Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Evergreen pacer Galactic Star still enjoys racing as a ten-year-old, and he ended a 19-month drought and a losing sequence of 29 when he set the pace and won convincingly from six-year-olds The Code Breaker and The Mustang in the 2536m Beau Rivage For Xmas In July Pace at…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Early this century Shane Gaebler was well known as the part-owner, trainer and driver of smart pacing mare Billabong Girl before he concentrated on his business as a horse dentist. Now the 51-year-old Gaebler is back in business in the sport of harness racing — after an absence of…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Promising young pacer In A Wink impressed with a spirited victory in the 2130m Garrard’s Horse And Hound Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night and will now have a let-up before being prepared for the $100,000 Diamond Classic for two-year-old fillies on August 18. In A Wink is…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Six-year-old New Zealand-bred Classic Choice relishes setting the pace, and Busselton trainer Barry Howlett was confident that the gelding would be successful after drawing favourably at barrier No. 2 in the 2130m Beau Rivage Open Through July Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Classic Choice was the warm…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Smart six-year-old Prince Of Pleasure repeated the dose at Gloucester Park on Friday night when he set the pace and won from stablemate Finvarra in the 1730m Bridge Bar Pace — seven nights after he led and beat Finvarra over 2130m. Prince Of Pleasure, the $1.10 favourite from the…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators New Zealand-bred five-year-old Watching Our Coin made a successful debut at Gloucester Park when he scored a runaway victory in the 1730m Steelos Restaurant Pace on Friday night. He was simply following in the footsteps of his close relation OK Windermere, who won at his Gloucester Park debut when…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Inexperienced New Zealand-bred three-year-old Mister Smartee has not been extended in coasting to victory at his first two appearances in WA, and he looks certain to develop into a leading candidate for the $200,000 WA Derby on November 3. He was the $1.30 favourite from the No. 1 barrier…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Underrated young pacer Ardens Horizon maintained his superb form and caused an upset when he outsprinted champion Magnificent Storm in the home straight to win the 2503m Beau Rivage Buffet Dining Handicap at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Byford trainer-reinsman Callan Suvaljko, who races Ardens Horizon, a New Zealand-bred…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Champion mare Wonderful To Fly will not travel to Queensland to contest the $250,000 Rising Sun at Albion Park on July 8, but part-owner and trainer-reinsman Shane Young is still keen to take the four-year-old to Sydney to run in the $1.2 million Eureka Slot race at Menangle on…