The two-year-old babies take pride of place at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The running of the Group 1 Channel 7 2YO Golden Slipper (2130m) has attracted a capacity field of 12 highly credentialed youngsters who will battle it out for the rich $150,000 purse. And what a great race it promises to be. One…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Smart four-year-old Paul Edward was surprisingly beaten when a $1.24 favourite in a 2185m event at Pinjarra last Monday week, but Serpentine trainer-reinsman Dylan Egerton-Green is confident he will make amends and return to the winning list when he begins from the prized No. 1 barrier in the…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Talented six-year-old Ima Fivestar General has won over a variety of distances from 1730m to 2631m, but there is little doubt that he shines over sprint trips and will be ideally suited on his return to racing after a spell when he contests the Countryman Pace over 1730m…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Pinjarra trainer David Young holds a strong hand in the Chris Lewis 6000 Wins Trot at Gloucester Park on Friday night with two of the eight runners, Patched and Thats Not My Gait. The six-year-old Patched has a splendid record of 15 wins and 19 placings from 53 starts, but…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Star reinsman Aiden De Campo has succeeded in his bid to drive quality colt Grevis in the $150,000 Channel 7 Golden Slipper at Gloucester Park on Friday night, and the son of Lazarus is at the top of his game and has excellent prospects of giving the 31-year-old De Campo…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX El Casanova, an extremely handsome five-year-old, captured the imagination with the sublime brilliance of his effortless all-the-way victory in the 2130m Team Bond Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. This was his third win from three starts in his current campaign — after an eleven-month injury-enforced absence. But he…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Steel The Show, a $23.70 outsider from the No. 5 barrier in the $31,000 The Trots WA Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night, stole a march on his seven rivals with an explosive start. Deni Roberts then was able to dictate terms in front before Steel The Show sprinted…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX The Justin Prentice-trained Artful Major was all the rage as the $2.40 favourite in the opening event, the Retravision Pace for two-year-olds at Gloucester Park on Friday night, but he was badly checked about 400m after the start and his stablemate Manhattan Moon was an upset winner as a $26.70…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Lightly-raced pacer Acharne Girl remains unbeaten in her current campaign of three outings, and she is developing into a strong candidate for the upcoming rich feature events for mares, the group 3 Schrader Pace (October 20), the group 2 Norms Daughter Classic (November 10) and the group 1 $150,000 Mares…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Trainer Michael Young described Lamandier as “a bit of a nightmare” after Gary Hall Jnr had driven the Victorian-bred five-year-old to an easy all-the-way victory in the 2536m Running Camel Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “He is a good fence horse and a good leader, and when he…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Noted frontrunner Mea Culpa gave trainer Nathan Turvey and reinsman Kyle Symington the first leg of a double at Gloucester Park on Friday night when he led his ten rivals on a merry dance in the $25,000 Taste Of WA In Beau Rivage Pace over 2130m. Turvey and Symington completed…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX WA-bred pacer Seeryanfly maintained his remarkable form in standing-start events when he finished with a powerful burst to win the 2503m Book Your Event at Gloucester Park Handicap on Friday night. “His record in stands in unbelievable,” said his trainer Garry Sayers after his cousin Shannon Suvaljko had driven a…