TBWA News

Magniac highlights magic week for WBA
Western Breeders Alliance had all the bases covered this week from Ascot on Saturday, to Hong Kong on Wednesday night and Pinjarra yesterday. Pearce Racing prepared both local winners to bookend WBA graduate Magniac in the Ho Man Tin Hcp (1200m) at Happy Valley. The...

Krisman connection Peaking with Webster
Sessions Peak continued the winning connection between Krisman Park studmaster Phil Bruce and trainer Colin Webster at Ascot last Saturday. The 4yo son of Oakland Park sire Sessions saluted in the TABtouch Westspeed Platinum Hcp (1600m) to improve his record to 4 wins...

Winning tributes continue for Tribulot
Rangeview Stud mare Tribulot was pensioned earlier this season after a career that spanned 16 years for owners Rob and Jody Gray at their properties in Bullsbrook and Burekup Tribulot (Tribu – Marcelot by Marceau) was bred by Jane Henning to win five races for Gino...

A Lot (USA) transfers to Westbury Park
USA-bred stallion A Lot (Tapit) will continue his stud career at Westbury Park after five seasons in the Great Southern. Westbury Park is located between Pinjarra and Coolup in the heart of WA’s breeding industry which will ensure bigger books on the back of a very...

Playing God quinella in The Joey
Baby Paris outclassed a strong field of older campaigners while leading home a quinella for Darling View Thoroughbreds sire Playing God in the $200,000 The Joey (1200m) at Ascot. The Colin Webster-trained 3yo filly pinched a winning break in the straight and had...

Super filly wins G2 Karrakatta Plate
Super Smink continued the domination of fillies in Perth’s juvenile events this season with a title-winning victory in Saturday’s G2 Karrakatta Plate (1200m) at Ascot. The Forest View Farm-bred daughter of Super One accelerated from the back of the field to defeat...

Rommel relocates to Ridgeport Farm
Rommel will transfer from Mogumber Park in Bullsbrook to Ridgeport Farm in Waroona for the 2023 breeding season. The 11-year-old son of Commands was a Group 2 winner of the 2014 WA Guineas (1600m) and has sired two Stakes winners in his first three crops - Pixie Chix...

Overdue but Okay To Pay at Cranbourne
Through no fault of her own, Gingerbread Man mare Okay To Pay had been on a 10-run losing streak before scoring a head-bobbing victory in the Freeway Ford Hcp (1000m) on Friday evening at Cranbourne The Phillip Stokes-trained sprinter landed in front and kept the...

Danube River – TBWA Winner of the Week
Danube River doesn’t look like reaching her high-water mark anytime soon given the ease of her victory in the Dr Emma Vidler Hcp (1190m) on Thursday. Starting an odds-on favourite at Narrogin, the Thorn Dancer (NZ) filly unleashed a winning sprint when let loose by...

Bell tolls in G2 Karrakatta Plate
It’s a tough task for last-start winners to come off a seven-day break and win the G2 Karrakatta Plate (1200m) but it’s not beyond Snippetson filly Shell Bell. The last horse to double-up on a quick turnaround was Diffraction (Spectrum) in 2003. He was the middle-leg...

Sneaky Fox flying for Yarradale Stud
Sneaky Fox has taken a clear lead for Great Southern Horse of the Year on the back of another tough victory at Albany on Easter Sunday. The Gingerbread Man gelding took the field up to runaway leader Morgs Freeman (Playing God) before registering his fifth win of the...

Awesome week for Gold Front
Gold Front Thoroughbreds claimed its first classic success during a week to remember when Awesome John won the G2 WATC Derby (2400m) at Ascot on Saturday. Awesome John carries the Gold Front GFB brand and he had been placed in the G2 Tulloch Stakes (2000m) at Rosehill...