TBWA News
Supersession – Winner of the Week
Durrant Racing claimed a double at Pinjarra on Saturday with staying specialist Soviet Spy (Blackfriars) and untapped 3yo Supersession (Sessions). “With the Perth Magic Millions on our doorstep, the stable double arrived just in time,” Adam Durrant said tongue in...
Super start to sales week for Forest View
Forest View Farm vendors Ben and Jo Duncan celebrated a perfect start to sales week when Super Smink won the RL Magic Millions WA 2YO Classic (120m) at Pinjarra on Saturday. The Duncans bred and sold Super Smink for $45,000 at the 2022 Perth Magic Millions to trainer...
Manhattan Rain sires 17th Stakes Winner
Man Crush notched a second sales-related feature for trainer Luke Fernie in the RL Magic Millions WA 3YO Trophy (1200m) at Pinjarra on Saturday. He’s the 17th Stakes winner for Geisel Park stallion Manhattan Rain after taking control under Paul Harvey and then rolling...
Reflected glory for Ruby in G3 Vanity
The Group 3 VRC The Vanity (1400m) at Flemington on Saturday drew a quality field of up-and-coming fillies with Sydney-trained visitor Wollombi finishing over the top of them to score her first Stakes win. Trained by Peter and Paul Snowden, Wollombi (pictured) won her...
Peters Investments target Ocean Park
Western Australian buyers have primarily kept their powder dry in the Eastern States and New Zealand ahead of the Perth Magic Millions Yearling Sale this week. They spent over $1 million at the Gold Coast Magic Millions last month and also broke seven-figures at the...
Pateman stable rising with Playing Gods
Playing God sired his 11th Stakes winner with Feels Playful at Ascot last weekend and he can make it an even dozen with unbeaten filly Nunthorpe this Saturday in the G3 VRC The Vanity (1400m) at Flemington. Feels Playful was nursed in front by Holly Watson to win the...
Belmont blitz for King’s Troops
Trainer Trevor Andrews has been given the green-light to keep All The King’s Men in work for the Listed Lex Piper Stakes (1600m) on Saturday week, February 25. All The King’s Men (3g King's Troop – Huette by Demerit) had won the LR Breeders' Classic (1400m) at...
WA farewells Champion sire Oratorio
Five-time Champion WA stallion Oratorio has died on the eve of his penultimate crop of yearlings being offered at the Perth Magic Millions Sale. Oratorio, 21, covered his first book at Mungrup Stud in 2005 and remained at the same Narrikup property in the Great...
Black-type beckons Amelia Park’s Marri Martini
Amelia Park owner Peter Walsh has every reason to be confident leading into the Perth Magic Million next week following record-breaking returns at the Gold Coast last month. Walsh and his Amelia Park team are bringing 10 yearlings to the Swan Valley and 8 of them are...
Quality Rubick Trio at Perth Magic Millions
Rubick is sire of the moment in Victoria and the feeling is mutual with WA-based Western Breeders’ Alliance who have three yearlings by the Swettenham Stud stallion at next week’s Perth Magic Millions. The WBA trio are the only Rubick yearlings catalogued for the Swan...
Odinaka – TBWA Winner of the Week
Stable jockey Shaun McGruddy made sure bad luck didn’t strike twice at Ascot when he steered Odinaka to a two-length victory in the Amelia Park Plate (1000m) on Saturday. Odinaka was stuck in traffic on debut a fortnight ago and went to the line under a stranglehold...
Ruby’s rough diamonds at Magic Millions
Ruby Racing & Breeding has catalogued 14 yearlings for the Perth Magic Millions on February 23 & 24 and one of the standouts is the half-brother to Wednesday’s promising Warwick Farm winner Wollambi. Catalogued as Lot 104, the bay colt is a first-crop son of...
