Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Two-year-old pacer Advantage arrived in Western Australia five weeks ago, and he made a wonderful debut when he scored an impressive victory in the $20,250 Ora Foods Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The gelding, prepared by leading trainers Greg and Skye Bond, was handled in fine style…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Outstanding young driver Emily Suvaljko had a plan to beat Dominus Factum in the 2130m Magnificent Storm Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night — and it succeeded. She was driving the polemarker and $1.60 favourite Angel In White, and her aggression paid dividends when she applied considerable pressure…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Victorian-bred pacer Gee Smith, regarded in Western Australia as a standing-start specialist, showed his ability as a mobile performer when he gave a spirited performance to win the Emily And Elise Stampalia Pace over 2130m at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “We haven’t had a lot of luck in…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Plutonium’s future was in the balance when he damaged his nearside fore tendon when he finished strongly to win from Alta Engen at Gloucester Park in July 2021. But he has made a wonderful recovery and has scored decisive wins at his first two starts after resuming after a…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Veteran pacer Bracken Sky boosted his earnings past a quarter of a million dollars when he gave a typical solid frontrunning display to win the 2130m Noah George Race Night Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Delighted trainer and part-owner Debbie Padberg said that the versatile New South…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Boom Time, an easy all-the-way winner of the 2130m Durrant Racing Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night, was described by trainer Ross Olivieri as a classy customer, capable of winning in better-class company. “He can do even better in stronger company,” said Olivieri after Chris Voak had guided…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Outstanding young trainer Michael Young is unable to hide his admiration for five-year-old Eighteen Carat, who he declares is one of the smartest mares in Western Australia. “The $150,000 Mares Classic on November 25 is the main aim for Eighteen Carat, and I think she can give it…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Lightly-raced New Zealand-bred pacer Himself is destined for stardom, and he is showing that he is sure to prove a formidable opponent to pacers of the calibre of Lavra Joe, Jumpingjackmac, Mighty Ronaldo, Finvarra, Stamford, Ragazzo Mach, Mr Fantastic, Ezana and others in feature events for four-year-olds later this…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Evergreen millionaire pacer Vultan Tin is far from a spent force. He provided emphatic proof of that when he crushed his younger rivals in the $30,000 Thank You Cruz, Love Noah Free-For-All at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The ten-year-old will line up for his 209TH start when he…
The $30,000 Tabtouch Marathon Handicap (3309m) headlines an action-packed 10-event card at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The Group 3 stand is the longest event staged at headquarters, with the 11-horse field tasked with completing almost four laps of the track. It’s certainly not for the faint-hearted. Members of the WA Media Guild have, with…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Veteran pacer Bracken Sky has managed just one win from his past 30 starts, but he has been a wonderful money spinner for his part-owner and Wanneroo trainer Debbie Padberg. The seven-year-old has accumulated $248,850 in prizemoney from 18 wins and 37 placings from 147 starts — and…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Wanea, a dismal failure when a $1.45 favourite last Friday week, can make amends by winning the Ora Foods Pace for two-year-olds at Gloucester Park on Friday night, according to the filly’s trainer-reinsman Chris Voak. Wanea started from the outside in the field of seven last week when she…