TBWA News
Snitzalatte – TBWA Winner of the Week
Oakland Park 2yo filly Snitzalatte set the bar high for every other winner at Ascot’s marathon midweek meeting last Wednesday in the Wittens Irrigation & Design Maiden (1000m). The beautifully-bred daughter of four-time Champion Australian Sire Snitzel and...
Maschino double-handed in WA Oaks
Maschino sired his 9th black-type winner on Saturday when Machine Gun Gracie put more than three lengths on some smart fillies in the LR Natasha Stakes (2200m) at Ascot. Machine Gun Gracie (3f Maschino - Gracie May by Written Tycoon) is a nominal favourite for the G3...
Career-best winning weekend by Sessions
Sail Session headlined a career-best weekend haul of five winners for his sire Sessions (Lonhro) in the LR John Roberts Stakes (1800m) at Ascot on Saturday. The Dan Morton-trained 3yo was forced to work without cover in the classic prelim but was full of running when...
Four-timer for barn mates at Ascot
Former barn mates I’m All The Talk and Playing God both sired doubles to dominate the Ascot meeting on Wednesday. I’m All The Talk 3yo fillies Swansee and Sister Talk won their maidens before Playing God pair Playing Games and Stylish Lord sent favourite punters home...
Lambert short-listed for Stud & Stable Awards
Darling View Thoroughbreds team member Chris Lambert won the Leadership Award at the 2023-24 TBWA Awards and now she has been short-listed for the Australia-wide Leadership Award at the 2025 Stud And Stable Staff Awards. Leadership Award (Stud or Stable) Ashish Kumar...
Hat-trick beckons High Heels
Sixinch Heels is on a hat-trick this prep and she’s also on the way to higher grades for her Forest View Farm owner-breeders Ben and Jo Duncan. The Nicconi filly was a TBWA Winner of the Week first-up earlier this month in a Pinjarra 3yo maiden for trainer Simon...
Keep Ita Mystery – TBWA Winner of the Week
Keep Ita Mystery has benefited from swift sectionals set by Sinful Living to blouse out his rivals in the MCA Hcp (1000m) at Ascot. Jockey Chris Parnham settled the son of War Chant (USA) worse than midfield before giving the leading division six lengths and a beating...
Rope Them In reels in Bluff Knoll
Rope Them In took over as the chief earner for Champion WA Sire Playing God this season when he split runners in the straight for jockey ‘Shooter’ McGruddy to land the Bluff Knoll (1099m) at Albany. Trained by managing part-owner Steve Wolfe, he banked first...
Oakland Park sets Sail for WA Derby
Sail Session was tagged a G2 WA Derby prospect after winning an Ascot maiden in January and now he’s heading in the right direction after claiming the Kitt Logistics Hcp (1500m) on Saturday. The Oakland Park homebred missed an intended start in the LR Lex Piper Stakes...
Awesome Ascot double for Our Rocky Bay
Our Rocky Bay put his game-day face through a bridle twice this week and the quick turnaround didn’t dim his hopes for back-to-back wins at Ascot. The 4yo son of Awesome Rock ran right through the line in the Belhus Racing Hcp (1400m) last Sunday and was good enough...
Main Act takes centre-stage at Ascot
Fluro Neuro completed a hat-trick for Gingerbread Man on Bunbury Cup Day before the Yarradale Stud resident followed up with Main Act opening his account at Ascot on Wednesday. Main Act (Photo / Western Racepix) was racing first-up since an initial campaign late last...
Sixinch Heels – TBWA Winner of the Week
Sixinch Heels didn’t need all the favours to win first-up at Pinjarra on Thursday but she made the most of them anyway when strolling home by four lengths in the Western Racepix Maiden (1200m). The Simon Miller-trained filly had weighed in after all three starts...
