TBWA News
Awesome Rock rising at Gold Front
Gold Front Thoroughbreds has announced its highly-credentialled sire Awesome Rock will be standing for a fee of $9,900 (inc GST) in the upcoming breeding season. Awesome Rock's oldest progeny are four year-olds and they’ve already made a huge impact with a 14%...
Mojo rising for Playing God
In a week that’s becoming a familiar scenario this season, Playing God increased his lead at the top of the 2022-23 WA Sires’ premiership with three Ascot winners that banked in excess of $170,000. Today’s TBWA table has Playing God leading the ladder with earnings of...
Oakland Park treble in Avon Valley
Shooting To Win reached double-figures for individual black-type winners when Dom To Shoot arrived in time to score a neck victory in the G3 Northam Stakes (1300m) on Sunday. Dom To Shoot is the 10th Stakes winner for the Oakland Park Stud resident and it won’t be the...
Nod And Smile – TBWA Winner of the Week
Summer Dickson just missed out when her NZ-bred filly Sassy Skye was a beaten favourite at Pinjarra on Wednesday but she was beaming when stablemate Nod And Smile streeted his rivals in the next race. Nod And Smile dictated in front for Brad Parnham and went further...
Mogumber brand expands to Sydney Foal Sale
Mogumber Park has four foals entered for the Inglis Australian Weanling Sale at Riverside Stables this week and they all arrived without any hiccups en route to NSW. The Bullsbrook stud’s quartet comprises an All Too Hard filly (Lot 133), Rommel colt (Lot 164 -...
WA title set in stone by Super Smink
If Super Smink hadn’t already sewn up the West Australian 2YO Horse Of The Year Award, she set it in stone with a comprehensive victory in the G3 WA Sires' Produce Stakes (1400m) at Ascot on Saturday. The Forest View Farm-bred graduate had won the RL Magic Millions...
Valency in her element for Yarradale
Gingerbread Man rounded out a good week for Yarradale Stud on Saturday when his mare Valency won the TABtouch-Westspeed Platinum Hcp (1000m) at Ascot. Valency charged through a narrow gap in the shadows of the winning post to lead home a Yarradale quinella from Leica...
Awesome Rock sires another staying Sensation
Awesome Rock’s rise up the stallion ranks went to another level on Saturday when Red Sun Sensation won the G3 Chairman's Stakes (2000m) at Morphettville. It was Awesome Rock’s second Group winner this month following Awesome John in the G2 WATC Derby (2400m) at Ascot...
Snippetson filly in the Money
Snippenova has repaid the patience of trainer David Harrison and his team at Bridge Patrol Lodge with a front-running victory in the Amelia Park Hcp (1000m) at Ascot. The Snippetson filly has been a work in progress and it took 8 starts to break her maiden on Anzac...
Playing God service fee rises to $33,000
Playing God will equal a long-standing WA record when he stands for a $33,000 (inc GST) service fee at Darling View Thoroughbreds this year. It's the equivalent of recently-deceased Mungrup Stud champion Oratorio (Stravinsky) who covered 111 mares at a $33,000 (inc...
Lynward Park in focus with Fear the Wind
Lynward Park has already bred a black-type winner by Fiorente (Ire) and the Bullsbrook nursery has another budding stayer by the 2013 Melbourne Cup champion named Fear the Wind. Fear the Wind (5g Fiorente - Windana by Danehill) came from last to win the Glenroy Chaff...
No problems for No Dice at Ascot
No Dice has come back a different mare this year following a frustrating spring campaign for trainer Sarah Evans earlier this season. The 4yo daughter of Bradbury’s Luck was a good third to Leica Jaguar (War Chant) first-up a fortnight ago and went right on with the...
