TBWA News

Kalgoorlie honours Ron Sayers
Kalgoorlie honours one of its favourite sons with the inaugural running of the Ron Sayers Sprint (1100m) on Saturday. It has drawn an oversubscribed field of 14 starters and four emergencies vying for a race worth $125,000. The KBRC has allocated a generous...
Let’s Galahvant rewarded in Goldfields
Former Rangeview Stud stallion Galah, who is en route to China, sired his first black-type winner when Let's Galahvant did best in a blanket finish to the LR Hannans Hcp (1400m) in Kalgoorlie on Thursday. Let's Galahvant settled on the speed for Natasha Faithfull and...

Gingerbread Man accelerates up table
Yarradale Stud sire Gingerbread Man moved into second spot on the WA sires’ table after Axel ‘R’ Eight banked $43,840 at Ascot on Saturday. The Ash Maley-trained gelding pulled his way to the front approaching the home turn in the Perth Racing Club Membership Hcp...

General measures up for Miller
Despite missing an important dress-rehearsal and drawing the outside barrier, General Grant has opened a $4 TAB favourite for the LR Kalgoorlie Cup (2200m) this Saturday. The lightly-raced son of All American was withdrawn from last week’s LR Boulder Cup with swelling...
Fameux blocked from debut at Randwick
Fameux is a feature winner of the future for award-winning WA breeders Jack and Anthea Griffin but stewards have ruled the colt out of the $200,000 Breeders’ Plate (1000m) at Randwick this Saturday. The Group 3 Breeders' Plate is traditionally the first 2yo race of...

Darling View-sired 3YOs firing for Stewart
Ascot trainer Russell Stewart has ambitious plans for his Darling View Thoroughbreds-sired gallopers Swear To God (Playing God) and Street Parade (Lucky Street). The promising 3yo pair remain on track for the LR Placid Ark Stakes (1200m) worth $500,000 at Ascot on...

Double Deel for Gangemi Racing
Gangemi Racing completed an interstate double last week with one they bred (Drive A Deel at Doomben) and one they bought readymade (Go Forward at Belmont). Drive A Deel (4m Dundeel - Drive On by Fastnet Rock) was bred by Michael Gangemi and was a Sunshine Coast 3yo...

Winner of the Week – All Show
Trainer Trevor Andrews unveiled a filly with immense potential when he unleashed All Show at Belmont on Saturday. The 3yo daughter of I'm All The Talk was pitched in against some talented opposition first-up since April but made them look second-rate in a 3yo sprint...

Belmont Party for Willaview Park
Willaview Park has been in the frame this month with 3yo winners Costume Party and Saintorio and they could notch a running double for the Narrikup nursery at Belmont Park this Saturday. Costume Party came from last to snatch a last-stride victory when racing first-up...

Pepper salutes for in-form Sessions
The winners kept coming for Oakland Park stallion Sessions when Pepper Assault broke through in town on Wednesday. The Holly Taylor-trained mare hadn't saluted the judge since opening her career with a running double at Northam in July 2021. Known as 'Pepper' at...

Workers comp mutes milestone for Harrison
David Harrison trained his 1200th winner on Saturday when Position Of Power landed the Amelia Park Hcp (1600m) but he was in no mood to celebrate when interviewed after the milestone. Harrison dropped a bombshell by announcing he was going to retire at the end of this...

Thanks be to God: A horse for the Perth Cup
Trainer Daniel O’Connor went out on a limb labelling Gratias Deo a feature horse of the future after his victory in the TABtouch Maiden (1200m) at Belmont last Wednesday. The lightly-raced gelding led home a quinella for Rivercrest Park sire God Has Spoken when...