It’s a pity that we won’t have a crowd at Gloucester Park on Friday night for the running of the Group 1 $200,000 Sky Racing WA Derby (2536m), but that doesn’t take away from the spectacle of the event. The clash of Jumpingjackmac and Lavra Joe will be a highlight in itself, with members of…
New Zealand-bred four-year-old Parmesan will reappear after a three-month absence when he starts from the prized No. 1 barrier in the 2536m In The Gig On Sky Racing Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. He is a first-up specialist, having been successful each time at his first appearance in a race at his first…
A considerable drop in class should enable Space Junk to end a losing sequence of 11 (including only two third placings) when he starts from the favourable No. 2 barrier in the opening event, the 2130m Sky Racing Pace, at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The seven-year-old Space Junk, trained by Giles Inwood and to…
Former Victorian mare Alice Kay has bright prospects of celebrating her first appearance in a stand by winning the $30,000 Sky Racing Replays Laurie Kennedy Race For Roses over 2503m at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The Katja Warwick-trained four-year-old mare will be handled by star reinsman Gary Hall Jnr, who is seeking his third…
The outstanding father-son combination of Hall of Fame champions Gary Hall Snr and Gary Hall Jnr is poised to create history at Gloucester Park on Friday night by winning the $200,000 Sky Channel WA Derby with Jumpingjackmac, the least experienced runner in the field. The strong possibility of a Hall triumph emerged when Jumpingjackmac drew…
Inexperienced four-year-old Hampton Banner has overcome a fractured hind leg and three operations to develop into one of the State’s most promising young pacers. The Bettors Delight gelding, trained by Debra Lewis, has returned to racing after an eleven-month absence in fine style, and he completed a winning hat-trick when Chris Lewis drove him to…
Veteran pacer Whozideawasthis became only the second pacer in the 60-year history of the Memorial Day Stakes to win the feature event twice when he revealed sparkling gate speed from the outside barrier in the field of six to set a brisk pace and score a stylish victory in the $25,000 feature event over 2536m…
Former New South Wales prolific winner Jack Farthing justified hot favouritism at $1.50 with an effortless victory in the 2130m Mondo Doro Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. His win for Boyanup trainer Justin Prentice, Capel reinsman Aiden de Campo and owners Kevin Jeavons and his son Kyle came at his second appearance after…
Dependable New Zealand-bred six-year-old Lawrence continued his outstanding form in Western Australia for leading trainers Greg and Skye Bond when he was favourite at $2.20 and had to be driven desperately by Ryan Warwick to get up and snatch a last-stride victory by a half-head from Medieval Man in the 2096m Choices Flooring Handicap at…
When the $1.50 favourite Classic Choice galloped at the start from the No. 2 barrier in the Garrard’s Horse And Hound Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night talented driver Maddison Brown seized the initiative by urging $14.40 chance Back In Twenty to the front from barrier three. Back In Twenty, trained by Justin Prentice,…
Talented New Zealand-bred five-year-old My Carbon Copy enjoyed a drop in class when he ended a losing sequence of ten with a comfortable all-the-way victory in the 2130m Intersport Slater Gartrell Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The $1.20 favourite from the No. 2 barrier dawdled through the lead time in 39.5sec. and the…
Victorian-bred pacer Heavens Showgirl gave further proof that she will develop into one of Western Australia’s best mares when she charged home from seventh with 550m to travel to burst to the front 330m later on her way to an impressive victory over Blissfullabbey in the 2130m Channel 7 Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday…