TBWA News

Playing God leads local sires in Northerly
Darling View Thoroughbreds stallion Playing God has the chance to double his Group 1 tally with Bustler, Alaskan God and God Has Chosen all engaged in the Northerly Stakes (1800m) at Ascot on Saturday. He won the same race twice and his filly Kay Cee became his first...

Winning Patron earns Free Entry To Belmont
Megami started an odds-on favourite for the Free Entry To Belmont Hcp (1700m) on Wednesday and she looked a good thing bowling along in front for Willie Pike. Unfortunately for favourite punters, the Playing God mare was running on empty halfway down the straight and...

Flirt finds winning form for Playing God
Divine Flirt had been her own worst enemy before a belated breakthrough at Belmont earlier this month. The daughter of Darling View Thoroughbreds sire Playing God didn’t relax during short bursts as a 3yo and 4yo but is finally coming good for part-owner and trainer...

Universal Playboy – Winner of the Week
Scenic Lodge stallion Universal Ruler maintains a Top 10 spot on the WA premiership after a week that saw him sire a promising maiden winner at Northam and bank another bonus courtesy of Westspeed at Ascot. Universal Playboy is the latest TBWA Winner of the Week...

Seven-day break suits Saintorio
Saintorio bounced back off a seven-day break to claim his first Stakes victory in the LR Sir Ernest Lee-Steere Classic (1400m) at Ascot. The Oratorio 3yo had been placed in the G2 WA Guineas (1600m) and the quick turnaround didn’t trouble him when the chips were down...

Jigsaw collects black-type at Caulfield
Geisel Park stallion Manhattan Rain sired his 16th black-type winner with a career-best victory by Jigsaw in the LR Doveton Stakes (1000m) at Caulfield on Saturday. Unbeaten in both starts this preparation for trainer Cindy Alderson, Jigsaw camped outside the leader...

Perth Star targets All-Star Mile
Trainer Simon Miller has commenced mapping out a Melbourne campaign for Amelia’s Jewel following her current prep in The Pinnacles at Ascot. A homebred for Amelia Park’s Peter and Annie Walsh, she defeated the colts in the G2 WA Guineas (1600m) on Saturday and is a $3...

Trix & Minsk make a memorable Railway Day
Colin Webster received all the kudos, and rightly so, after training Trix Of The Trade to a Group 1 victory in the Railway Stakes (1600m) on Saturday. He prepares Trix Of The Trade for owner-breeders Bill and Patricia Robinson who banked the biggest Railway purse on...

Winner of the Week – Soaring Solo
The form out of Saturday’s $100,000 Crystal Slipper Stakes (1100m) is sure to stand up as the 2yo season progresses in Perth. This year’s edition was a wide open event with Yarradale homebred Platinum Shot (Shooting To Win) going out a $4.40 favourite ahead of five...

Snippetson sires 15th Stakes-Winner
Sniparoochy has continued her rise up the ranks with a black-type first in the LR Jungle Mist Classic (1200m) at Ascot. One of Perth's most-improved mares in training, the 4yo daughter of Scenic Lodge sire Snippetson has won 8 of her 17 starts for earnings over...

Hail Manhattan stars on Sunshine Coast
Manhattan Rain sired his latest feature winner when rejuvenated galloper Hail Manhattan claimed the $150,000 Mooloolaba Cup (1600m) in record time at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday. Hail Manhattan was the star of the stand-alone city meeting clocking 1:34.69s for...

Star Turn treble for WA Breeders
Vinery stallion Star Turn picked a good day to sire a running double on the Group 1 Railway Stakes program in Perth and his Saturday haul also included All About Eve who went back-to-back at the Ballarat Cup meeting. Short-course specialist Beads had just enough in...