Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators There were only five runners in the 2130m $20,000 Salami Too Hot To Trot Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night, and the brilliant four-year-old Major Martini simply ambled along in front for the first 1700m before sprinting over the final 400m in a sizzling 26.3sec. The Justin…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Big American Ideal four-year-old The Ideal Touch gave an impressive display of his potential when he worked hard in the breeze before beating the $3.60 favourite Typhoon Banner and Leosabi ($4.40) in the 2130m Mondo Doro Smallgoods Special Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. It was a…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Part-owner and trainer Katja Warwick is a realist. She admits that her smart colt Machnificent is far from being the best three-year-old in the State. But she admires his competitive spirit and has a long-range plan for him to contest the rich Golden Nugget late next year. Machnificent,…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Five-year-old Victorian-bred pacer Bletchley Park fired up after bursting to an early lead and led by five lengths with 500m to travel in the $50,000 Mondo Doro RWWA Cup over 2130m at Gloucester Park on Friday night before holding on grimly, under hard driving from Lindsay Harper, to…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Highly-promising filly Royal Essence staked a strong claim to gain a start in the $125,000 Westral Mares Classic next Friday night when she scored an impressive victory in the $22,000 Giuseppe Raco Memorial Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The New Zealand-bred three-year-old, the $2.30 favourite, gave…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Part-owner and trainer-reinsman Lindsay Harper has decided on a change for smart five-year-old Bettorstartdreaming, who will make his first appearance in a stand in Western Australia when he begins off the 20m mark in the Meat Me At The Post Handicap at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Bettorstartdreaming…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Pacing punters will be scratching their heads when they study the form of the 12 runners in the sixth event, the 2130m Italo-Australian Pace, at Gloucester Park on Friday night, with most of the contestants boasting lengthy losing sequences. What is apparent is that the barrier draw will…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Ravenswood horseman Nathan Turvey is enjoying a wonderful year and he has prepared 72 winners this season to sit in third place behind Greg and Skye Bond (158 winners) and Gary Hall snr (109) on the WA trainers’ premiership table. He is looking forward to a busy time…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Promising three-year-old filly Soho Broadway, a half-sister to former outstanding millionaire pacer Soho Tribeca, will make her West Australian debut when she contests the Bringing Home The Bacon Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. A winner of four races in Victoria, Soho Broadway is a newcomer to…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Ace reinsman Lindsay Harper is bubbling with confidence about Bletchley Park’s prospects in the $50,000 RWWA Cup over 2130m at Gloucester Park on Friday night, declaring: “I think he will run a hell of a race.” Bletchley Park, trained in Bunbury by Stephen Reed, has drawn favourably at…
The $50,000 RWWA Cup (2130m) highlights a 10-event card at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The Group 2 feature promises to be an action-packed race with the likes of Hurricane Harley, Bletchley Park, Mighty Conqueror, Wildwest and Galactic Star set to do battle. The members of the WA Trotting Media Guild have done their homework…
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…