Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing The Marathon Handicap is one of the few feature races that has eluded champion trainers Greg and Skye Bond, but they are poised to right that wrong by winning the group 3 event over 3309m at Gloucester Park on Friday night with the lightly-raced New Zealand-bred gelding Himself.…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Early this year Paula Petricevich was so disappointed with Paroquet, a four-year-old mare she had bred, that she advertised her for sale at just $3000. She received a few tentative nibbles, but nobody was willing to outlay this small price to buy her. Eventually, Serpentine trainer Michael Munro took…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing A flying start from barrier four paved the way for Machlani’s long overdue win in the 2536m Direct Trades Supply Maddington Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The six-year-old gelding’s victory over Allwoods Rocknroll ($4.40) and Withoutthetuh ($2.50 favourite) ended an 857-day drought and a losing sequence…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Classy Alta Christiano gelding Swingband resumed after a spell in dazzling style with a splendid victory in the 2130m Noah George Fundraiser Night Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. His powerful performance in winning from The Miki Taker and Tricky Miki was a firm indication that he…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Rising trotting star Patched has made a good recovery from a worrying urinary tract infection and he simply outclassed the opposition when he set the pace and strolled to an effortless victory in the DTS Farm Fence Trot, a stand over 2503m at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “The…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Enigmatic seven-year-old Will I Rocknroll took full advantage of the prized No. 1 barrier when Stuart McDonald enjoyed an armchair drive in guiding him to an easy all-the-way win in the 2130m Farmlock Fencing Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Supporters of the $1.30 favourite had no…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Four-year-old Orlando Blue, unplaced at his first three appearances after a spell, bounced back to form with a solid win in the 2536m Happy 50TH John Ramage Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Starting favourite at $1.80, Orlando Blue was bounced straight to the front from barrier two…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing New Zealand-bred six-year-old Plutonium made a successful return to racing after a 13-month absence when Maddison Brown drove him to a convincing victory in the 2536m Direct Trades Supply We’ve Got Shedloads Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Plutonium was a $5.30 chance from barrier three, and…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing The $100,000 Diamond Classic for two-year-old fillies next Friday week is the target for the promising Pocketful Of Opals, who scored a smart victory in the DTS 65,000 Stock Lines Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Pocketful Of Opals, bred, part-owned and trained in Collie by Bianca…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Stuart McDonald was booked for just two drives at Gloucester Park on Friday night before he discovered on Thursday that he was required to replace champion reinsman Gary Hall Jnr on four horses after Hall had succumbed to an attack of coronavirus. He seized his unexpected bonus with…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Talented driver Deni Roberts celebrated her biggest success in the sulky when her aggressive tactics paid off handsomely, with $7.30 chance Socrates scoring a thrilling half-head victory in the $50,000 Direct Trades Supply San Simeon Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. This gave the 26-year-old Roberts her…
Leading trainers Greg and Skye Bond have a strong hand in Friday night’s feature event at Gloucester Park. The Bond stable will send four runners around in the $50,000 Group 2 Direct Trades Supply San Simeon Pace (2130m). But members of the WA Trotting Media Guild have looked elsewhere to find their star bets on…