Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Veteran Victorian-bred mare Ideal Charm ended a losing sequence of 55 and a 30-month drought when her stand-in trainer Hayden Charles drove her to victory in the $18,500 Allwood Stud Farm Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Ideal Charm, owned by Charles’s father Kevin and mother Annette, was…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Emily Suvaljko’s bold tactics of keeping the pacemaker and last-start winner Regal Cheval under pressure paid dividends when Angel In White revealed splendid fighting qualities and strength to win the 2536m Xmas In July Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Angel In White, an eight-year-old mare and a…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Outstanding young trainer Michael Young will set New Zealand-bred pacer Moonlite Drive for the $30,000 John Higgins Memorial on July 29 after the five-year-old was untroubled to score an easy victory in the 2536m Bridge Bar Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Moonlite Drive, the $1.30 favourite, gave…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators WA-bred five-year-old Medieval Man was unplaced at the first five starts in his current campaign when he was the victim of wide barriers and back-row draws. But the noted frontrunner has relished favourable draws at his past two appearances. He followed his fighting second to Dominus Factum last Friday…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing It took veteran horseman Daryl Miller more than 45 years to land his first metropolitan-class winner as a trainer when Imahero scored as a $37.70 outsider at Gloucester Park last Friday week, but it took him only another seven days to notch his second city-class success when Imahero…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Victorian-bred four-year-old Platinum Sparkle made an auspicious Gloucester Park debut on Friday night when she was not extended in setting the pace and winning the 2130m Group 3 $30,000 Lombardo Pace for mares. After a slow lead time of 39.4sec. and ambling opening quarters of 32sec. and 29.8sec. Platinum…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Four-year-old Blitzembye, described by his owner Jim Giumelli as a bargain buy, caused an upset when he beat his better credentialled stablemate and $1.12 favourite Ragazzo Mach in the $22,000 Follow @Gloucesterpark On Twitter Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Blitzembye, trained by Mike Reed and driven for…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Champion pacer Magnificent Storm, remarkable value at $3.70 (and $4 on the fixed market), answered his doubters in emphatic fashion when he did all the work in the breeze before surging away from his five rivals and scoring a superb victory in the $30,000 Members Free-For-All at Gloucester Park…
Champion pacer Chicago Bull returns to Gloucester Park on Friday night in what appears certain to be his last preparation before connections retire him. “The Little Bull”, now a rising 10-year-old, has won almost $2.4 million during his illustrious career and his appearance on the 10-event card is a highlight. Members of the WA Trotting…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Mundijong trainer Michael Young, fresh from wins with Beefour Bacardi at Pinjarra on Monday, Getn Wiggy Withit at Gloucester Park on Tuesday and Cooper at Bunbury on Wednesday, is confident his purple patch will continue at Gloucester Park on Friday night. He sung the praises of Moonlite Drive and…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Promising filly Between Two Thorns is proving somewhat of a nightmare for ace trainer-reinsman Aiden De Campo, with her erratic behaviour costing her certain victory at her past two starts. The two-year-old will get another chance to prove her worth when she starts out wide at barrier No.…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Talented New Zealand-bred four-year-old Ragazzo Mach has been placed at his first two appearances after resuming from a spell, and his reinsman Shannon Suvaljko is confident he will chalk up his eleventh win at his 22ND start when he begins from the prized No. 1 barrier in the…