TBWA News

Australia’s premier bloodstock daily ANZ News has headlined Geisel Park stallion Manhattan Rain with a front-page profile following another feature race double in Melbourne.  Geisel Park owner Eddie Rigg was interviewed by ANZ News lead journalist Trevor Marshallsea...

Yarradale Stud sire Gingerbread Man has taken an early lead for the WA 2YO Sires’ premiership with earnings over $181,000 after his unbeaten colt Beatty put several youngsters to the sword in the Crystal Slipper Stakes (1100m) on Saturday. Beatty had won on debut at...

Willie Pike is riding in career-best form and that was underlined when King Of Light and Watch Me Rock dominated Day 2 of The Pinnacles under ‘The Wiz’ at Ascot on Saturday. King Of Light maintained his unbeaten record in the G2 WA Guineas (1600m) after Pike...

Peters Investments has dominated the Group 1 Railway Stakes with multiple winners since the turn of the century but Bob and Sandra Peters had to be content with their 8yo bred geldings Western Empire (Iffraaj) and Sentimental Hero (Al Maher) running minor placings...

Former Geisel Park stallion Vert de Grece (Ire) kicked off a coast-to-coast treble for the Myalup stud on Saturday when Major Mario claimed a city first in the Drummond Golf Hcp (2100m) at Ascot. Within an hour, Geisel Park resident Manhattan Rain sired a landmark...

Winning Rupert transferred to Geisel Park last year and his Group 2 winner Iowna Merc has also made the trek west this week in an attempt to go one better in the Group 1 Railway Stakes (1600m) at Ascot on Saturday. Iowna Merc is prepared by Warwick Farm trainer Bjorn...

Storyville is back where she belongs on centre stage for the Group 1 Railway Stakes (1600m) at Ascot this Saturday. It’s a seven-day turnaround for the Grant and Alana Williams-trained homebred mare following a Group 3 victory in the Bob Peters Stakes (1500m)....

Hawkesbury trainer Brad Widdup struck for the second time with a Perth Magic Millions graduate this month when Azure Angel made a winning debut at Scone on Tuesday. The Playing God filly had been placed in a Warwick Farm barrier trial last month and firmed into $7 for...

Throwing Luana Miss into the deep end of a G1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) is a gamble her connections will seriously consider in light of her win against the odds in the LR Placid Ark Stakes (1200m) on Saturday. The Placid Ark winner received a ballot-free entry into...

Oakland Park had all the bases covered from the south-west to the mid-west last week and its homebred filly Pure Excess hit a home-run in the G3 Champion Fillies Stakes (1600m) on Saturday. Pure Excess (3f Exceedance - Pure Purity by Perfect Soul) went into the spring...

Reigning WA Horse of the Year Jokers Grin is on course for a well-deserved Group 1 following a trouble-free victory in the G3 Colonel Reeves Stakes (1100m) at Ascot yesterday. Jokers Grin (5g Maschino - Walk In Beauty by Barely A Moment) settled at the tail of the...