TBWA News

Pearce Racing and managing owner-breeder Ian Riley have decided to spell their top-class filly Talkanco rather than extend an autumn campaign that climaxed with an outstanding victory in the G2 Karrakatta Plate (1200m) on Saturday. Talkanco was well-placed in the...

Gift Of The Heart has grown a leg due in no small part to a gear change that helped him complete a hat-trick for trainer Roy Rogers and apprentice Amy Jo Hayes in the TABtouch Hcp (1500m) at Albany on Sunday. The grey gelding had been off the scene for six months...

Maschino monopolized Perth’s classics with Machine Gun Gracie this month and he added a multi-million slot race for good measure with Jokers Grin on Saturday. Alwyn Park’s sire of the moment was mid-table on the WA Top 10 at the start of April but since then his...

Geisel Park began a Group 1 winning week with its homebred sprinter Dug Another Hole in the Morley Growers Market Hcp (1500m) at Ascot on Good Friday. Dug Another Hole is still in his first racing prep for Neville Parnham and has faced the starter every month since...

Justine Erkelens might be basking in the reflected glory of her classic filly Machine Gun Gracie but she's still grounded preparing midweek winners like Uukhai who is on a hat-trick this month. Uukhai (4g Snippetson - War Blossom by War Chant) won a Pinjarra 3yo...

Gingerbread Man filly Perfect Sister booked a place in the G2 Karrakatta Plate (1200m) following a very impressive debut at Ascot on Saturday. Trainer Dan Morton and Greenfields Lodge owner-breeder Tony Patrizi discussed the pros and cons of a seven-day turnaround and...

It was a Good Friday to remember for Gold Front Thoroughbreds with four winners to kick-start Easter at Ascot. Gold Front owners Alan and Sue Olive doubled up as the breeders of Exceed The Planet (Exceedance) and I'm Nipote (Gingerbread Man) before their stallions...

Maschino filly Machine Gun Gracie went a long way towards being named WA Racehorse of the Year for 2024-25 with a second classic victory in the G2 WATC Derby (2400m) on Saturday. Part-owned and prepared by Muchea trainer Justine Erkelens, she won the G3 WATC Oaks...

Playing God passed another milestone at Ascot on Saturday when Black Ora notched his 500th Australian win in the Seacorp Hcp (1000m). A Northam maiden winner on debut back in November for trainer Adam Durrant, she scored first-up at Pinjarra earlier this month and...

The 2025 Les Young Scholarship applications are now open and will close on Wednesday, 30 April at 5 pm (AEST). The prestigious scholarship provides funding to undertake an international course and paid placement at the renowned National Stud in England.  The...

Following an unplaced finish in the Group 1 Queen of the Turf Stakes (1600m) at Randwick on Saturday, Peter and Annie Walsh announced the retirement and proposed sale of their star mare Amelia’s Jewel. She will be catalogued for the Inglis Chairman’s Sale in Sydney on...