TBWA News

Geisel Park stallion Manhattan Rain sired his 16th black-type winner with a career-best victory by Jigsaw in the LR Doveton Stakes (1000m) at Caulfield on Saturday. Unbeaten in both starts this preparation for trainer Cindy Alderson, Jigsaw camped outside the leader...

Trainer Simon Miller has commenced mapping out a Melbourne campaign for Amelia’s Jewel following her current prep in The Pinnacles at Ascot. A homebred for Amelia Park’s Peter and Annie Walsh, she defeated the colts in the G2 WA Guineas (1600m) on Saturday and is a $3...

Colin Webster received all the kudos, and rightly so, after training Trix Of The Trade to a Group 1 victory in the Railway Stakes (1600m) on Saturday. He prepares Trix Of The Trade for owner-breeders Bill and Patricia Robinson who banked the biggest Railway purse on...

The form out of Saturday’s $100,000 Crystal Slipper Stakes (1100m) is sure to stand up as the 2yo season progresses in Perth.  This year’s edition was a wide open event with Yarradale homebred Platinum Shot (Shooting To Win) going out a $4.40 favourite ahead of five...

Sniparoochy has continued her rise up the ranks with a black-type first in the LR Jungle Mist Classic (1200m) at Ascot. One of Perth's most-improved mares in training, the 4yo daughter of Scenic Lodge sire Snippetson has won 8 of her 17 starts for earnings over...

Manhattan Rain sired his latest feature winner when rejuvenated galloper Hail Manhattan claimed the $150,000 Mooloolaba Cup (1600m) in record time at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday. Hail Manhattan was the star of the stand-alone city meeting clocking 1:34.69s for...

Vinery stallion Star Turn picked a good day to sire a running double on the Group 1 Railway Stakes program in Perth and his Saturday haul also included All About Eve who went back-to-back at the Ballarat Cup meeting. Short-course specialist Beads had just enough in...

It’s been a decade since a WA-conceived galloper won the G1 Railway Stakes (1600m) but TABtouch favours Alaskan God (Playing God) and Trix Of The Trade (Trade Fair) to end the drought this Saturday. TABtouch has Alaskan God heading its market at $4 ahead of Trix Of...

Admiration Express gave her sire My Admiration his most prestigious win to date in the G3 WA Champion Fillies Stakes (1600m) on Saturday. The grey filly was a maiden going into Ascot’s spring grand-final for 3yo fillies but emerged with an enhanced reputation and bank...

Winning the inaugural LR Luckygray Stakes (1800m) at Ascot on Saturday came with a bonus for David Harrison and his Trade Fair (GB) gelding Buster Bash. His on-pace victory meant Buster Bash will back-up off a seven-day break in the G1 Railway Stakes (1600m).  He’s...

Trainer Cindy Alderson was happy to admit that she had made a mistake with her placement of Jigsaw after he set a course-record in the $175,000 Apache Cat Classic (1000m) at Cranbourne on Saturday. The son of Geisel Park Stud sire Manhattan Rain (pictured) clocked...

Peters Investments bred a Group 2 winner in New Zealand on Saturday only to miss a golden opportunity to mount a dual attack on the Group 1 Railway Stakes a few hours later at Ascot. Bob and Sandra Peters have bred any number of feature winners around Australia but...