TBWA News
WA buying bench active at Inglis Classic
Western Australian buyers outlaid $1.84 million for 16 yearlings at the Inglis Classic Sale in Sydney this week. Three sessions of trade came to a close on Tuesday with the western bench led by Grant and Alana Williams ($480,000) and Byerley Bloodstock ($400,000)....
Quilista foals a Queen in Sydney
WA-bred millionaire mare Quilista foaled her first winner when Bonita Queen spaced a smart maiden field by four lengths in the Irresistible Pools Hcp (1100m) at Hawkesbury on Tuesday. Bonita Queen was a $550,000 graduate of the 2022 Gold Coast Magic Millions and her...
Cessation – TBWA Winner of the Week
Sessions 3yo filly Cessation is the second TBWA Winner of the Week in a row for the Oakland Park stallion following Audio Boy at Bunbury on WA Breeders’ Classic Day. Cessation made a very impressive debut in a 1000m maiden down the straight at Pinjarra on Sunday for...
Yarradale Stud brand thriving in Perth
Yarradale Stud Manager Davy Hanratty is confident this year’s consignment of 24 yearlings to the Perth Magic Millions is the best since he arrived at Gidgegannup in 2011. The Irish-born horseman has helped prep drafts that have topped turnover four times in the last...
First winner by Leonardo Da Hinchi
Golden Kathleen gave Leonardo Da Hinchi a winner with his first runner when she gave her rivals a towelling in the $80,000 Nixon Electrical Plate (1100m) at Bunbury on Saturday. The Gold Front Thoroughbreds stallion was unbeaten in late-season juvenile starts at...
Seamless turnover at Scenic Lodge Dispersal
The Inglis February (Early) Digital Sale generated $442,250 in turnover for the Scenic Lodge Dispersal on Wednesday. Scenic Lodge catalogued 46 lots and general manager Jeremy Smith said the process all the way along had been seamless. “We’re absolutely rapt with the...
Millstee supports Sessions at Magic Millions
Sessions sired a well-timed winning double at Belmont on Wednesday just two weeks out from the Perth Magic Millions Sale. Millstee landed the first-leg in the MacMahon Maiden (1200m) and Boab Boy was the second of five winners on a career-best day for apprentice Madi...
Swan Valley Showcase for Safeguard
Mogumber Park stallion Safeguard is gunning for a third WA 2YO sires’ premiership this season and that will give him a head-start leading into the Perth Magic Millions Yearling Sale this month. Safeguard (Exceed And Excel) claimed the 2YO title as a freshman in...
Audio Boy – TBWA Winner of the Week
Audio Boy went out a $3 favourite for the Wittens Irrigation Maiden (1690m) at Bunbury on Sunday but looked a longshot in running under Clint Johnston-Porter. Race-caller Darren McAullay summed up the situation when the Adam Durrant-trained galloper picked up...
Alaskan classic-bound for Playing God
Darling View Thoroughbreds champion Playing God began ramping up his defence of the WA sires’ premiership when Alaskan won the Amelia Park Hcp (1800m) at Ascot on Saturday. Alaskan (3g Playing God - Lady Alaska by Reset) was coming off a 1400m maiden victory at...
Perth Magic Millions Magazine online
Magic Millions WA has published its Perth Yearling Sale Magazine in the lead-up to the Swan Valley Sale on February 22 and 23. Covering 124 pages, it also highlights the Magic Millions Raceday at Pinjarra on Saturday week, February 17 as well as featuring leading...
Scenic Lodge dominates Inglis Digital Sale
The current Inglis February (Early) Digital Sale that opened for bidding on Friday is dominated by a quality selection of bloodstock that makes up the Scenic Lodge Unreserved Dispersal. The final countdown for bidding begins this Wednesday morning, February 7. Scenic...
