TBWA News

Ascot pay-day for Capitola and Amelia Park
Money talks and punters heard that loud and clear at Ascot last Saturday when Capitola firmed from $8 into $5 before a comprehensive victory on debut in the Initial Plate (1000m) Capitola (2g Capitalist - Rio Del Mar by Magnus) is trained by Luke Fernie and was too...

Triple-treat for Peters Investments
Premier owner-breeders Peters Investments are triple-handed in the Peters Investments Hcp (1600m) at Ascot this Saturday and the numbers could stack up with all three at single figures in the first Fixed Odds market released by TABtouch. The Michael Grantham-trained...

Class wins out for Playing God
Playing God took the lead for his third WA Sires’ premiership when Almighty Class won the Schweppes Hcp (1000m) at Ascot on Saturday. The Darling View Thoroughbreds champion had inched closer earlier on opening day with Rope Them In and West Star both going down by...

WBA victims of own success in Perth
Darling View Thoroughbreds has announced it will not be selling yearlings under the Western Breeders’ Alliance banner as from 2025. Western Breeders’ Alliance offered its first yearlings at the 2015 Perth Magic Millions and that consignment included RL Magic Millions...

Mai Aloha – TBWA Winner of the Week
Mai Aloha sent Williams Racing further ahead at the top of the 2024-25 WA Trainers’ table after she easily defeated an all-age maiden field at York on Thursday. Grant & Alana Williams logged their 34th win since August 1 when the 3yo daughter of Long Leaf led from...

Charino a live chance in Placid Ark Stakes
Charino scored a $41 upset in the Max Simmonds Stakes (1000m) at Ascot on Saturday but it wasn’t a fluke according to Pinjarra conditioner Brett Pope. The 3yo son of Maschino was facing a classy field after a debut second to Desert Whisper (Rommel) on home turf in...

Easygoing Gingerbread Man wins for Gaerth
Ain't No Other Man was given the run of the race on opening day at Ascot and that made all the difference when apprentice Brayden Gaerth slipped him some leather in the Westspeed Platinum Hcp (1100m). The Gingerbread Man gelding also appreciated a drop in class...

Kuroyanagi back on track for Ridgeport
Ridgeport filly Kuroyanagi has bounced back with a return-to-form victory in the $150,000 Thoroughbred Club Of Australia Plate (1200m) at Caulfield. Kuroyanagi (pictured) was placed in the G1 Blue Diamond Stakes over the same course and distance in February but was a...

Winning Lineup by Awesome Rock
Melbourne trainer Troy Corstens bred WA-conceived galloper Awesome Lineup to win at Cranbourne on Friday night and he's already plotting Perth campaigns with stable stars The Astrologist (Zoustar) and Baraqiel (Snitzel). Corstens prepared Awesome Lineup (pictured) to...

Yorga Pride a seasoned pro from Gervase Park
Gervase Park owners Chris and Andrea Gales celebrated on both counts as a vendor and buyer on Wednesday. Their Perth Magic Millions graduate Yorga Pride was a dominant debut winner at Bunbury and they bought a bargain with a $12,000 bid for Divine Flirt at the Inglis...

Vale, Bomber Bill: It’s hard to say Goodbye
Camera Action is on a hat-trick for Wally Daly at Belmont next Wednesday but her recent rise up the ranks has been tempered by some sad news for the Group 1 breeder out of Victoria. Morningside Farm reported Daly’s Group 1 Karrakatta Plate (1200m) winner Bomber Bill...

Boussac breakthrough for Ducimus
Boussac put the writing on the wall when runner-up twice at Northam last month before breaking through as $2.40 favourite in the Careers @ WA Racing Maiden (1400m) at Bunbury on Wednesday. The big, strong son of Ridgeport stallion Ducimus settled in the running line...