Aardiebytheseaside Is A Star

Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Four-year-old New Zealand-bred mare Aardiebytheseaside, sold as a weanling for $1500, is destined to become one of harness racing’s greatest bargains. She made an auspicious Australian debut when she won the Group 2 $75,000 TABtouch Empress Stakes at Gloucester Park on Friday night to boost her record to 22 starts…

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A Double And Quinella For Padberg

Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Wanneroo trainer Debbie Padberg and her husband John made a wise decision to buy You Fly With Me, who made his first appearance for his new owners when he was successful in the 2130m TABtouch International Form Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The New Zealand-bred six-year-old You Fly…

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Padberg Is In A State Of Heaven

Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Wanneroo trainer Debbie Padberg’s admiration for the progeny of American stallion Rock N Roll Heaven increased after her pacer State Of Heaven set the pace and won the $21,000 You’ve Got The Touch With TABtouch Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. She had just returned from Melbourne last Monday…

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El Chema Gets A Perfect Trip

Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX New Zealand-bred pacer El Chema, who races without hopples, was always going to win the 2130m TABtouch Place A Same Race Multi Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night after the $1.80 favourite Cowboys N Bandits contacted the arm of the mobile barrier and broke into a gallop, according to…

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One-Act Affair For Loucid Dreams

Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Promising five-year-old gelding Loucid Dreams showed that he should win many more races when he gave a splendid frontrunning display to outclass his rivals in the 2130m Download The TABtouch App Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Driven confidently by Maddison Brown for her father, trainer Colin Brown, Loucid…

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Eldaytona Ends Nine-Month Drought

Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX WA-bred pacer Eldaytona caused a surprise when, at his first outing for seven weeks, he finished full of running to win the $21,000 TABtouch Scan My Bet Pace over 2130m at Gloucester Park on Friday night. His victory for part-owner and trainer-reinsman Lindsay Harper ended a losing sequence of eleven…

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Im The Black Flash’s Flying Start

Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX A flying start from the 10-metre line in the 2503m standing start TABtouch Supports Gloucester Park Handicap at headquarters on Friday night paved the way for the New Zealand-bred gelding’s victory. “He flew away and he almost threw me out of the back of the cart the way he got…

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Five In A Row For Water Lou

Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Brilliant filly Water Lou extended her winning sequence to five when Shannon Suvaljko drove her to an easy win in the 2130m TABtouch Sky Racing With Race Replays Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The Mike Reed-trained pacer appears to have a stranglehold on the feature events for three-year-old…

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Hall Lauds Mister Smartee

Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX The sky is the limit for lightly-raced New Zealand-bred four-year-old Mister Smartee according to Gary Hall Jnr who drove the gelding to an effortless victory in the 2130m TABtouch Share My Bet Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “He’s had a few behavioural issues we have needed to work…

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Pinny Tiger’s Splendid Cup Trial

Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Six-year-old Pinny Tiger warmed up for the $300,000 Retravision Fremantle Cup next Friday night in grand style with a decisive win in the $31,000 TABtouch Parliamentarians Cup over 2536m at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Pinny Tiger is part-owned and trained by Michael Brennan, an Olympic gold medallist who was…

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Gath’s Patience Is Rewarded

Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Patience is a virtue, and champion driver Kate Gath’s plan to opt out of the early speed battle in the $1,250,000 Nullarbor slot race at Gloucester Park on Friday night paid handsome dividends when Catch A Wave stormed home from the rear to score a thrilling victory in the Group…

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Callaghan Aims To Go One Better

Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Ace reinsman Jack Callaghan has issued a strong warning to Spirit Of St Louis’s rivals in the $1,250,000 TABtouch Nullarbor slot race at Gloucester Park on Friday night when he declared that the veteran millionaire pacer was poised to lead the opposition on a merry dance. “I’d say that Spirit…

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