Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Ravenswood trainer-driver Jocelyn Young completed an outstanding evening at Gloucester Park on Friday night when she brought up a treble with brilliant mare Steno outclassing her rivals in the $27,000 7Plus Pace over 2130m. Earlier in the night the 30-year-old Young trained and drove Cut N Run and Anotherbigman to…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Five-year-old Cut N Run ended a sequence of three second placings and gave a sample of his ability when he set the pace and scored a convincing victory in the 2130m Sunday Times Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The New Zealand-bred gelding by Bettors Delight is certainly bred…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Soho Santorini continued his rise to prominence when he gave a splendid frontrunning performance to win the 2130m Perth Now Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “He has never raced better,” said trainer Kim Prentice after Mitch Miller had driven the five-year-old to a one-length victory over Flying Rumour,…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Victorian-bred pacer Anotherbigman is generally considered an excellent frontrunner. But trainer Jocelyn Young’s decision to race the Art Major five-year-old with a sit paid dividends when he unleashed a sparkling late burst to get up and win the 1730m Countryman Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Anotherbigman, who had…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX A bold bid by trainer-reinsman Robbie Williams to set the pace with Ima Fivestar General failed, but the New Zealand-bred seven-year-old was capable of racing in the breeze before finishing determinedly to win the 1730m Streamer.com.au Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The polemarker Rubins Plight was all the…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Byford owner-trainer Katja Warwick enjoyed considerable success with Straittothehilton, whose first foal Rascal is proving a wonderful moneyspinner. “Rascal loves to lead,” said Warwick after Shannon Suvaljko had driven the six-year-old to a convincing all-the-way victory in the 2130m Up Late Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Rascal, having…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX “He’s done a massive job,” said Banjup trainer Murray Lindau after Kyle Harper had driven the speedy WA-bred six-year-old Talks Up A Storm to a smart all-the-way victory in the $31,000 The Game Free-For-All at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “He is a week-by-week proposition,” said Lindau. “Tying up is…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Star reinsman Shannon Suvaljko had some anxious moments before guiding brilliant filly Water Lou to an easy victory in the 2130m Sunrise Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The off-side tyre of Water Lou’s sulky was punctured 750m from home, and Suvaljko had to nurse the filly over the…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX It was an absolute fluke which led to outstanding Boyanup trainer Justin Prentice winning the $50,000 The West Australian Nights Of Thunder at Gloucester Park on Friday night with the much travelled Jawsoflincoln flying home from a seemingly impossible position on the home turn to snatch a dramatic victory. Prentice…
Friday night’s nine-race card features the running of the $50,000 The West Australian Nights Of Thunder Final (1730m). This promises to be a thrilling race with plenty of pace and plenty of winning chances. However, one man believes he’s found the winner of the night’s feature. Ernie Manning, a valued member of the WA Trotting…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX WA-bred five-year-old Goodfellaz drops significantly in class when he begins out wide from barrier seven in the 1730m Countryman Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The gelding to be driven by Chris Lewis for his wife Debra (who bred and trains the pacer) should prove too classy for his…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Ravenswood trainer-driver Jocelyn Young was convinced that New Zealand-bred five-year-old Cut N Run had snatched a last-stride victory in a 1730m event last Friday night. However, the photo finish revealed that the pacemaker Post Game had held on to score by a half-head. “I was sure he had won,” said…