TBWA News
Premium sisters strike for Triscari
Serpentine trainer Tony Triscari has built a very successful 71% strike-rate with full-sisters Premium Girl and Profit Pocket winning five races so far this year. They’re homebreds for Les Andrews and are by Westbury Park stallion A Lot (USA) from Dancing Anna...
Star Power finds Express Lane
The more they win the better the price is a saying as old as racing itself and it fitted Star Power to a tee when she was gunning for hat-trick at Ascot last Wednesday. The grey daughter of Yarradale Stud sire War Chant (USA) had handled rises in grade without missing...
Stylish addition to Playing God Squad
Playing God added another top prospect to his 3yo division when Stylish Lord bolted in by more than three lengths in the Quayclean Hcp (1400m) at Ascot on Wednesday. Stylish Lord is trained by Russell Stewart for his wife Antonella and was bred by the Ascot couple...
Centre Bond – TBWA Winner of the Week
Lynward Park’s in-form stallion Bondi sired three Ascot winners over the Easter long-weekend and it was hard to go past Centre Bond as the TBWA Winner of the Week. Centre Bond appreciated plenty of galloping room in running and he circled the field into the straight...
Geisel Park star flying with Fernie
Geisel Park giant-killer Laced Up Heels returned to winning form with a vengeance in the Mrs Mac's Hcp (1200m) at Ascot on Easter Saturday. The Toronado (Ire) mare collared the leaders close to the post while shouldering 60kg and then denied late-closer Saloon Bar...
Top marks for Maschino winner Crippalenko
Boyanup owner-trainer Greg Beauglehole was confident Crippalenko could break his maiden in the Westspeed Platinum (1000m) on Saturday and the Maschino gelding answered in the affirmative albeit with the help of a dream run along the rails. Crippalenko (4g Maschino -...
Snow Prince in charge for Safeguard
Snow Prince completed a winning week for his sire Safeguard and Mogumber Park with a late charge in the Unite Resourcing Hcp (1200m) at Ascot on Saturday. Given the run of the race behind the leader by Kesh Dhurun, Snow Prince (Photo / Western Racepix) eased off heels...
Dream Queen wins WA Oaks
Awesome Rock sired Awesome John to win last year’s G2 WA Derby (2400m) and he doubled up in the fillies equivalent when Own The Queen claimed the G2 WA Oaks (2400m) on Saturday. Own The Queen was a class above her own sex coming off wins in the LR Ascot 1000 Guineas...
A-Team in tandem for Amelia Park
Amelia Park is homing in on a feature double at Ascot this month with Buckets Ridge in the G2 WA Derby (2400m) on April 13 and star mare Amelia’s Jewel in the $5 million The Quokka (1200m) on April 20. Buckets Ridge had won a Northam maiden (1300m) and Belmont Class 1...
Macciateau – TBWA Winner of the Week
Macciateau continues a classic campaign that goes up several notches in the LR Melvista Stakes (2200m) at Ascot on Friday. The promising Maschino 3yo has won his last two starts at Pinjarra and Belmont but faces his biggest test against budding stayers like Playing...
Holy reward in Pinjarra Cup on Sunday
Holy Enchantment had been knocking on the door for a feature win since his 3yo days and his connections were finally rewarded in the LR Pinjarra Cup (2300m) on Sunday. The 6yo son of Playing God was coming off a narrow loss in the LR Bunbury Cup (2000m) but Brad...
War Chant sires 46th Stakes-winner
War Chant (USA) warhorse Mood Swings took a while to win at black-type level but it was worth the wait for trainer George Dupre and owner Barry Evans. The 7yo gelding is a veteran of 49 starts and Saturday’s victory in the LR Grandstand Cup (1500m) sent his...
