Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Fifty-one weeks ago, Aldo Cortopassi was a gruesome sight, with his face bloodied and swollen after being kicked in the face by a horse in a freak racing mishap at Gloucester Park. Cortopassi, one of Western Australia’s finest drivers, was seriously considering quitting as a reinsman. A steel plate…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Bonny mare Miss Boudica bounced back to her best form with an emphatic victory in the Garrard’s Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday evening which was a strong indication that she should be a leading candidate for the $50,000 WASBA Breeders Stakes on May 5. The five-year-old had managed…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Lightly-raced four-year-old Goodfellaz produced a sample of his class when he gave a splendid frontrunning exhibition to win the 2130m Garrard’s Rio Cobra Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. His victory showed that he should be a leading candidate for the $50,000 Four And Five-Year-Old Championship next Friday…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Veteran pacer Disco Under Fire is thoroughly enjoying his eighth season of racing, and he notched his 17TH win at his 183RD start when he finished full of running to win the 2536m Garrard’s Online www.horseandhound.com.au Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The ten-year-old gelding, prepared by Serpentine…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Six-year-old Middlepage has been a problem pacer for trainer-reinsman Lindsay Harper for much of his career when he began badly, raced roughly and broke in running on many occasions. But he was on his best behaviour at Gloucester Park on Friday night when he began smoothly from the No.…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Sweet Vivienne is noted for her sparkling gate speed — and Mitch Miller revved her up at the start of the 1730m Garrard’s Here On Track Pace for three-year-old fillies at Gloucester Park on Friday night. But though Sweet Vivienne was smartest into stride from the No. 4 barrier,…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators A complete change of tactics by gifted driver Maddison Brown proved highly successful when five-year-old Arma Einstein gave an excellent frontrunning performance to win the $30,000 Garrard’s Horse And Hound Westbred Autumn Classic at Gloucester Park on Friday night. A week earlier Brown restrained Arma Einstein at the start…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Making his first appearance in a standing-start event proved to be no problem for former Victorian pacer Hector, who was driven assertively by Mitch Miller to score a most impressive victory in the $50,000 group 2 Garrard’s Horse And Hound Easter Cup at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “It…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Champion reinsman Chris Lewis left Gloucester Park on Friday night in high spirits after having driven powerful five-year-old Lavra Joe to a superb all-the-way victory in the 2536m Garrard’s Your One Stop Shop Pace. Greenbushes trainer Ray Jones also wore a confident smile after Lavra Joe had warmed up…
Only eight races at Gloucester Park for the twilight Easter Cup meeting on Friday, but it’s a card packed full of interest. The $50,000 Easter Cup (2503m) is the feature event – a Group 3 standing-start race where getting away from the strands will prove vital for victory. Two members of the WA Trotting Media…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Lightly-raced four-year-old Goodfellaz has resumed after a spell in splendid form and he looks a star bet at Gloucester Park on Friday afternoon when he will start from the prized No. 1 barrier in the 2130m Garrard’s Rio Cobra Pace. The American Ideal gelding, trained by Debra Lewis, raced…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Outstanding mare Nevermindthechaos was dogged by bad luck in the Empress Stakes last week, and she gets an ideal opportunity to return to the winning list when she starts from the outside barrier (No. 9) on the front line in the $26,000 Garrard’s Free-For-All for mares at Gloucester Park…