TBWA News

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...

This’ll Testya has firmed into a $7 third-favourite for the G1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) with bookmakers who are wary of her ability to perform on the big stage. The Dawson Stud-bred mare has been known to hand in a shocker, however, she was on song for the G3...

Dropping back from a Stakes race to midweek company suited Swim Through in the TABtouch Hcp (1000m) at Ascot last week. Swim Through (Patronize) started a well-backed $2.80 favourite and eye-balled newcomer Ruler Rocket (Universal Ruler) until the pressure was applied...

Alaskalot has the pedigree and the potential to make the grade on the strength of his first win in Schweppes Maiden (1400m) at Ascot on Wednesday. The 3yo son of A Lot (USA) was usurped as favourite but defied the drift to sit three-wide without cover and still find...

Rommel 3yo Catch These Hands rocketed home for an outstanding victory in the Amelia Park Maiden (1400m) at Ascot on Wednesday. Short-priced favourite Missile Storm (Smart Missile) looked all over a winner at the furlong but Catch These Hands made up six lengths to...

Winning awards and breaking records is nothing new to Yarradale Stud’s long-serving stallion War Chant (USA). The only active son of Danzig in Australia, he converted a Group 1 Breeders’ Cup Mile triumph at Churchill Downs into a successful stud career in Kentucky and...

Oakland Park-bred sprinter Massimo has etched his name among the greats of WA racing with back-to-back wins in the time-honoured G2 Lee-Steere Stakes (1400m) at Ascot. Initially known as the All-Aged Stakes before being rebranded in 1939, Massimo joins champion mare...

Neville Parnham declared Bustler might be the best horse in his stable a fortnight ago and the Playing God 3yo has confirmed that rating in the LR Fairetha Stakes (1400m). Bustler (Photo / Western Racepix) went to the next level with a last-stride victory over All The...

No horse deserved to break a run of outs more than Ginger Baker at Ascot on Saturday. The Gingerbread Man gelding saluted the judge for the first time since July 2021 when he toughed out a narrow victory over Sketta (Thorn Dancer) in the Crown Perth Hcp (1600m). ...