TBWA News
Pure Excess exceptional in Champion Fillies
Oakland Park had all the bases covered from the south-west to the mid-west last week and its homebred filly Pure Excess hit a home-run in the G3 Champion Fillies Stakes (1600m) on Saturday. Pure Excess (3f Exceedance - Pure Purity by Perfect Soul) went into the spring...
Cool cat Jokers Grin wins Colonel Reeves
Reigning WA Horse of the Year Jokers Grin is on course for a well-deserved Group 1 following a trouble-free victory in the G3 Colonel Reeves Stakes (1100m) at Ascot yesterday. Jokers Grin (5g Maschino - Walk In Beauty by Barely A Moment) settled at the tail of the...
Neap Tide goes back-to-back for Neighbours
It was another grey day for Yarradale Stud and Greenfields Lodge when Neap Tide made it back-to-back wins in the Nixon Electrical Hcp (2000m) at Bunbury on Thursday. Yarradale (Lyn Sayers) and Greenfields (Tony & Libby Patrizi) are next-door neighbours in...
Super Smink in Fast lane for Group 1 Railway
Forest View Farm owners Ben and Jo Duncan are marking time with high-class mare Super Smink ahead of next Saturday’s G1 Railway Stakes (1600m) but they took time out to savour Fast Harry’s victory at Ascot yesterday. The Duncans bred and sold Super Smink and she was...
Oakland Park Acorn bolts in at Bunbury
Folklore has it an acorn doesn’t fall from the tree and that was evident when applied to a free-wheeling winner by that name in the Country Comfort Maiden (1000m) at Bunbury yesterday. The winner in question is an Oakland Park homebred named Acorn whose parents happen...
Black-type winners in waiting for Namerik
Karnup trainer Jason Miller is looking forward to the Ascot summer carnival with his top-class mares Bonjoy (Maschino) and Admiration Express (My Admiration) and he’s already making plans for a classic campaign in the autumn with Herault (Gingerbread Man). Herault won...
Awesome Hong Kong winner from Gold Front
Gold Front Thoroughbreds expat Awesome Fluke rewarded his new owner with a thrilling victory in a blanket finish to the Hing Yip Hcp (1800m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday. Awesome Fluke (6g Awesome Rock - Jayquin Star by O'Reilly) saluted at $31 but it was hardly a...
Jasstar lands longshot win for Foxton Bloodstock
WA-bred filly Jasstar won her maiden at $103 at Balaklava on Wednesday but the price didn’t reflect the confidence of her owner-trainer Peter Nolan in the Schweppes Plate (1050m). Jasstar (3f I'm All The Talk - Hopetoun by Pins) was tailed off on debut at Gawler last...
Magic double for Rivercrest and Ducimus
Studmaster Steve Hoare and his wife Diane celebrated imminent retirement and the sale of Rivercrest Park with a double on the weekend at Ascot and York. They bred the winning Ducimus mares Define Beautiful who qualified for the Westspeed Platinum Final on Saturday and...
Beatty – TBWA Winner of the Week
Just a week after his much-loved flag-bearer Red Can Man was retired, Yarradale Stud stallion Gingerbread Man unearthed a debut winner who can develop into another black-type galloper of the future. His 2yo colt Beatty looked up to that level after being backed into...
Sky Duke holds sway on Saturday
Punters ignored Sky Duke at their peril when the Playing God gelding eased from $31 out to $51 before causing a massive upset at Ascot on Saturday. Sky Duke has been a stable mainstay for trainer Neville Parnham since winning a Belmont nursery on debut in May 2022 and...
The gift that keeps on giving at Yarradale
Ron Sayers was a mining industry leader in the Goldfields as the founder of Ausdrill and he was also a legend in the racing and breeding industries at Yarradale Stud in Gidgegannup. The farm was bursting with breeding stock back in the day and the stud’s stallions...
