Maschino mare Elvira Star arrived under the radar a week before Christmas with a first-up victory in the Cuprum Distillery Maiden (1000m) at Bunbury. She saluted in the south-west wedged between Maschino’s hat-trick hero Smooth Chino (LR Black Heart Bart Stakes) and...

TBWA members enjoyed a fantastic day of racing and celebrating the best of our industry on Platinum Day at Ascot last Saturday.  Apart from a three-way tie on the Stallion Leaderboard competition following Race 10, the highlights were five Breeding Awards and four...

Greenfields Lodge owner Tony Patrizi bred Jaz Session to win the Epona Classic (1200m) at Ascot on Saturday and his homebred 2yo colt Boy Crush looked another likely type at the Belmont trials on Monday. Boy Crush flew the gates in a 400m juvenile hit-out under Chris...

Alwyn Park resident Maschino has ticked every box in 2025 with Platinum Horse of the Year Jokers Grin and WA 3YO of the Year Machine Gun Gracie and for good measure he won the TBA Stallion Leaderboard competition at Ascot on Saturday. Maschino sired He’s A...

Our Paladin Al claimed the first-leg of a running double for Westbury Park sire A Lot (USA) on Saturday and trainer Russell Stewart believes he will be back at Ascot for black-type races in twelve months. A homebred for Queenslea Park’s Morton family, Our Paladin Al...

Great Southern galloper Major Flirt appreciated the drop back from Listed company to cause a $53 boilover in the Murray Veterinary Services Westspeed Platinum Sires Stakes (1200m) on Saturday. Major Flirt tailed the field before apprentice Zephen Johnston-Porter sent...

The Trevor Andrews-trained Western Ace made an immediate impact on Saturday with a hard-fought victory in the Virbac Westspeed Platinum Maiden (1400m). Western Ace (3g I’m All The Talk – Consortium by Written Tycoon) went out a short-priced favourite with...

Ripper Rupert was a given a perfect rails-hugging ride by Chris Parnham to give trainer Luke Fernie a well-deserved victory in the Swan Draught Hcp (1100m) at Bunbury on Thursday. Fernie stands his sire Winning Rupert (Written Tycoon) at Geisel Park and prepares the...

Playhouse Patron left no room for excuses from the beaten division when he worked overtime in running to claim a second black-type victory in the LR ATA Stakes (2200m) on Wednesday. The hard-knocking 6yo gelding went into the Ascot feature race as a $31 longshot after...

Yarradale graduates Blood Saint and Cantilever doubled up at Geraldton’s postponed meeting on Monday and Yarradale resident Gingerbread Man made it a winning treble when his promising expat Perfectday scored a last-to-first victory at Happy Valley on Wednesday. Blood...