TBWA News
Rangeview rampage starts with Broome Sprint
Rangeview Stud stallions Galah and So Secret went on a bender this week winning six races in just three days. It started at Broome on Tuesday and went to another level at Balaklava and Belmont on Wednesday before a flying finale at Northam on Thursday. Galah gelding...
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...
