TBWA News
RWWA funds racehorse research
A simple blood test to help predict the injury risk of racehorses is among the study projects made possible by the inaugural Racing WA Research Fund grants. Racing WA Head of Animal Welfare Dr Anna Smet announced two projects had secured funding: A study into WA...
Lucky photo-finish for Trionfante
Trionfante needed every metre of the Belmont straight to enter the record books as the first local winner by Winning Rupert since it was announced he was transferring from Queensland to WA. Winning Rupert (Written Tycoon) will stand at Geisel Park Stud in association...
Gemma’s Son in the slot for Bluff Knoll
Rejuvenated Snippetson sprinter Gemma's Son brought up a feature weekend double for Scenic Lodge in the $350,000 Bluff Knoll (1099m) in Albany on Sunday. Gemma's Son settled behind speed merchant Acromantula (Written Tycoon) with jockey Shaun McGruddy set to pounce...
Sir Dreamalot – TBWA Winner of the Week
Sir Dreamalot is the second smart city-level winner Josh Krispyn has trained by A Lot (USA) and he’s hoping for better luck this time around. Askalot was the first from A Lot’s initial crop and he won twice at Ascot on a path to last year’s G2 WA Derby (2400m). ...
WA bucks national trend for mare covers
The Australian Stud Book has released figures for the last serving season and it reported Western Australia’s 41 registered stallions covered 1,462 mares in 2023. That was up 8% from 2022. Australia-wide, there were 17,720 mares and that was down 11%. Darling View...
Winning Rupert transfers to Geisel Park
When Luke Fernie learned Winning Rupert was on the market he seized the moment and bought the son of Champion Australian sire Written Tycoon to stand in Western Australia. A rising influence among Ascot’s training ranks, Fernie purchased the 10 year-old stallion in...
Blazing Away back-to-back in Bunbury Cups
Blazing Away swooped late for a narrow victory in last year's LR Bunbury Cup (2000m) and he prevailed in a three-way photo-finish to double up in the Cup on Saturday. Surprisingly sent out a $51 longshot after drawing wide, Blazing Away (City Place) settled well back...
Aztec Rules in Bunbury Stakes
Aztec Ruler was unlucky when making his black-type debut at Pinjarra last month but there no traffic problems to deny a deserved Listed victory in the $150,000 Bunbury Stakes (1400m) on Saturday. The Stefan Vahala-trained son of Universal Ruler stalked a fast pace set...
Awesome winning run for Gold Front
Gold Front Thoroughbreds stallion Awesome Rock is going from strength-to-strength this season and he completed another successful week at Pinjarra on Thursday when Always Awesome broke through in the Chaff City Maiden (1300m). Always Awesome (Photo / Western Racepix)...
Another Boom Sale for Team Williams
Grant and Alana Williams led WA buyers at the Inglis Melbourne Premier Sale this week splashing out $520,000 on three yearlings at Oaklands Junction. Overall, the WA spend reached $1.48 million for 21 yearlings topped by Team Williams and agent Suman Hedge for the...
Bustling – TBWA Winner of the Week
Blue Rocket was named TBWA Winner Of The Week last Tuesday and the Oakland Park homebred filly also went nationwide as the ANZ Bloodstock Winner Of The Week. Oakland Park has gone back-to-back with Bustling this week after he bolted in when racing first-up at Ascot on...
WA mare foals Hong Kong Superstar
Group 1-winning WA owner Chris Wells has only bred a few horses over the years but he’s come up with another elite winner after booking Toronado (Ire) to his Northam winner Paris Texas (Hinchinbrook). That mating was made in heaven because it produced Hong Kong’s...
