TBWA News
Life’s a beach for Jedibeel and Bondi
Sydney trainer Brad Widdup reports Jedibeel is just loving life on the beach in Perth as he prepares for The Quokka (1200m) at Ascot this Saturday. Jedibeel (Dundeel) is coming off a slashing second in the G1 The Galaxy (1100m) at Rosehill after flying home to be...
Winning Lineup for Awesome Rock
Awesome Rock gelding Outspoken Lad bagged a third country cup this season after defeating his Pearce Racing stablemate Decoration in the $70,000 Narrogin Cup (1900m) on Saturday. It was also the second-leg of an international double for Awesome Rock after the Gold...
Legends land G2 WATC Derby
Sentimental Legend scored one of the more decisive G2 WATC Derby (2400m) victories in recent years when he dispatched Saturday’s classic field with ease at Ascot. Sentimental Legend tracked WA Oaks (Gr 3, 2400m) winner Wonderfully Made (Playing God) and put her away...
Super Smink surge wins G3 Irwin Stakes
Perth sprinter Super Smink was out wide and out the back before producing a dazzling last-to-first surge in the G3 R N Irwin Stakes (1100m) in Adelaide on Saturday. The Dan Morton-trained mare (pictured) was winning first-up in Adelaide and will now be set for the G1...
Fatty Finn a timely omen for Gracie
Alwyn Park resident Maschino sired his latest interstate winner when Victorian-based gelding Fatty Finn cruised home in the Programmed Property Services Maiden Plate (1415m) at Sale on Wednesday. Studmaster John Andrew will be hoping it was a timely omen when he broke...
Le Fem Le Choix – TBWA Winner of the Week
There were no excuses for the beaten division when Le Fem Le Choix did things wrong but was still good enough to win the Lawn Pride Australia Maiden (1200m) at Ascot on Good Friday. The Playing God filly was resuming from a six-month spell and there would have been...
Rope Them In reels in Roma Cup
Rope Them In maintained a 70% first-up winning strike-rate in the G3 Roma Cup (1100m) for Great Southern trainer Steve Wolfe on Saturday. It was also a positive trial for the $5million The Quokka (1200m) back at Ascot in a fortnight. He was unplaced in last year’s...
Crunchy Nut nails Westspeed Platinum
Esperance visitor Crunchy Nut overcame traffic problems in transit to snatch a narrow victory in the Westspeed Platinum Hcp (1600m) for trainer Helen Harding on Saturday. The Alwyn Park graduate would have been a good thing beaten but for a resilient ride by Tash...
Karrakatta beckons Yarradale Belle
Yarradale Stud can play a big hand in the G2 Karrakatta Plate (1200m) with Aurum Belle ($3.20), Beatty ($4.60), Cos I Am ($15) and Rok ‘N’ Rom ($21) prominent in pre-post markets for Perth’s juvenile grand-final on April 18. Owner Lyn Sayers races Aurum Belle with...
Williams Racing over the Moon
Williams Racing went into Easter with two stakes-winning scalps and they also prepared Bondi 3yo filly Moonwalk to open her city account at Ascot on Good Friday. Moonwalk (3f Bondi – Wahwahtusi by Thunder Gulch) is a Lynward Park homebred and won as she pleased for...
Scenic sire still making an Impact
Universal Ruler has been an ever-present influence at Scenic Lodge since he first saw the light of day at the Muchea stud in September 2004. And after covering 16 books, his career stats improved to 231 individual winners of 757 races when his 3yo filly Universal...
Dawson Stud fillies flavour Inglis Easter Sale
There was a definite WA flavour about the Dawson Stud fillies that made a combined $420,000 at the Inglis Sydney Easter Sale on Sunday. They were both bred by Myalup-based Graham Daws and sold through the draft from Newhaven Park. It’s been a fruitful partnership...
