TBWA News
WBA graduates Party during August
Western Breeders Alliance has entered a quality draft for the 2025 Perth Magic Millions Sale amid another successful month for our leading vendor in August. WBA graduates Zing To Win (Shooting To Win) and Cruise To Victory (Lucky Street) won before the 2025...
Ridgeport reeling in winners by Rommel
The Bureau Of Meteorology is forecasting more rain for Perth this week and that suits trainer Michelle Hagley and her Rommel mare Desert Nymph leading up to Saturday’s meeting at Belmont. Desert Nymph has relished wet conditions this month on a Heavy 8 at Pinjarra and...
Grand Reserve – TBWA Winner of the Week
Grand Reserve (Maschino) got the better of his stablemate In Good Order (American Pharoah) at Belmont on Wednesday despite hitting a flat spot at the top of the straight. They were resuming in the Schweppes Hcp (1300m) after unplaced runs in the G2 WATC Derby (2400m)...
Searchin’ Roc’s in step for Awesome Rock
Searchin' Roc's surprised no-one stepping up for her latest spring and summer campaigns with a determined first-up victory in the LR Idyllic Prince Stakes (1300m) at Belmont. The 6yo daughter of Awesome Rock has been unplaced in five attempts at Group 1 level at Ascot...
Moore of the same for Mungrup & Vevinsky
It’s been four years since the Mungrup Stud Dispersal Sale and rarely a week goes by without a winner emerging from the 157 lots catalogued by the Great Southern nursery in August 2020. Mungrup Stud’s Gray Williamson kept a few mares and among them was Dirty Vegas...
Bonny Kiwi Lass clicks for Super Easy
There was more good news for incoming Roselee Park sire Super Easy (NZ) on Saturday when his elite mare Bonny Lass defeated a star-studded field in the G2 Foxbridge Plate (1200m) at Te Rapa. The successful start to her latest campaign continues a black-type career...
Tactician ticks another box for Rommel
Master Tactician ticked another box for Rommel’s 4yo division when he bloused out Dark Looks (My Admiration) in the Free Entry To Belmont Park Hcp (1650m) on Wednesday. Laqdar Ramoly gave Master Tactician plenty of time to find his feet in a Class 3 for trainer...
Champeze continues winning connection
The Playing God – Parnham Racing connection struck again when progressive mare Champeze won for the second time this prep at Belmont on Wednesday. Champeze did best in a tit-for-tat finish with Charlie Jane (Universal Ruler) and Audrey Grace (Shalaa) in the Lexus Of...
Oakland Park raising the Bar at Belmont
Oakland Park’s famed Yellow and Black Maltese Cross colours were seen to advantage again on Wednesday when The Top Bar (Sessions) and Triple Jay (Street Boss) doubled up at Belmont. The Top Bar broke through at his fourth start in the TABtouch Hcp (1000m) following...
Melba on a winning Avenue with Vinnie
Melba Avenue infuses ability and longevity into her foals and there’s no better advertisement for the Yarradale Stud mare than her first foal Valour Road. Now a 9yo, Valour Road (Photo / Western Racepix) resumes for his latest prep in the LR Idyllic Prince Stakes...
Mudlark mare a revelation for Rommel
Trainer Michelle Hagley and jockey Lucy Fiore have found the key to Desert Nymph and it’s paying off with wins on the first day of the season at Pinjarra and a third victory at Belmont on Saturday. The 5yo daughter of Ridgeport Farm sire Rommel revelled in the...
Filthy Habits rewards family connection
Filthy Habits was a profitable pinhook for Forest View Farm as a foal and now he’s rewarding connections with back-to-back new-season victories at Belmont. The front-running stayer controlled the WA Racing Hall Of Fame Inductee Bert Harrison Hcp (2200m) on Saturday to...
