TBWA News
Perusal performance thrills Laurie
Mornington trainer Matt Laurie has a great strike-rate with WA graduates and he produced another class act named Perusal this week. Perusal was a $30,000 buy for Laurie from Dawson Stud at the 2020 Perth Magic Millions and you can already add a zero and more to his...
Hall Of Famer firing with Mogumber Park
Trainer Fred Kersley and his wife Judy are off to a successful start this season with the assistance of Mogumber Park sires Safeguard and Rommel. Their Safeguard homebred Marchamley is on a hat-trick over a mile after a front-running victory in the PRC Membership...
Splintex adds Snitzel 2yo speed at Darling View
Splintex is the latest addition to a powerhouse Darling View Thoroughbreds roster that was responsible for an unprecedented 14 individual 2yo winners last season. Splintex (Pictured) is a 2yo Sydney-winning son of Snitzel who has claimed four Champion Australian Sire...
Black-type break-out for Gingerbread Man
Gingerbread Man is suitably-armed for a break-out season following a welter of winners at the back-end of 2021-22. The Yarradale Stud resident sired the winners of 47 races last season and that career-best haul was made possible by the inclusion of 7 wins in July....
Miracle week for Geisel Park
Westriver Miracle won for the third time in four starts for Pearce Racing at Belmont on Saturday and he also completed a very successful week for his sire All American and Geisel Park. Raced by Great Southern couple Ted and Bev Hill (Photo / Western Racepix),...
Surprise win by No Surrender
Blackfriars stole the headlines with a 12th WA Sires’ Premiership in 2021-22 ahead of a Top 10 field that included current Scenic Lodge residents Snippetson and Universal Ruler. A Top 10 finish wasn’t unexpected for Universal Ruler. It was his fifth in a row,...
Wilchino set for Winterbottom Stakes
Wilchino farewelled last season a winner at Belmont and it also set up what could be a career-defining season in 2022-23. The Maschino mare was a class above her rivals in last Saturday’s $100,000 Ngawyni Stakes (1000m) in what was a positive sign for her prospects of...
TBWA Winner of the Week – It’s All A Rumour
Owner-breeders Bill and Patricia Robinson banked the final Westspeed Platinum 2yo Bonus of the season when It's All A Rumour (yellow silks) dived late to land the Glenn Lee Plate (1300m) at Belmont on Saturday, July 30. The Midland couple took home $84,540 which...
Blackfriars wins 12th WA sires’ premiership
Scenic Lodge has continued its complete dominance of Western Australia's stallion ranks with Blackfriars winning his 12th sires’ title in a row on Sunday. Making it all the more remarkable, Blackfriars (Danehill) won without a 2yo division in 2021-22. He died in...
WA mare tops Inglis Digital Sale
Western Australian vendors offered 16 lots at the Inglis Digital July (Late) Sale which grossed over $4.37 million this week. Those lots didn’t include sale-topper Flirtini (Artie Schiller) who made $385,000. She was sold by Perth couple Barry & Jan McRostie but...
All Americans star in Avon Valley
All American dominated Northam’s mammoth program on Thursday with a winning treble and the trio were all from his first-crop conceived at Geisel Park. He topped and tailed the card with Steak Night (Race 1) and Westriver Miracle (Race 11) and in between added a...
Shooting To Win arrives at Oakland Park
WA’s newest stallion Shooting To Win arrived at Oakland Park on Tuesday ahead of his initial book at the North Jindong Stud. Shooting To Win is the first son of Champion sire Northern Meteor to stand in Western Australia. Initially based at Darley Kelvinside in NSW,...
