One Good Turn Deserves Another

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Six years ago, eight-time leading WA trainer Ross Olivieri sold well-performed pacer Assassinator to South Australians Christopher and Justin Nicol and the 12-year-old is still racing with youthful enthusiasm. Assassinator, a winner of 19 races in Western Australia, has given the Nicol family considerable pleasure with 16 wins…

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Chal Patch Bounces Back

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Classy New Zealand-bred six-year-old Chal Patch, a disappointing sixth as a hot odds-on favourite a week earlier when racing first-up for six weeks, returned to top form with a thrilling last-stride victory in the second heat of the Nights Of Thunder, the WA Hall Of Fame Submissions Due…

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Rumour Has It Stands Out

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Six-year-old Rumour Has It, the only mare of the 18 runners who contested the two heats of the Nights Of Thunder at Gloucester Park on Friday night, stood out with an incredible victory in the first heat, the $23,000 Channel 7 Pace, and she looms as a major…

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WA MEDIA GUILD FRIDAY’S THOUGHTS 19TH JANUARY

It’s great to see 10 races back on the card for a Friday night meeting at Gloucester Park. The members of the WA Trotting Media Guild have dissected the form around all runners and have come up with their best bets. Ernie Manning, the pacing expert from The West Australian and The Sunday Times, believes…

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Ideal Agent Back In Action

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Ideal Agent, one of the stars of the powerful Greg and Skye Bond stable, will make a long overdue return to racing when he contests the $31,000 Joe and Margaret Petricevich Free-For-All over 2130m at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The New Zealand-bred seven-year-old has not appeared since…

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Jawsoflincoln Has Loads Of Pace

Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Former South Australian pacer Jawsoflincoln possesses dazzling gate speed, and his clash with wonderful frontrunners Stamford and Rumour Has It should provide plenty of fireworks in the Channel 7 Nights Of Thunder heat one over 1730m at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Jawsoflincoln is trained at Boyanup by Justin Prentice…

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Patched Gets His Chance

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Former Victorian square gaiter Patched has been a star since entering the Pinjarra stables of David Young 21 months ago, and he has an ideal opportunity to add to his impressive record by winning the Group 3 1730m Pick Your Race Name Trotters Sprint at Gloucester Park on…

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 Solesseo Matuca In The Spotlight

Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Victorian-bred pacer Solesseo Matuca, a Group 1 winner three starts ago, will be a major attraction when he makes his West Australian debut at Gloucester Park on Friday night. All eyes will be on the five-year-old when he begins from the awkward barrier at No. 6 in the WA Hall…

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Ifeel Sikdarl Is A Good Buy

Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Young Jandabup trainer Ryan Cummins has no regrets that he paid $6000 early in 2022 to buy Ifeel Sikdarl, who scored a strong all-the-way victory in the $21,000 www.gloucesterpark.com.au Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. This took his earnings for the 29-year-old Cummins to $79,576 from nine wins and…

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Machlani Turns The Corner

Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX A change of environment has worked wonders for veteran pacer Machlani, who revealed unexpected gate speed to set the pace and score a runaway victory in the 2130m WA Hall Of Fame Submissions Now Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The eight-year-old was having his sixth start in the…

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Deeorse Breaks Through

Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Veteran pacer Deeorse, unplaced at his previous twelve starts, ended a losing sequence of 22 when he caused an upset in an action-packed SEFS The Asset Finance Specialists Handicap at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Deeorse is prepared at Wanneroo by Debbie Padberg, who races the eight-year-old in partnership with…

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Jaspervellabeach Emerges From The Wilderness

Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Former star juvenile pacer Jaspervellabeach emerged from the wilderness at Gloucester Park on Friday night when a flying start from the outside barrier in the field of six paved the way for his victory in the $21,000 WA Hall Of Fame Submissions Due Pace. Jaspervellabeach, a Victorian-bred seven-year-old, was third…

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