TBWA News
Oakland Park Lords it with Playing God
Oakland Park owners Neville and Susan Duncan teamed up with trainers Ben and Dan Pearce for a winning double with Lord Vampi and Dun With The Blues at Northam on Thursday. Lord Vampi (Playing God) started deep in the red at $1.35 for the Motherland Maiden (1300m) and...
First WA-bred winner for Jimmy Choux
Choixway registered the first WA-bred win for Roselee Stud resident Jimmy Choux (NZ) at Northam on Thursday. The 3yo grey galloper was on debut for trainer Jim Taylor and camped outside Hot Nova (Safeguard) in the Mando Maiden (1000m). He got the better of the...
Snowdome leads winning charge by Rommel
Champion trainer Neville Parnham is marshalling his team for another premiership-winning season and he’s counting on Ridgeport Farm sire Rommel to provide his fair share of winners for the stable. So is Ridgeport Farm owner Santo Guagliardo who raced Rommel to a Group...
Starry Summer Heights for Williams Racing
Grant and Alana Williams have a Group 1 program planned for their Star Turn mare Alsephina and her stablemate Starry Heights is another potential black-type performer for the Ascot summer carnival. Starry Heights (Photo / Western Racepix) is also by Vinery Stud sire...
Wubin Gold – TBWA Winner of the Week
Ascot trainer Colin Webster and his wife Lyn have struck gold with their Shooting To Win 3yo Wubin Gold. The chestnut filly with a big white blaze was hard to miss in the Morley Growers Market Hcp (1000m) at Belmont on Wednesday. She is part-owned by Yarradale Stud’s...
Hokahey legs it to Sunshine State
Hokahey (War Chant) won the first-leg of an interstate double for Yarradale Stud at Eagle Farm on Saturday and a couple of hours later Red Fifty Three (Gingerbread Man) filled out the second at Belmont. Under a perfect ride by Sam Collett, Hokahey sat behind the pace...
Ginnivan a gangbuster by Universal Ruler
Scenic Lodge resident Universal Ruler was runner-up to Playing God among active stallions for the WA sires’ premiership in 2022-23 and he franked that form when Ginnivan blew his rivals away on debut at Belmont. Ginnivan was coming off a five-length barrier trial win...
Pinjarra double for Darling View’s Eladdair
Not many mares throw two winners at the one meeting but Eladdair lived up to her 'bred in the purple pedigree' at Pinjarra on Thursday. Eladdair (Elusive Quality) is owned by Darling View Thoroughbreds Director Clive Atwell and she kicked off with Prophet And Power...
First foal from final crop by Snippetson
Snippetson sired the first reported foal of the season in WA when She’s A Galah delivered a filly last Sunday night. She’s by the former Scenic Lodge stallion who started the new season with a double at Belmont on Wednesday (Gold Keeper & Snips Rock) before a...
Amelia Park leads WA Breeders
Amelia Park’s Group 1 winner Amelia’s Jewel was a key element in the Vasse stud topping the WA Breeders’ table in 2022-23. Guaranteed to be named WA Racehorse of the Year, Amelia’s Jewel was bred by Amelia Park owner Peter Walsh using a southern cover to Siyouni (Fr)...
Carnival horse the catalyst for Ducimus
Ducimus was a clear winner of the 2022-23 WA First-Season Sires’ premiership with earnings of $273,541 and just as pleasing was the class factor of his aptly-named Ascot winner Eliteone. Rivercrest Park stands the promising sire-son of Snitzel for Orbis Bloodstock who...
Safeguard wins second WA 2YO Sires’ title
Mogumber Park stallion Safeguard jumped to an early lead with his juveniles in 2022-23 and was never headed to win a second WA 2YO Sires’ premiership on Monday. Safeguard finished the season with earnings of $626,054 to defeat A Lot ($542,677) and Playing God...
