Ken Casellas | Photo: Pacepix San Remo Beach, a smart winner of the Westside Auto Wholesale Pace for two-year-old fillies at Gloucester Park on Friday night, will be set for the $100,000 Diamond Classic on August 18 and the $225,000 Westbred Classic on September 15. “That’s the aim for her and her stablemate Maddy Lou,”…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Pacepix Victorian-bred five-year-old Kimble showed the benefit of a change of training methods when he revealed sparkling gate speed and scored a most impressive all-the-way win in the 2130m Beau Rivage Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. He was having his first start for Coolup trainer Michael George, who took…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Pacepix Five-year-old WA-bred gelding Peligroso has resumed after a five-month absence in fine form, with two easy all-the-way wins for Baskerville trainer Ryan Bell and young reinsman Kyle Symington. But it certainly hasn’t been all plain sailing with Peligroso, according to Bell, who said the gelding had caused him many headaches…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Pacepix Victorian-bred six-year-old The Mustang gave a typical solid frontrunning performance to win the 1730m Steelos Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. All of his six wins from 19 appearances in WA have been when he has set the pace. But his trainer Michael Young firmly believes the Changeover gelding…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Pacepix Five-year-old Watching Our Coin has blossomed into a smart pacer after arriving in Australia last November with a New Zealand record of one win from 28 starts. He was a $4.60 chance at Gloucester Park on Friday night when he gave a typical tough performance to win the 1730m Vale…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Pacepix Tiny filly Fly To Fame maintained her splendid form and brought up a hat-trick of wins when she set the pace from barrier one and coasted to victory in the $30,000 GPHR Westsired Pace for three-year-old fillies at Gloucester Park on Friday night. She was the $1.20 favourite from barrier…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Pacepix Gary Hall junior’s legion of fans cashed in at Gloucester Park on Friday night when the champion reinsman drove the first four winners on the program, with the quadrella returning a dividend of $50.70. His fourth consecutive winner was the $1.10 favourite Finvarra, who began from the No.1 barrier and…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Pacepix Outstanding colt Skylord enhanced his reputation as one of the best three-year-olds in the State when he toyed with his rivals and scored a runaway win in the $30,000 GPHR Westsired Pace for colts and geldings at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The $1.04 favourite began from barrier six and…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Pacepix Talented square gaiter Bromwich completed another outstanding evening for champion reinsman Gary Hall Jnr when he romped to an effortless win in the 2503m Follow @Gloucesterpark On Twitter Trot at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The five-year-old Majestic Son gelding was the $1.60 favourite who set the pace and strolled…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Pacepix Michael George is a full-time worker in the maintenance section of Alcoa’s Wagerup alumina refinery, who enjoys his involvement in harness racing as a trainer in Coolup. And on a wintry Friday night he completed his first training double at Gloucester Park when Gary Hall Jnr drove Faster Than Dad…
The GPHR Westbred Winter 4YO & 5YO Restricted Classic (2130m) is a the feature event on Friday night’s 11-event card at Gloucester Park. And two members of the WA Trotting Media Guild – award-winning journalist Ken Casellas and TABradio’s Matt Young – have settled on Faster Than Dad in the $30,000 feature as their best…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Pacepix Ravenswood trainer Nathan Turvey has high hopes that his veteran pacer Mea Culpa retains his perfect record from barrier No. 1 when he starts from the inside in the 2130m Beau Rivage Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Mea Culpa, a former Victorian performer and a seasoned campaigner with…