly-raced 4yo Pure Obsession took a while to wind up before clicking into overdrive to win the TABtouch Hcp (1400m) at Ascot last Wednesday. The son of Sessions and stable jockey Troy Turner were a long way off front-runner Drag Machine (Maschino)...
Asphalt paves a path to summer carnival
Josh Krispyn raised the bar for Asphalt at Ascot on Saturday and the promising sprinter-miler repaid that faith in a pulsating finish to the MCA Polytrack Hcp (1400m). Asphalt (5g Maschino - Fire Side by Hurricane Sky) defeated G1 Railway Stakes-bound galloper...
Light shines on Amelia Park
Trainer Dan Morton and Amelia Park know what it takes to win a G2 WA Guineas (1600m) and they were both taken with King Of Light when he remained unbeaten in the LR Belgravia Stakes (1200m) on Saturday. So were bookmakers. King Of Light firmed into a $2.80 favourite...
WA draft dominates MM Digital Sale
The first Magic Millions Digital Sale is open for bidding until Wednesday with the largest draft in the inaugural 70 lot catalogue being offered by Maida Vale breeder Pat Robinson. Pat and her husband Bill (pictured) reached the pinnacle in racing when their homebred...
