TBWA News
Shell Bell – Winner of the Week
Trainer Dion Luciani was back in his element preparing early-season 2yo winner Shell Bell at Ascot on Saturday. The Loloma Farms homebred started a short-priced favourite after weighing in at her first three starts and she was all the better for those outings when...
WBA winning to Moon and Back
Smart mare Moon and Back left it late to win at Moonee Valley on Friday night for leading WA vendor Western Breeders Alliance. Moon and Back (Exosphere) made it just in time to edge out Glenferrie Girl (Danrich) in the Ladbrokes 55 Second Challenge (955m). She...
Shooting To Win firing for Oakland Park
The popularity of Western Australia’s new-season sire intake was quantified earlier this month when it was revealed Splintex would be serving over 120 mares first-up at Darling View Thoroughbreds. Splintex (Snitzel) was retired off the track this year following Group...
Magic Millions release catalogue for Perth Sale
Magic Millions has released the online catalogue for its 2023 Perth Yearling Sale to be held in the Swan Valley across two days - Thursday 23 and Friday 24 February. There are 79 local and interstate stallions represented in Book 1 (Lots 1-177) and Book 2 (178-327). ...
Group 1 for Geisel Park’s All American
Geisel Park stallion All American was represented by his first Group 1 winner as a broodmare sire on Sunday when Liberty Island (Jpn) trounced her rivals in the Hanshin Juvenile Fillies (1600m). Liberty Island (pictured) is by ill-fated sire Duramente (King...
Trade Fair clean-sweep in The Pinnacles
Former Alwyn Park stallion Trade Fair (GB) completed a clean-sweep of The Pinnacles on Saturday when Buster Bash put his rivals to the sword in the LR Towton Cup (2200m) at Ascot. Trade Fair, whose youngest progeny are four year-olds, was the only stallion to sire a...
Yarradale on Front foot at The Pinnacles
Yarradale Stud took a lead from Gold Front with a running double of its own on Day 5 of The Pinnacles at Ascot. War Gem (War Chant) and Capital Flight (City Place) have built exceptional strike-rates this year and the Gidgegannup graduates were both tuning up for...
Rock My Way – Winner of the Week
Rock My Way flew home to complete an opening double for Gold Front Breeding & Racing and apprentice Luke Campbell in the Quayclean Plate (1400m) at Ascot on Saturday. The daughter of Gold Front stallion Awesome Rock had won on debut at Northam last month and she...
Dawson Stud’s International Success
Dawson Stud-bred mares Kissonallforcheeks and This’ll Testya filled out minor placings in the G1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) a fortnight ago and they won’t get it any easier despite dropping back to G3 company in The Gold Rush (1400m) at Ascot on Saturday. Godolphin...
Black-type in waiting for Bradbury’s Luck
Perth gallopers Burnya To Survive and Gunmetal Grey are knocking on the door to win at black-type level for former Yarradale Stud sire Bradbury's Luck. When Bradbury's Luck (Redoute’s Choice) passed away in April, he had reached double-figures for individual winners...
Two Fillies Stud reinvests at Arqana Sale
Perth breeder Nino Tufilli and his wife Tina have purchased three broodmares at the Arqana Breeding Stock Sale following the winning hat-trick of their exciting filly My Bella Mae (Deep Field) last month. My Bella Mae maintained an unbeaten record at Ascot in the...
Hall Of Famer wins with Fruit Loops
A day after Ascot’s Group 1 Northerly Stakes celebrations, his trainer Fred Kersley went back to the grass roots with Pinjarra maiden winner Fruit Loops. Fresh from a five-month spell, the Gingerbread Man gelding powered home from the back of the field to score by...
