TBWA News
Four winners for Oratorio
Former Mungrup Stud champion Oratorio (Aus) sits fifth on the WA sires’ table following a Belmont double on Saturday and provincial winners at York (Sunday) and Northam (Monday). Oratorio (Stravinsky) claimed five WA 2YO premierships in his heyday and remained at the...
Goldfields goals for Galante & Team Williams
Trainers Grant and Alana Williams are looking forward to this year’s KBRC Goldfields Round with a team headed by Red Fifty Three (Gingerbread Man) and Crescent City (Fiorente). Both horses race for syndicates managed by Elio Galante. Red Fifty Three (Photo / Western...
Perth Jewel in control at Flemington
Perth raider Amelia's Jewel only did what was required for a first-up victory in Saturday's Group 2 Let's Elope Stakes (1400m) at Flemington. Jumping an odds-on favourite from the widest gate in a 14-horse field, she tracked into the race behind Lindsay Park mare...
A Plus fertility for Aysar
Geisel Park received great news when the first two mares covered by its new sire Aysar returned 14-day Positive Pregnancy Tests on Friday morning. Aysar is a stunning 16-hands chestnut son of Champion sire Deep Field (Northern Meteor) and he’s been popular since an...
Ridgeport Show-Stopper at Flemington
Waroona-based Ridgeport Farm has warmed up for a Flemington feature race this Saturday with another two winners by resident sire Rommel. Ridgeport principal Santo Guagliardo is standing Rommel this season after his Group 2 winning son of Commands (Danehill) covered...
Interstate win on Bucket list for Amelia Park
The hype surrounding Amelia’s Jewel knows no bounds ahead of her interstate debut in the G2 Let’s Elope Stakes (1400m) at Flemington this Saturday. Trainer Simon Miller is a Melbourne homebred and he’s enjoying all the attention being focused on the best galloper to...
Trooping the Gangemi colours at Belmont
Gangemi Thoroughbreds has started the 2023-24 season on fire with feature winners Phanta (LR Belmont Newmarket) and Long Beach (Jolly Beggar Stakes). There’s also been a bonus for co-trainers Chris and Michael Gangemi with two recent city winners by King’s Troop...
Hoba Meteor – TBWA Winner of the Week
Apprentice Holly Watson didn’t let winning the inaugural Damien Oliver Award last Monday night go to her head. She described her first outing after the Apprentice Awards ceremony as a “very bad ride” even though it was good enough to get Hoba Meteor home in Race 1 at...
Searchin’ Roc’s set for Group 1 Railway
Awesome Rock mare Searchin' Roc's has commenced her latest Group 1 campaign with a convincing victory in the LR Farnley Stakes (1400m) at Belmont. The reformed barrier rogue was on her best behaviour as the $3.20 favourite for trainer Jim Taylor on Saturday. She was...
Dun With The Blues delivers at Belmont
Oakland Park homebred Dun With The Blues continued her promising progression for Pearce Racing when powering home in the Amelia Park Hcp (1700m) last Wednesday. The Belmont victory was the result of a clinical one-out and two-back ride by Clint Johnston-Porter. After...
Gingerbread Man flying for Farnley
Gingerbread Man kept the till ticking over with two winners this week ahead of Saturday’s LR Farnley Stakes (1400m) at Belmont. The Yarradale Stud stallion has Ginger Baker gunning for a black-type breakthrough and Ginger Flyer provides a strong back-up in the main...
Setbacks fail to derail New York Scandal
Manhattan Rain mare New York Scandal overcame some major setbacks to win her maiden at Cranbourne on Thursday. Going out a long odds-on $1.30 favourite, the Aaron Laing-trained 4yo won with something in hand at her home track under Jamie Mott. She followed Rouge...
