TBWA News
Sichern surges for Safeguard
Sichern might be a late-bloomer from Safeguard’s record-breaking first-crop but he’s making up for lost time with south-coast trainer Liz Strempel. The 5yo gelding didn’t debut until this time last year and he didn’t reappear for his second prep until last month. He...
Winning Blackwatch update at Belmont
Wily owner-trainer Bob McPherson pulled off an old-fashioned sting when Fletcher Road won the TABtouch Better Your Bet Hcp at Belmont on Wednesday. The Demerit gelding firmed from $18 into the $5.20 tote favourite after McPherson removed the blinkers and extended him...
Lucky roll of the Dice at Belmont
No Dice had to dig deep to win yesterday’s Reliable Asset Hcp (1200m) for trainer Sarah Evans and Yarradale Stud sire Bradbury's Luck. With Pat Carberry riding the perfect race at Belmont, No Dice did best in a four-horse finish after being headed in the straight. ...
Dawson’s point of difference in Perth
The extended countdown to Perth’s Magic Millions Sale means vendors get another chance to upgrade their consignments during the LR Detonator Stakes program at Ascot on Saturday. Magic Millions has catalogued 338 Lots over two sessions in the Swan Valley next Tuesday...
Mama Tembu – TBWA Winner Of The Week
Mama Tembu launched a city treble for Blackfriars with a very impressive debut win in the Morley Growers Market Maiden (1200m) at Belmont on Wednesday. The Summer Dickson-trained filly descended from the back-half of the field with a centre-track sprint to overhaul...
Sheeza Belter transfers to Snowden Racing
Magic Millions WA 2YO Classic winner Sheeza Belter will be transferred to Sydney trainers Peter and Paul Snowden. Managing part-owner Justin Warwick announced the move just days after Sheeza Belter announced her arrival on centre-stage at Pinjarra. The Gold Standard...
First Stakes winner for Rommel
Mogumber Park stallion Rommel sired his first Stakes-winner when Pixie Chix stormed to victory in the RL Magic Millions WA 3YO Trophy (1200m) at Pinjarra on Sunday. Pixie Chix (pictured) was bred by Santo Guagliardo and sold through Mogumber Park (as agent) for...
Mt Hallowell wins Magic Millions with a Belter
Craig Thompson has a golden touch breeding 2yo stakes winners and he did it again with Sheeza Belter in the RL Magic Millions WA Classic (1200m) at Pinjarra on Sunday. Sheeza Belter (2f Gold Standard - Saxabelle by Saxon) came from last in a capacity field to swamp...
Our Norman – TBWA Winner of the Week
Port Kennedy trainer Chris Willis has found the key to Our Norman and that’s unlocked the gelding’s potential with three wins in his last six starts. Our Norman won a Pinjarra maiden in December and followed up with an Ascot victory last month before landing the...
Samiam Seussie wins in NZ for Yarradale
Yarradale-bred mare Samiam Seussie slipped under the radar with a last-start win at Trentham in New Zealand. The Tony Pike-trained import claimed a Benchmark 65 over 1600m during the recent Group 1 meeting for the Telegraph Hcp. Her only other win was a Canterbury...
Phantastic finale for Gingerbread Man
Gingerbread Man signed off January with an interstate treble and he can keep raising the bar in February at Pinjarra’s Magic Millions meeting this weekend. The Yarradale Stud sire doubled up at Ascot last Saturday with Phanta and Double Spice on either side of another...
Ruby prepares more gems for Giles
Group 1 WA breeder Ellie Giles is embarking on a new venture with Ruby Racing & Breeding at the Perth Magic Millions this month. Speaking shortly after news of new dates for this year’s Yearling Sale were announced on Monday, Giles was upbeat when previewing her...
