TBWA News
Playing God Flying for third title in WA
Premier trainers Grant and Alana Williams prepared their 100th win of the season when Willie Pike guided Playing God mare L'il Capri to victory in the Morley Growers Market Hcp (1400m) at Ascot last Wednesday. It was another notch for Playing God who had passed 500...
Age Of Grace – TBWA Winner of the Week
Age Of Grace showed she has the ability and staying power to win better races than an Anzac Day maiden at Pinjarra for owner-breeder Andy Phelan. The 3yo daughter of Champion Sire So You Think (NZ) tracked Declared Innocent (Grunt) and took over from the long-time...
Talkanco spells after Karrakatta Grand Final
Pearce Racing and managing owner-breeder Ian Riley have decided to spell their top-class filly Talkanco rather than extend an autumn campaign that climaxed with an outstanding victory in the G2 Karrakatta Plate (1200m) on Saturday. Talkanco was well-placed in the...
Gear change fitting for Gift Of The Heart
Gift Of The Heart has grown a leg due in no small part to a gear change that helped him complete a hat-trick for trainer Roy Rogers and apprentice Amy Jo Hayes in the TABtouch Hcp (1500m) at Albany on Sunday. The grey gelding had been off the scene for six months...
Jokers Grin a win-win for Maschino
Maschino monopolized Perth’s classics with Machine Gun Gracie this month and he added a multi-million slot race for good measure with Jokers Grin on Saturday. Alwyn Park’s sire of the moment was mid-table on the WA Top 10 at the start of April but since then his...
The gift that keeps giving for Geisel Park
Geisel Park began a Group 1 winning week with its homebred sprinter Dug Another Hole in the Morley Growers Market Hcp (1500m) at Ascot on Good Friday. Dug Another Hole is still in his first racing prep for Neville Parnham and has faced the starter every month since...
Erkelens lays groundwork with Uukhai
Justine Erkelens might be basking in the reflected glory of her classic filly Machine Gun Gracie but she's still grounded preparing midweek winners like Uukhai who is on a hat-trick this month. Uukhai (4g Snippetson - War Blossom by War Chant) won a Pinjarra 3yo...
Brazen Butcher – TBWA Winner of the Week
Brazen Butcher made amends for missing the money on debut at Ascot earlier this month with a brilliant breakthrough in the Hygain Release Maiden (1200m) at Pinjarra on Wednesday. Getting a start from second emergency, the Snippetson youngster jumped straight to the...
Gingerbread Man filly Perfect into Karrakatta
Gingerbread Man filly Perfect Sister booked a place in the G2 Karrakatta Plate (1200m) following a very impressive debut at Ascot on Saturday. Trainer Dan Morton and Greenfields Lodge owner-breeder Tony Patrizi discussed the pros and cons of a seven-day turnaround and...
Good Friday for Gold Front
It was a Good Friday to remember for Gold Front Thoroughbreds with four winners to kick-start Easter at Ascot. Gold Front owners Alan and Sue Olive doubled up as the breeders of Exceed The Planet (Exceedance) and I'm Nipote (Gingerbread Man) before their stallions...
Maschino Machine claims classic double at Ascot
Maschino filly Machine Gun Gracie went a long way towards being named WA Racehorse of the Year for 2024-25 with a second classic victory in the G2 WATC Derby (2400m) on Saturday. Part-owned and prepared by Muchea trainer Justine Erkelens, she won the G3 WATC Oaks...
Playing God banks 500 with Black Ora
Playing God passed another milestone at Ascot on Saturday when Black Ora notched his 500th Australian win in the Seacorp Hcp (1000m). A Northam maiden winner on debut back in November for trainer Adam Durrant, she scored first-up at Pinjarra earlier this month and...
