TBWA News
Oakland Park Pirate lands Lex Piper Stakes
The Crimson Pirate graduated from a Pinjarra Class 1 to a Listed victory in the Lex Piper Stakes (1600m) at Ascot on Saturday and there’s no reason why he can’t continue improving towards the G2 WATC Derby (2400m) on April 11. The Oakland Park homebred (Photo /...
Wonderful J Farms graduate set for G3 WA Oaks
Wonderfully Made provided Playing God with a fourth black-type victory in February when she lived up to an odds-on quote in the LR Ascot 1000 Guineas (1800m) on Saturday. Positioned one-out and one-back, she raced past front-runner Admire Astra (Admire Mars) in the...
Autumn Rains streaming for Carnivals
Greenfields Lodge finished second on the Perth Magic Millions vendor leaderboard with an average of $129,000 and there’s more good news ahead with its untapped youngster Boy Crush who is by Geisel Park sire Manhattan Rain. Boy Crush (2c Manhattan Rain – Crushed by All...
Vale Tony Freebairn
Members of Western Australia’s racing and breeding industries will be very saddened to learn former TBWA President Tony Freebairn has died in South Australia following a brave battle with cancer. He was hospitalised last week and passed away aged 86 on Sunday. Based...
Yarradale flyer off the mark for First Light
Yarradale Stud’s Playing God connection came to the fore again on Thursday when Streak Of God won with ears pricked at Bunbury for Grant & Alana Williams and a First Light Racing syndicate. Streak Of God (3g Playing God - Streak Away by O’Reilly) had finished...
Disco Miss double for Alwyn Park
Alwyn Park owner John Andrew came off another successful Perth Magic Millions Sale to breed a Belmont double on Wednesday from his Group 2-winning producer Disco Miss (Zeditave). Disco Miss is the dam of G2 Perth Cup (2400m) winner Buster Bash (Trade Fair) and her...
London’s Image an Ultra professional Investment
Peters Investments-bred mare London's Image continued to ramp up her residual value with another black-type victory in the LR Pinjarra Classic (1300m). It was her third strike at Listed level and she left it late to nail a four-way finish from Talkanco, Fast Flicker...
Desert Waves – TBWA Winner of the Week
Desert Waves relinquished the lead after jumping to the front in the Keith Jeffreys Memorial Trophy (1400m) at Pinjarra on Sunday and that breather allowed him to respond in the straight to win running away from fast-closer Apparatus (Trapeze Artist). The $2.30...
Pearce Racing & Lindsay Park target Aysar at MM
Pearce Racing’s yearling parade on Sunday morning came a few hours too early for the stable’s Aysar - Indi Pacific colt that was bred and sold by Geisel Park for $50,000 at the Perth Magic Millions on Thursday. His older half-sister Elegant Indi won the Peter Miguel...
Friday highs for War Chant & Gingerbread Man
Yarradale Stud topped Book 2 of the Magic Millions with a $190,000 Gingerbread Man colt on a day that also farewelled its Group 1 racehorse and sire War Chant (USA). War Chant’s final yearling to go through a Magic Millions February Sale was the colt from Missing Pro...
Positive MM Sale post-script for Forest View
Yougivemechills added a positive post-script to Forest View Farm’s Magic Millions Sale results with a tenacious victory in the Mrs Mac's Hcp (1400m) on Saturday. Forest View’s Ben and Jo Duncan sold five yearlings for turnover of $507,500 in the Swan Valley and their...
Fearless winner despite the odds in Detonator
Lynward Park-bred bolter Fear the Wind caused a $201 boilover at Ascot on Saturday when he overwhelmed a wall of horses for a black-type first in the LR Detonator Stakes (1800m). Fear the Wind (8g Fiorente - Windana by Danehill) tracked into the race from the back of...
