TBWA News
Geisel Park farewells All American
Group 1 racehorse and sire All American has died following a cardiac arrest at Geisel Park Stud. All American (Red Ransom) was the first stallion to stand commercially at Geisel Park when he covered over 100 mares in 2016 after beginning his stud career at Arrowfield...
Sunlit Fresco flying for Summer Scorcher
Gelorup trainer Tim Crosby believes his fleet-footed mare Sunlit Fresco can bridge the gap between a Bunbury Class 1 and a black-type feature race at Ascot on New Year’s Day. Sunlit Fresco is a Ridgeport Holdings graduate and she blitzed a field of restricted...
Frappuccino – TBWA Winner of the Week
Frappuccino took nine starts to win a race but Lou Luciani wasn’t in the least bit fazed ahead of his first victory at the Belmont midweeks in the Glenroy Chaff Maiden (1300m). Luciani also bred and trains his older full-brother Marocchino who greeted the judge just...
Ridgeport double with Safeguard
Ridgeport struck for the second time in a week with a Safeguard 4yo when Miss Flirtacious closed Day 2 of The Pinnacles at Ascot. Miss Flirtacious commenced her current campaign with an on-pace victory at Belmont back in September and she was in the firing line again...
Sentimental Hero wins Scahill Cup
Sentimental Hero had never been within a bull's roar of leading in any one of his previous 24 starts but he looked a natural front-runner in the LR Allan Scahill Cup (2100m) on Railway Stakes Day at Ascot. Bred and initially raced by Peters Investments, the veteran...
Cape Falls Queen a gem in Crystal Slipper
Precocious filly Yes Queen gave nothing else a chance to win as she liked on debut in the Crystal Slipper Stakes (1100m) at Ascot on Saturday. Trained by ‘King of the Kids’ Dion Luciani for south-west owner-breeder Brett Fogarty, Yes Queen looked a very promising...
Nonesospicy wins all so easily at Belmont
Trainer Sean Casey has flagged a bright future for his Gingerbread Man filly Nonesospicy after her front-running victory at Belmont on Wednesday. Nonesospicy anticipated the start of the MCA Polytrack Hcp (1000m) and was never in danger under Willie Pike. She saw off...
Parnham family milestone with Caporetto
Caporetto scored a milestone win for trainer Neville Parnham and his son Chris on Wednesday after never leaving the fence in the National Pump & Energy Maiden (1300m) at Belmont. The Ridgeport Farm graduate notched the 200th win for the pair going back to 30...
Helluva Goddess – TBWA Winner of the Week
Playing God sired his second Winner Of The Week this month when Helluva Goddess caused a $32 upset on debut in the Cuprum Distillery Maiden (1200m) at Bunbury on Thursday. The Darling View Thoroughbreds champion had also been highlighted on November 7 when Black Ora...
Walk in the park for Ridgeport Rocker
Trainer Grant Williams believes Watch Me Rock could a headline horse for the G1 Railway Stakes but he’s thinking twelve months in advance towards the 2025 renewal of the Big Mile at Ascot. Watch Me Rock (4g Awesome Rock - What Choux Want by Jimmy Choux) is one of the...
Playing God reigns at The Pinnacles
Champion WA sire Playing God completed a rare black-type treble on Day 1 of The Pinnacles and there’s more in the pipeline with three Group 1 events in the next month at Ascot. Rope Them In (Photo / Western Racepix) won the first of Saturday’s feature races in the G3...
Westspeed yearlings to sell on Gold Coast
Over a dozen Westspeed-eligible yearlings have been entered to start the 2025 sales season at the Gold Coast Magic Millions in January. Magic Millions released the catalogue this week and it numbers 1,401 lots over six sessions commencing Tuesday, January 7. One of...
