Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Lightly-raced WA-bred five-year-old Papinik thrilled excited spectators at Gloucester Park on Friday night when he unleashed an explosive finishing burst to snatch a last-stride victory over the pacemaker Rockaball in a 2536m event. The Advance Attack gelding, resuming after a six-month absence and favourite at $2.60, appeared to…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Classy colt Finvarra will derive great benefit from his upset victory over star stablemate Jumpingjackmac in a 2130m event for three-year-olds at Gloucester Park on Friday night, according to reinsman Callan Suvaljko. “He is a horse who will keep improving and is ready to take the next step,”…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators “He’s on the way up,” declared champion reinsman Chris Lewis after driving Hampton Banner to an impressive all-the-way victory over the talented but enigmatic star Wildwest in the 2130m Cowden Ltd Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. This brought up Hampton Banner’s sixth win in a row…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Ravenswood trainer Nathan Turvey and young driver Emily Suvaljko are proving to be one of the most formidable combinations in WA harness racing, and they were to the forefront again at Gloucester Park on Friday night when they notched a double in successive races. First, the Victorian-bred Leosabi…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Star reinsman Gary Hall jnr enjoyed happy memories of driving Before Night Falls to victories in the Western Crown Classic and Diamond Classic for two-year-old fillies in 2008 when he guided The Kraken to an easy all-the-way victory in the 2130m Cowden Ltd Pace at Gloucester Park on…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Talented young driver Maddison Brown continued her excellent association with the Justin Prentice-trained pacer Back In Twenty when she was rewarded for her aggression by guiding the five-year-old to an effortless victory in the 2130m Cowden Ltd Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. There was plenty of…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Bullsbrook trainer-reinsman Brad Stampalia and his father Peter admired the natural speed and ability of Zennart in his races for trainer Gary Hall snr a few years ago, and they jumped at the opportunity to purchase his close relation and unraced two-year-old from Melbourne in 2019. The New…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Cardup trainer Craig Abercromby is delighted with WA-bred two-year-old filly Free Wheeling’s potential and the way she is racing, and he is looking forward keenly to her running in the WA Oaks next year. “She is showing every sign of developing into an Oaks runner,” said Abercromby, who…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Champion reinsman Chris Lewis remained cool in a crisis and weaved his magic to extricate Born To Boogie from two seemingly hopeless positions in the final circuit and land the brilliant six-year-old mare a dashing winner of the $50,000 Cowden Limited The Insurance Brokers Norms Daughter Classic at…