TBWA News
Kermit’s Luck-TBWA Winner of the Week
Kermit's Luck was the catalyst for Yarradale Stud’s latest winning week when he dispatched a field of maidens with ease at Pinjarra on Thursday. Taking advantage of the inside barrier after a slow getaway, he railed up for Clint Johnston-Porter to lead on a long rein...
Darling View pensions Patronize
Darling View Thoroughbreds has announced its stalwart stallion Patronize has been pensioned from stud duties at Mundijong. The news coincided with Patronize 4yo Swim Through winning the Clinton Fuller Hcp (1000m) at Belmont on Saturday. He was in the good books with...
Rangeview Blitz in Goldfields
Father and son trainers Peter and Luke Fernie prepared aptly-named filly Smarty from the first crop of Galah and they have unearthed another talented daughter of the former Rangeview Stud sire in the Goldfields. Galah filly Blitzem Babe won the Aquila Mining Maiden...
Baker’s delight in Blue Spec Stakes
Gingerbread Man has taken an early lead on the WA Sires’ premiership this season following Ginger Baker’s win in Saturday’s $100,000 Blue Spec Stakes (1600m) at Belmont. The Yarradale Stud stallion flew the start when Phanta claimed the LR Belmont Newmarket (1200m)...
Impressive first foals by Splintex
The first foals by Splintex are already making an impression with breeders like Forest View Farm’s Ben and Jo Duncan. Splintex covered 118 mares in his initial crop at Darling View Thoroughbreds last year. That’s just one shy of the WA record for a first-season sire...
Awesome double for Shaun O’Donnell
Shaun O'Donnell adopted different riding tactics to steer home a double for Gold Front Thoroughbreds sire Awesome Rock at Belmont on Wednesday. He came from last on Banks Avenue in the Peninsula Dining Room Hcp (1200m) and then led from go to whoa aboard Zaza Rock in...
Promising Patron strikes for King’s Troop
King’s Troop is building a strong strike-rate with his new-season 4yo crop ahead of his first book at Roselee Park in Serpentine. His debutant Patron Of Kings was successful in the Amelia Park Maiden (1200m) at Belmont on Wednesday after winning three trials for...
Ruler not for catching at Belmont
Indie Ruler was run down at his first two starts at Belmont since a six-month spell but he wasn’t for catching in the Crown Perth Maiden (1200m) on Wednesday. Scenic Lodge-based stallion Universal Ruler has jumped to an early lead on the 2023-24 WA Sires’ Premiership...
Amelia’s Jewel wins Horse of The Year Award
Amelia’s Jewel continued a memorable August for her owner-breeder Peter Walsh with a triumphant WA Racehorse of The Year Award at The Ritz-Carlton on Saturday evening. The daughter of Champion Haras de Bonneval sire Siyouni (Fr) was an unchallenged winner following an...
Black-type designs for Duchess
All American mare Duchess Of Gossip is bound for black-type company after completing a Belmont hat-trick for Geisel Park owner-breeder Eddie Rigg on Saturday. Dion Luciani trains Duchess Of Gossip for Rigg, Kevin Johnson and Simon Lill (Photo / Western Racepix) and...
Moorditj Boy – TBWA Winner of the Week
Moorditj Boy was in a race of his own winning the TABtouch Hcp (1200m) by four lengths from a well-beaten field at Belmont on Wednesday. The Hayden Ballantyne-trained 3yo jumped straight to the front at his second start and that’s the last they saw of him. The race...
Black-type first for Gingerbread Man
Yarradale Stud resident Gingerbread Man became the first WA-based stallion to sire a black-type winner in 2023-24 when Phanta landed Saturday’s LR Belmont Newmarket (1200m). Back in action following an explosive victory in the LR Bolton Sprint (1200m) last month, he...
