TBWA News
Rock’s radar on Group 1 Search
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...
Black-type back-up for River Beau
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...
Denim Wars a favourite at Pakenham
Denim Wars was balloted out of the $150,000 Grassroots Gallop (1400m) at Caulfield on Wednesday but that may be a blessing in disguise for part-owner and trainer Colin Scott. The Pakenham-prepared son of War Chant (USA) didn’t get a start at the Group 1 meeting which...
Bustler bolts in for Playing God
Bustler propelled Playing God to the top of the WA sires’ premiership with a $73,580 pay-day in the Crown Promenade Hcp (1200m) on opening day at Ascot His connections banked $32,880 in prizemoney and $40,700 from Westspeed Platinum for the first-up victory on...
Classic colt Snowdome can match Rommel
Trainer Neville Parnham believes Snowdome can emulate his sire Rommel following an outstanding first-up victory at Ascot on Saturday. Snowdome raced three-wide without cover from an outside draw in the Perth 3YO Classic (1000m) but was still too good for a crack field...
Winner of the Week – Bold Street
Lucky Street filly Bold Street made her debut a winning one after angling to the outskirts of York racecourse last Thursday. Set alight by Joe Azzopardi down the hill, she circled the field close to the grandstand rail and then stormed home to nail So In Love...
Perth Cup dream alive for Stafford’s Lad
Stafford’s Lad’s victory in Saturday's LR Kalgoorlie Cup (2200m) sparked celebrations for his connections who are now looking forward to a full-on campaign towards the G2 Perth Cup (2400m) on New Year’s Day. Managing part-owner Richard Bennett originally bought into...
Winner of the Week – Pearly Nuggett
Pearly Nuggett has been turning heads since she was a yearling and she lived up to those looks with an eye-catching victory at Northam on Sunday. Racing second time out in the Gannons Blinkers Maiden (1300m), the Stephen Miller-trained filly jumped straight to the...
Joyful Win puts best foot forward in HK
Sessions kept a high profile during a winning run last month and his Oakland Park colleague Shooting To Win fared even better with 16 individual winners in September. Apart from his domestic roll-call, Shooting To Win’s winner-count included Dapper & Victorem...
Kalgoorlie honours Ron Sayers
Kalgoorlie honours one of its favourite sons with the inaugural running of the Ron Sayers Sprint (1100m) on Saturday. It has drawn an oversubscribed field of 14 starters and four emergencies vying for a race worth $125,000. The KBRC has allocated a generous...
Let’s Galahvant rewarded in Goldfields
Former Rangeview Stud stallion Galah, who is en route to China, sired his first black-type winner when Let's Galahvant did best in a blanket finish to the LR Hannans Hcp (1400m) in Kalgoorlie on Thursday. Let's Galahvant settled on the speed for Natasha Faithfull and...
Gingerbread Man accelerates up table
Yarradale Stud sire Gingerbread Man moved into second spot on the WA sires’ table after Axel ‘R’ Eight banked $43,840 at Ascot on Saturday. The Ash Maley-trained gelding pulled his way to the front approaching the home turn in the Perth Racing Club Membership Hcp...
