TBWA News
Playing God crowned Champion WA Sire
Newly-crowned Champion WA sire Playing God had clinched his first premiership long before siring a winning double on the final day of the city season at Belmont. Playing God’s 3yo filly Goddess Of Giving and 4yo gelding Currimundi closed a season to remember for the...
Changing Guard – TBWA Winner of the Week
Impressive Racing trainer Darren McAuliffe has hit the ground running with a promising young team at his new stables in Pinjarra. His Belmont winners earlier this month included Vast Art (Flying Artie) and Chollima (Starspangledbanner) and they were joined by Changing...
War Chant’s $965 double signs off 2022-23
War Chant (USA) has sired a winning double with his 6yo sons Seminole Brave and Mood Swings in the last two city races conducted in Perth this season. The Belmont brace on Saturday consolidated the Yarradale Stud sire’s Australian career stats to 155 individual...
Professional win by brave Becalotti
A Lot (USA) filly Becalotti refused to surrender when headed by Invincible Ruby at Belmont on Saturday and her will-to-win made all the difference in the Western Racepix Hcp (1200m). Never out of the first two in all six starts since February, Becalotti was coming off...
Lightning fast filly by Manhattan Rain
Exciting filly La Danseuse Rouge overcame a wide barrier to land a first-up victory in the LR Lightning Stakes (1050m) at Morphettville on Saturday. The 3yo daughter of Geisel Park stallion Manhattan Rain found cover under jockey Jake Noonan and was strong through the...
Clairvoyance a canny investment for Peters
WA mare Clairvoyance has been purchased by Byerley Bloodstock’s Liam Peters for $330,000 at the Inglis July (Late) Online Sale. Clairvoyance (5m Nostradamus - Dance On Air by Perugino) was offered as a breeding proposition after fracturing a pelvis last year. She was...
Foxy filly focused for Geisel Park
New Zealand-bred mare Tenko delivered her third winner for Geisel Park and her second by resident sire All American when Celestial Fox took a short-cut to victory on Wednesday. Celestial Fox (2f All American - Tenko by Shinko King) never left the fence for apprentice...
Girl spearheads Darling View Trifecta
Playing God filly Yallingup Girl led home a trifecta for Darling View Thoroughbreds after receiving all the favours to win her maiden at Belmont on Wednesday. The Neville Parnham-trained 3yo followed the speed into the straight before Chris Parnham used the cutaway to...
Dodge ‘Em – TBWA Winner of the Week
Around Jindabyne produced a fourth winner for Clare Downs Stud owners Norm and Jeannine Burren when her final foal Dodge 'Em scored an all-the-way victory at Pinjarra on Thursday. Dodge 'Em (3g Demerit - Around Jindabyne by Akhenaton) won the Bendigo Bank Maiden...
Belmont win a good Guide
God Has Spoken 2yo Ancient Guidance could be the good horse to launch Ryan Hill’s career in the training ranks in 2023-24. Hill is based at Keysbrook and will complete his first full season as a conditioner next week following a career in the saddle that was curtailed...
First black-type for Phanta in Bolton Sprint
Phanta has run a smart field of sprinters ragged for his first black-type victory in the H G Bolton Sprint (1200m) at Belmont. The 5yo gelding is the 7th Stakes winner by Yarradale Stud sire Gingerbread Man (Shamardal) and was racing first-up since being narrowly...
Duchess a class act for Geisel Park
Course broadcaster Darren McAullay got it right on Saturday when he called Duchess Of Gossip a ‘class act’ at the finish of another procession in the Quayclean Hcp (1200m). Belmont in July isn’t normally a benchmark for black-type at Ascot in summer, nevertheless, the...
