TBWA News

Race-caller Darren McAullay rarely gets it wrong but he could be forgiven for calling Choix De Lace a bridesmaid at Geraldton on Thursday. The 5yo daughter of Choisir had finished second three times in a row at Geraldton earlier this year but she had already thrown...

Owner-breeders Nino and Tina Tufilli unveiled a filly with untapped potential when My Bella Mae scored by panels at Ascot on Wednesday. My Bella Mae (Deep Field) had won Belmont barrier trials over 400m and 1000m before making her debut as a $4 favourite in the...

Trainer Graeme Ballantyne was confident Regal Access could win first-up at Ascot on Wednesday and jockey Paul Harvey made him a sure thing with a superb front-running ride. Crossing from a wide barrier under 60kg, Harvey stacked the field and then accelerated away...

A Westspeed Platinum bonus won by Swear to God on Saturday has increased Playing God’s lead at the top of WA Sires’ premiership. Tuesday’s updated TBWA Sires’ ladder had Playing God ($758,697) topping the table prior to a $40,700 bonus being added by Arion Pedigrees....

Hard to believe it’s been more than four years since Trade Fair (GB) died at Alwyn Park especially when his name kept bobbing up with three winners at Ascot on Saturday. His treble began with Requisition who was bred by Tameeka Brown and is part-owned and trained by...

Geisel Park filly Laced Up Heels looked a 3yo with a future after overcoming the odds to beat older horses at Ascot on Saturday. The Toronado (Ire) filly went out a firming market-leader at $2.50 for the Conquer Cystic Fibrosis Hcp (1000m) but favourite punters would...

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Last week’s racing unearthed several young horses to follow including a trio of up-and-coming maiden winners at the Northam meeting on Thursday. Village Girl (Universal Ruler) and Demolish (Rich Enuff) were both impressive but Manavendra (Deep Field) was chosen as the...

Miss Drakova’s first-up victory at Ascot on Wednesday added another notch to the successful connection between Dawson Stud and NSW-based Newhaven Park. Dawson Stud’s Graham Daws bred and sold Group 2 winning mare Kissonallforcheeks for $120,000 through John Kelly’s...

Gold Front stallion Awesome Rock kept the winners ticking over at Northam on Thursday ahead of Group 1 campaigns for his 4yo mare Searchin’ Roc’s and 3yo gelding Red Sun Sensation. The Jim Taylor-prepared Zadar Rock scored a front-running victory in the Country Wide...

River Beau will be backing up off a seven-day break when he has another crack at the LR Crawford Stakes (1100m) at Ascot this Saturday. The Snippetson sprinter was a first-up winner of the Schweppes Hcp (1000m) with the benefit of a rails run last Saturday but there...