Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Managing owner and trainer Nathan Turvey is planning new tactics for talented six-year-old Chal Patch, who will begin from the No. 1 barrier in the $50,000 The West Australian Nights Of Thunder over 1730m at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Chal Patch, driven by Kyle Symington, was an impressive heat…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Busselton trainer Barry Howlett was so impressed with the deeds of his brilliant trotter Sunnys Little Whiz seven and eight years ago that he purchased a close relation at a 2019 New Zealand weanling sale. Howlett paid $8000 for the weanling who is now a five-year-old and is…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Talented New Zealand-bred pacer Ideal Agent has made a full recovery from a bowed tendon, and he made an impressive return to racing after a 13-month absence when he was not extended in winning the $31,000 Joe and Margaret Petricevich Free-For-All at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Ideal…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Lightly-raced Victorian-bred mare Nullarbor Navajo is set for a successful campaign, following her easy victory in the 2130m Steelos Open Every Race Night Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. This was her second win from three starts after an eight-month absence, and it completed a driving double…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Consistent mare Mighthavtime is improving with every start, and she produced the best performance of her career when she charged home from last to record an easy win in the $21,000 Mexican March Coming Soon Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Mighthavtime, trained by Greg and Skye…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Expert shoeing by Donald Harper and Craig Hynam has played a significant role in the recent splendid form of WA-bred five-year-old Showpony, who completed a hat-trick of wins when he led and scored an easy victory in the 1730m Catalano Truck And Equipment Sales Pace at Gloucester Park…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators WA-bred seven-year-old Thomson Bay took full advantage of a drop in class and the prized No. 1 barrier when he set the pace and won the $21,000 WA Hall Of Fame Submissions Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Stuart McDonald enjoyed an armchair drive to guide the…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators It was quite appropriate that the $19,000 APG Perth Sale March 3RD Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night was won by a pacer purchased at the APG Perth yearling sale in 2018. The pacer in question is seven-year-old Tintin In America gelding Middlepage, who was not extended…
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…
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…
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…
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…