TBWA News
Yarradale flying with four-timer at Pinjarra
Yarradale Stud’s successful run continued on Thursday with four of the first five winners at Pinjarra. The Gidgegannup farm doubled up at Ascot earlier this week with stablemates Express Time (War Chant) and Wunderkind (Gingerbread Man) before an amazing sequence of...
Foxy filly going places for Guagliardo
Winning a mile maiden at Pinjarra was worth a whole lot more to Santo Guagliardo than the $17,150 he banked after Wicked Fox defeated short-priced favourite Forlane (NZ) on Thursday. Wicked Fox (Foxwedge) is a half-sister to Champion Australian 3YO Filly Delicacy (Al...
Potent Parnham mares from Yarradale
Trainer Neville Parnham brought up an Ascot double for Yarradale Stud with Gingerbread Man mare Wunderkind in the Morley Growers Market Hcp (1400m) on Wednesday. The champion conditioner had prepared War Chant’s consistent mare Express Time to her fourth win this year...
Gimcrack Stakes goal for She’s Greysful
Promising 2yo filly She’s Greysful is on track for a return to racing following an eye-catching gallop at Lark Hill on Tuesday morning. The grey daughter of Geisel Park sire Vert de Grece (Ire) won a 400m trial by more than three lengths under a hold from Steven...
Playing God most popular in WA
Figures released by the Australian Stud Book for spring coverings in 2021 confirm Playing God is the most popular stallion in Western Australia. The Darling View Thoroughbreds champion served 128 mares last year at a State-high fee of $16,500 (inc GST). Playing God...
Another Elite sprinter for Anita Vale
Anita Vale Stud’s Group 1 mare Elite Ateates (Exceed and Excel) has another very promising sprinter rising through ranks in Melbourne. Her lightly-raced 3yo Elite Icon broke his maiden by four lengths over 1200m at Moonee Valley last month and went right on with the...
Ducimus stock impress Miller at Magic Millions
Ducimus has his first crop with all the right trainers and that will count when the 2yo season gets serious in 2022-23. They’re built to be early winners and have all the right credentials being by a Flemington 2yo Stakes winning son of super-sire Snitzel. Ducimus...
Supreme test for Amelia’s Jewel at Ascot
Amelia Park’s success in the sale-ring continued at Oaklands this week when its Snitzel - Amelia's la Bout filly made $475,000 to the bid of trainer Clinton McDonald. WA-based Amelia Park owner Peter Walsh sold her through the Segenhoe Thoroughbreds consignment as Lot...
Miss Frost back in business at Ascot
Three days after topping overall turnover at the Perth Magic Millions, Yarradale Stud was back in business at Ascot winning the Glenroy Chaff Hcp (1000m) with Miss Frost. Yarradale owner Ron Sayers sold Miss Frost to David Reed at the 2017 Yarradale Yearling Sale and...
Blackfriars a Constant in Ascot 1000 Guineas
Constant Dreaming provided her sire Blackfriars (Danehill) with his 46th individual stakes winner in the LR Ascot 1000 Guineas (1800m) on Saturday. The Adam Durrant-trained filly (Photo: Western Racepix) is from the final crop of the Scenic Lodge legend and is his...
Pearce Racing steals a Bondi in Perth
Pearce Racing bought two yearlings by Lynward Park sire Bondi (Snitzel) at the Perth Magic Millions earlier this week and wasted no time recouping a slice of that spend with the help of their Lynward Park graduate Fear The Wind at Ascot’s twilight meeting on...
Playing God tops turnover at Magic Millions
Group 1 stallion Playing God topped turnover at this week’s Perth Magic Millions with 24 yearlings finding new homes for $2,283,500. The Darling View Thoroughbreds champion also led local sires on the leader-board for averages at $95,146. It was his second win...
