TBWA News

God Has Spoken 2yo Ancient Guidance could be the good horse to launch Ryan Hill’s career in the training ranks in 2023-24. Hill is based at Keysbrook and will complete his first full season as a conditioner next week following a career in the saddle that was curtailed...

Phanta has run a smart field of sprinters ragged for his first black-type victory in the H G Bolton Sprint (1200m) at Belmont. The 5yo gelding is the 7th Stakes winner by Yarradale Stud sire Gingerbread Man (Shamardal) and was racing first-up since being narrowly...

Course broadcaster Darren McAullay got it right on Saturday when he called Duchess Of Gossip a ‘class act’ at the finish of another procession in the Quayclean Hcp (1200m). Belmont in July isn’t normally a benchmark for black-type at Ascot in summer, nevertheless, the...

Flash Max added his name to the list of late-season winners by Awesome Rock when racing on debut in the Electrical Consultancy Maiden (1200m) at Pinjarra on Thursday. In a wide-open race with a half-dozen runners priced between $5 and $7.50, Flash Max was a handful...

Gingerbread Man was in the frame this week with 3yo colt Fluro Neuro and 5yo mare Bread To Flirt at Belmont on Wednesday before his 3yo filly Loopy's Baby lobbed at Pinjarra on Thursday. The Yarradale Stud stallion (pictured below) was the first son of Sheikh...

Neville Parnham has form with the family of Diamond Command who won the Peninsula Dining Room Hcp (1400m) at Belmont on Wednesday. Diamond Command was given a peach of a ride and that ensured the burden of 60kg wasn’t a gut-buster under Brad Parnham.  She loomed up to...

Thoroughbred Breeders WA president Fiona Lacey has joined the AgriFutures Thoroughbred Horses Advisory Panel that identifies and funds the research, development and extension priorities of the thoroughbred industry. AgriFutures Australia represents 13 rural...

Secret Identity took advantage of a drop back in grade to score a decisive victory in the Drummond Golf Hcp (1650m) a Belmont’s midweek meeting on Wednesday. The Adam Durrant-trained 3yo had finished out of the money in the LR Aquanita Stakes (2000m) on July 1 and...

Leading trainer Adam Durrant has produced another summer carnival prospect at Belmont just days after winning a feature race with his G2 Perth Cup hope Ihts Closing Inn (Sessions). Durrant implied there were high expectations for Snippy Which (Photo / Western Racepix)...

Final Authority kicked off a successful week for Yarradale Stud after winning a speed battle with Universal Playboy in the WA Owners Appreciation Hcp (1000m) at Belmont on Saturday. The 4yo Zoustar gelding claimed an Albany maiden 18 months ago but had lost focus for...

Ihts Closing Inn signed off an extended campaign with a perfectly-timed finish in the LR Belmont Classic (2200m) on Saturday and her arrival on the big stage is timely ahead of the G2 Perth Cup (2400m) on Monday, January 1. RWWA has doubled the purse for the New...