Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Honest six-year-old Rusinol ended a losing sequence of 49 when he set the tone for an evening of upsets at Gloucester Park on Tuesday night by finishing with a spirited burst to win the 2130m Jeavons Racing Slot Holder Pace. Only one favourite (Golden Lode at $1.04) was successful on…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Zephyra, winner of two Group 1 features as a two-year-old in 2022, should appreciate a drop in class and prove hard to beat from the prized No. 1 barrier in the $100,000 Westbred Classic for four-year-old mares over 2536m at Gloucester Park on Friday night. She has managed one placing…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Club Menangle/Pacepix Champion Victorian trainer Andy Gath is looking forward to his outstanding five-year-old Catch A Wave gaining vital experience of racing on the 804m Gloucester Park track on Friday night when the gelding contests the $31,000 Sky Racing Free-For-All over 2130m. “I’m keen for him to race at Gloucester Park…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Byford trainer Ron Huston visited the 2022 APG Perth yearling sale with the firm intention of buying a Sunshine Beach colt out of Falcons Gem. But after a keen duel he was resigned to being the under bidder, with the colt, now named Menemsha, being purchased for $47,500 by Aiden…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Retired businessman Steve Levar has happy memories of when he trained a couple of pacers in WA in the mid-1980s, and now he is enjoying great success as an owner after almost 40 years away from harness racing. Now 80, Levar owned and trained Sir Eric when he…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Star reinsman Gary Hall Jnr has a high opinion of four-year-old Mister Smartee, who outclassed his rivals in the 2130m Cowden Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “He has a huge motor and a massive tank,” said Hall after Mister Smartee, the $1.10 favourite, had beaten $101 outsider Louie…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Champion reinsman Gary Hall Jnr notched his 50TH win for the season when he drove Im The Black Flash to victory in the Countryman Handicap at Gloucester Park on Friday night. It gave Hall his third win for the night, and it completed a double for master trainer Gary Hall…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Serpentine trainer-reinsman Dylan Egerton-Green admitted that there were no big wraps on Full Swing Denario after the New Zealand-bred gelding had won the 1730m APG Harness Racing Is Our Focus Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. But he said that Full Swing Denario would be set for the rich…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX “Any horse with gate speed has an advantage at Gloucester Park,” said Kyle Symington after driving Queeninthecorner to an easy all-the-way win in the 2130m Download The TABtouch App Pace on Friday night. Queeninthecorner, a noted frontrunner, was the $1.20 favourite from barrier three, and Symington dashed her straight to…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Emily Suvaljko’s plans to set the pace in the 2130m Retravision Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night were foiled when veteran pacer Machlani was beaten out by $34 outsider Yankee Lincoln. But Suvaljko then was happy to bide her time with Machlani, a $14.10 chance, who was shuffled back…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Star filly Water Lou maintained her dominance of feature events when she was not extended in cruising to victory in the $50,505 APG WA Gold Bullion final for three-year-old fillies at Gloucester Park on Friday night. She was the $1.04 favourite from the No. 1 barrier and Shannon Suvaljko enjoyed…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Promising four-year-old mare Turn The Page ran an excellent trial for the $75,000 Empress Stakes next Friday week when she finished strongly from sixth at the bell to win the 2503m Race For Roses at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Turn the Page, trained by Greg and Sky Bond, was…