TBWA News
He’s a Star – He’s a Machino
Alwyn Park resident Maschino has ticked every box in 2025 with Platinum Horse of the Year Jokers Grin and WA 3YO of the Year Machine Gun Gracie and for good measure he won the TBA Stallion Leaderboard competition at Ascot on Saturday. Maschino sired He's A Machino to...
Paladin kick-starts Platinum double by A Lot
Our Paladin Al claimed the first-leg of a running double for Westbury Park sire A Lot (USA) on Saturday and trainer Russell Stewart believes he will be back at Ascot for black-type races in twelve months. A homebred for Queenslea Park’s Morton family, Our Paladin Al...
Major boilover in Platinum Sires Stakes
Great Southern galloper Major Flirt appreciated the drop back from Listed company to cause a $53 boilover in the Murray Veterinary Services Westspeed Platinum Sires Stakes (1200m) on Saturday. Major Flirt tailed the field before apprentice Zephen Johnston-Porter sent...
Platinum winners Ace maidens at Ascot
The Trevor Andrews-trained Western Ace made an immediate impact on Saturday with a hard-fought victory in the Virbac Westspeed Platinum Maiden (1400m). Western Ace (3g I'm All The Talk - Consortium by Written Tycoon) went out a short-priced favourite with Willie Pike...
Brilliant Bunbury result for Winning Rupert
Ripper Rupert was a given a perfect rails-hugging ride by Chris Parnham to give trainer Luke Fernie a well-deserved victory in the Swan Draught Hcp (1100m) at Bunbury on Thursday. Fernie stands his sire Winning Rupert (Written Tycoon) at Geisel Park and prepares the...
Playhouse Patron firms for Perth Cup
Playhouse Patron left no room for excuses from the beaten division when he worked overtime in running to claim a second black-type victory in the LR ATA Stakes (2200m) on Wednesday. The hard-knocking 6yo gelding went into the Ascot feature race as a $31 longshot after...
Gingerbread Man Perfect in Hong Kong
Yarradale graduates Blood Saint and Cantilever doubled up at Geraldton’s postponed meeting on Monday and Yarradale resident Gingerbread Man made it a winning treble when his promising expat Perfectday scored a last-to-first victory at Happy Valley on Wednesday. Blood...
Perth Magic Millions Yearling Sale online
The cream of the Western Australian yearling crop has been assembled for the 2026 Magic Millions Perth Yearling Sale and the quality packed catalogue is now online. The sale, comprising 358 quality lots, will be staged at the Magic Millions Swan Valley Complex on...
The Nun – TBWA Winner of the Week
The Nun looked a professional filly on debut at Ascot last Wednesday when all the pieces fell into place during a one-length victory in the Reliable Asset Maintenance Maiden (1000m). The Dawson Stud-bred graduate travelled beautifully in the box-seat some three...
Cape Falls double on Gold Rush Day
Cape Falls Thoroughbreds owner Brett Fogarty is on fire this season with his multiple winning homebreds Hot And High, Hoba West and Salty Miss. Unbeaten 3yo filly Hot And High (Too Darn Hot) completed a hat-trick in last month’s LR Sir Ernest Lee-Steere Classic...
Six of the best for Smooth Chino
Odds-on favourite Smooth Chino kept his unbeaten record intact while treating the LR Black Heart Bart Stakes (1200m) like a track gallop at Ascot on Saturday. Still untapped after six wins on the bounce for trainer Indianna Weinert, he settled into a relaxed rhythm...
Warhorse Bridging the years in Albany
Veteran sprinter Oxbridge knows every blade of grass around Albany’s Percy Spencer Racecourse and he led at every call to improve his career-card to 14 wins from 62 starts there on Friday. Oxbridge (9g City Place - Colleges by Elusive Quality) was initially...
