TBWA News

Tactician ticks another box for Rommel
Master Tactician ticked another box for Rommel’s 4yo division when he bloused out Dark Looks (My Admiration) in the Free Entry To Belmont Park Hcp (1650m) on Wednesday. Laqdar Ramoly gave Master Tactician plenty of time to find his feet in a Class 3 for trainer...

Champeze continues winning connection
The Playing God – Parnham Racing connection struck again when progressive mare Champeze won for the second time this prep at Belmont on Wednesday. Champeze did best in a tit-for-tat finish with Charlie Jane (Universal Ruler) and Audrey Grace (Shalaa) in the Lexus Of...

Oakland Park raising the Bar at Belmont
Oakland Park’s famed Yellow and Black Maltese Cross colours were seen to advantage again on Wednesday when The Top Bar (Sessions) and Triple Jay (Street Boss) doubled up at Belmont. The Top Bar broke through at his fourth start in the TABtouch Hcp (1000m) following...

Melba on a winning Avenue with Vinnie
Melba Avenue infuses ability and longevity into her foals and there’s no better advertisement for the Yarradale Stud mare than her first foal Valour Road. Now a 9yo, Valour Road (Photo / Western Racepix) resumes for his latest prep in the LR Idyllic Prince Stakes...

Mudlark mare a revelation for Rommel
Trainer Michelle Hagley and jockey Lucy Fiore have found the key to Desert Nymph and it’s paying off with wins on the first day of the season at Pinjarra and a third victory at Belmont on Saturday. The 5yo daughter of Ridgeport Farm sire Rommel revelled in the...

Filthy Habits rewards family connection
Filthy Habits was a profitable pinhook for Forest View Farm as a foal and now he’s rewarding connections with back-to-back new-season victories at Belmont. The front-running stayer controlled the WA Racing Hall Of Fame Inductee Bert Harrison Hcp (2200m) on Saturday to...

Our Existence – TBWA Winner of the Week
Our Existence is bred to be a black-type galloper and he won’t be long making that grade on the back of an impressive victory in the TABtouch Hcp (1200m) at Pinjarra on Wednesday. Settled at the back of five-horse field by Clint Johnston-Porter, he gathered them up in...

Winning Edge for Winning Revolution
Winning Rupert sprinter Winning Revolution came from nowhere to blitz his rivals in the Winning Edge Presentations Hcp (1000m) at Morphettville on Saturday. The Jon O'Connor-trained gelding wasn’t in the call passing the furlong but mowed them down to score by a head...

Maschino a factor for summer carnival
Maschino has carved out a niche as a reliable source of winners at Alwyn Park since his grey filly Fabergino flew on debut at Ascot in April 2017. Fabergino returned for a light 3yo campaign that included a hat-trick at Belmont before graduating to a half-dozen...

Fameux’s pedigree the gift that keeps giving
Fameux called on a proven Group 1 pedigree to win a Class 3 at Pinjarra on Wednesday albeit by a nose from a modestly-bred veteran named Apache Blue. He presented as the best-bred horse at the provincial meeting being a son of Sheikh Mohammed’s Champion sire Exceed...

Whisper a well-supported winner by Rommel
Ridgeport Farm stallion Rommel sired his 50th individual winner when Desert Whisper landed the first-leg of a double for Luke Fernie at Pinjarra on Wednesday. Desert Whisper and Bravo Centurion (National Defense) are both raced by large syndicates and they were out in...

Milestone beckons Maschino at Pinjarra
Trainer Summer Dickson predicted a bright future for her progressive miler Macciateau even though he was all out to win the Bisley Workwear Hcp (1600m) at Belmont on Saturday. Macciateau (4g Maschino - Girl In Teau by Beneteau) was giving tearaway leader King Cartel...