TBWA News
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...
Spring kick-off for Kuroyanagi at Caulfield
Ridgeport 3yo filly Kuroyanagi returns to action this Saturday ahead of a spring campaign set to climax in the G1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) at Caulfield on November 16. She has opened a $4 favourite for the $150,000 Thoroughbred Club Of Australia Plate (1200m) and she...
Dawson-bred graduate a Brisbane Gem
Pierata's Gem brought up an interstate double for Dawson Stud this week when she won the Spring Carnival Maiden (1350m) at Doomben on Wednesday. Trained by Chris and Corey Munce, she was bred and initially sold by Graham Daws as a foal for $50,000 at the 2022 Magic...
Yarradale Stud segues from Goldfields to Ascot
Yarradale Stud can complement its winning run during the Goldfields round when racing returns to Ascot this Saturday. Resident sire Gingerbread Man has London’s Rascal making her debut in the Initial Plate (1000m) and former sire War Chant (USA) will be represented by...
Alsephina primed for time-honoured Toorak
The tyranny of distance doesn’t hold any fears for Grant and Alana Williams in their quest to win another Group 1 in Melbourne with Star Turn mare Alsephina at Caulfield this Saturday. The Karnup couple have won 16 Group 1 races and the time-honoured Toorak Hcp...
Queen Of Hawks – TBWA Winner of the Week
Bullsbrook-based John Paikos celebrated another success for one of his mares when Queen Of Hawks won the TABtouch Maiden (1110m) for Pearce Racing at Geraldton on Thursday. The Sessions filly is still a work in progress but she had a class edge on her rivals after...
Colts create Marine One Monopoly
The odds of it happening are astronomical, nevertheless, Mogumber Park reports the first 13 foals by Marine One born on the farm this spring are all colts! Do the math and the chances are 8,192 to 1. Marine One (Capitalist) won a Group 2 Rubiton Stakes (1100m) at...
