Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Velocipede, a big, tall and athletic two-year-old, showed he has a bright future when he gave a splendid frontrunning exhibition to score an easy victory in the $20,250 The Current Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Champion reinsman Gary Hall Jnr, who had driven stablemate Hes Never Been…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Nine-year-old Fanci A Dance showed that age and a wide barrier (No. 8) are certainly not insurmountable barriers when he proved far too good for his eleven rivals in the 2536m It’s Camel Time Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Driven aggressively by master reinsman Chris Lewis, Fanci…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Star reinsman Ryan Warwick notched his 99TH winner for the season when he drove Ideal Agent to a comfortable victory in the $23,750 Vale Robbie Dewar Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Ideal Agent, prepared by leading trainers Greg and Skye Bond, was the $2.50 favourite from the…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Former Tasmanian pacer Cool Water Paddy’s win in the opening event, the Rex Far Too Good Pace, at Gloucester Park on Friday night revived memories of Eyre Crusher’s close second to Three Blind Mice in the 2014 WA Derby. Eyre Crusher, trained by Gary Hall Snr, had 18 starts…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators New Zealand-bred four-year-old Our Shelley Beach, generally recognised as a frontrunner, produced a sample of his versatility when he sprinted home strongly to score an impressive win in the 2130m Jnr Vice President Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Astute trainer Mike Reed attributed the three-length victory over…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Sportswriter four-year-old Himself is proving an outstanding standing-start specialist, and he gave his supporters no cause for concern as he romped to an easy victory in the Mrs Trotting Camel Handicap, a 2503m stand at Gloucester Park on Friday night. He was the $1.60 favourite from the inside of…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Highly promising New Zealand-bred filly Cyclone Charlotte ruined her chances when she broke in running at two of her first three appearances in WA and was sent back to trials. But she has overcome this bad habit and was on her best behaviour at Gloucester Park on Friday night…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators “She gets better every time she goes around,” said Ravenswood trainer Jocelyn Young after driving The Amber Hare to an effortless victory in the $26,000 Dack Hardwick Free-For-All at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “She will go around in the $150,000 Mares Classic next Friday night, and then after…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators New Zealand-bred five-year-old Hampton Banner revealed his class with a typical stylish frontrunning display to score a narrow victory in the 1730m Pat Cranley Memorial at Gloucester Park on Friday night, with part-owner Mark Lewis saying the Bettors Delight gelding was on target to play an important role in…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Owner-trainer Ray Jones patted Lavra Joe fondly on the nose after the powerful gelding had crushed his rivals in the Group 2 Bill Newman Four-Year-Old Championship at Gloucester Park on Friday night, and he declared that his pacer simply loved racing. “The plan is for him to run in…
The WA harness racing industry was saddened this week by the passing of one its finest gentleman – Robbie Dewar. Robbie, who was a long-serving member of the WA Trotting Media Guild, had been in declining health over the past few years with Parkinson’s Disease. Nevertheless, his death at the age of 64 sent shockwaves…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Contesting the $1 million Nullarbor Slot race at Gloucester Park in April is in the pipeline for the exciting injury-plagued pacer Prince Of Pleasure, whose sizzling speed and sheer brilliance enthralled harness racing fans on Friday night. “I’m going to push him through the classes in a bid to…