Firsts For Fergusons

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Former New Zealand trainer-reinsman Brian Ferguson (53) celebrated his first Friday night metropolitan-class winner when his 24-year-old son Micheal drove a patient race to land $8.20 chance Lethal Edition a smart winner of the $20,250 Hoist Torque Australia Pace for two-year-olds at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The win…

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Twobob Cracker Set for Easter Cup

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Promising four-year-old Twobob Cracker is a standing-start specialist who earned a run in the $50,000 Easter Cup next Friday when he won the Taking You To New Heights Handicap over 2503m at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Hopeland trainer Glenn Elliott, who races Twobob Cracker in partnership with Stephen…

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Vespa is a Little Warrior

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Six-year-old Vespa lined up for his tenth start in the space of nine weeks in his current campaign when he began from barrier four and a hot $1.40 favourite in the 2130m Hoist Torque Solutions Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. And the New Zealand-bred Mach Three…

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Breakthrough Win for Hittheroadjack

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Ultra-consistent pacer Hittheroadjack scored a notable victory in the $20,250 Hoist Torque Vertical Transport Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. It was his first win from five appearances at harness racing’s delightful city headquarters. Reinsman Dylan Egerton-Green has formed a strong association with the Greg and Skye…

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Mattjestic Star Ends a Drought

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Eleven-year-old Mattjestic Star ended a losing sequence of 40 when he relished his pacemaking role and beat the $1.50 favourite Heez Our Perseus in the 2130m Hoist Torque Rent A Gen Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The veteran pacer, part-owned and prepared by Wanneroo trainer Julie…

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Mister Bushido Proves His Worth

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Nine-year-old Mister Bushido has been living in the shadow of his illustrious younger full-brother Diego, but he showed his worth with a fighting win in the 2130m Hoist Torque Vertical Transport Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The veteran performer celebrated his 88th start when he was…

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Rockaball Bounces Back

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Lightly-raced New Zealand-bred seven-year-old Rockaball was in a bad state after finishing last when racing first-up after a three-month absence a month ago. He was suffering from severe heat exhaustion and almost collapsed in the wash bay after the race. “I was lucky that Mel McGregor (the course…

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A Stand for Nevermindthechaos?

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Brilliant young pacing mare Nevermindthechaos will compete in her first standing-start event, the $30,000 Race For Roses next Friday fortnight, provided she qualifies with a satisfactory trial in a stand. “She has plenty of good races coming up,” said part-owner and trainer Michael Young after Gary Hall Jnr…

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Young Celebrates First Group Success

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Michael Young, an emerging star amongst the ranks of harness racing’s trainers, celebrated his first success in a feature race group event when the richly talented Emily Suvaljko produced a perfect drive to land Doc Holliday an impressive winner of the $50,000 Hoist Torque Australia Four And Five-Year-Old…

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