TBWA News
Yiu lucky recipient of Awesome Fluke
Luck didn’t play any part of Awesome Fluke’s demanding victory in the Vengeance Of Rain Hcp (2000m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. The Ricky Yiu-trained WA import worked overtime outside the leader and had plenty in reserve when Italian jockey Andrea Atzeni asked him to repel...
En Plein Air – TBWA Winner of the Week
Promising Universal Ruler filly En Plein Air kicked off last Thursday’s Northam meeting an easy winner of the Procon Developments Australia Maiden (1000m) for trainers Grant and Alana Williams. En Plein Air was also the catalyst for a day out in the Avon Valley for...
Empire strikes back in Belmont Sprint
Perth’s winter weight-for-age feature races are at the mercy of Western Empire following his latest victory in the G3 Belmont Sprint (1400m) on Saturday. The Peters Investments-bred galloper nailed courageous mare Searchin’ Roc’s (Awesome Rock) right on the line in...
Bookies reeling with Rockin’ Rupert
Rockin' Rupert launched another successful week for Geisel Park sire Winning Rupert when he landed a rewarding commission for favourite punters at Ascot last Saturday. The Amelia Park Hcp (1200m) victory was an easy watch for Rockin' Rupert's supporters who backed the...
A Lot (USA) service fee rises to $11,000
Westbury Park stallion A Lot (USA) has earned another service fee increase following an outstanding season highlighted by his brilliant 2yo Sir Dreamalot and his classic 3yo colt A Lot Of Good Men. Sir Dreamalot won the Listed Supremacy Stakes (1100m) in March and A...
Super-duper roster at Roselee Park
Roselee Park has welcomed Super One, the sire of Champion WA 2YO Super Smink, to its roster in Serpentine. He’s the only son of Champion Australian sire I Am Invincible available to local breeders and will stand for an introductory service fee of $8,800 (inc GST)....
Short Way the Lucky Way home at Ascot
Aptly-named grey mare Lucky's Way took the short way home to land a late win in the Westspeed Platinum Hcp (1200m) at Ascot on Saturday. Clint Johnston-Porter elected to roll the dice with the daughter of Bradbury’s Luck and they weaved through the field from last on...
Promising City winner by Rommel
Rommel 3yo filly Lost City looked a promising type winning at Bunbury and Belmont during an initial campaign earlier this season and she’s living up to that potential this prep for leading trainers Grant and Alana Williams. Given a well-timed ride in front by Clint...
Miss Rockjoy – TBWA Winner of the Week
Awesome Rock has sired another TBWA Winner Of The Week and this time it’s his Gold Front homebred 3yo filly Miss Rockjoy. She never went around a horse to defeat Cool Memory (Impending) and Happy As Larry (I'm All The Talk) in the Petaluma Hcp (1600m) on closing day...
Ingratiating signed to stand at Oakland Park
Oakland Park Stud owner Neville Duncan is renowned for doing things his own way and you can’t knock that modus operandi with a trophy cabinet fit to burst from revered all-time great Northerly to this season’s WA Champion 2YO-elect Bustling. Bustling has just signed...
Darling View tops Inglis Broodmare Sale
Darling View Thoroughbreds topped the Inglis Australian Broodmare Sale on Friday when paying $240,000 for Pierro mare Sous La Terre. Offered by Tyreel Stud (as agent), Sous La Terre is a half-sister to the dam of Champion Australian 3YO Filly Sunlight (Zoustar) and...
Treasured mare bought by Lynward Park
Lynward Park manager Troy van Heemst boosted the Bullsbrook stud’s bloodstock portfolio with a momentous $550,000 bid for G2 WA Guineas winner Treasured Star (Toronado) at the Inglis Chairman’s Sale on Thursday evening. Treasured Star (Lot 48) was offered by Holbrook...
