Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Champion reinsman Gary Hall jnr has a high opinion of brilliant three-year-olds Jumpingjackmac and Finvarra, and he has given punters a strong tip by choosing to drive Jumpingjackmac in preference to Finvarra in the Cowden Limited, The Insurance Brokers Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The two…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Inexperienced WA-bred five-year-old Papinik possesses scintillating point-to-point speed, and a superb trial at Pinjarra on Thursday of last week showed that he was poised for a successful return to racing after a six-month absence. Trained by Ross Olivieri and to be driven by Chris Voak, Papinik will start…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Talented five-year-old Wainui Creek’s prospects of winning the Cowden Limited Norms Daughter Classic for the second year in a row were boosted when she drew the coveted No. 1 barrier in the $50,000 group 2 feature 2130m event for mares at Gloucester Park on Friday night. She gave…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Pint-sized pacer Galactic Star has always basked in the limelight with his brilliance, consistency and versatility, and now the rising nine-year-old is firmly on target to have another crack at the rich Fremantle and WA Pacing Cups in January. Prepared by leading trainers Greg and Skye Bond and…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Relief was the major reaction of trainer and part-owner Justin Prentice after Major Martini was an effortless winner of the group 3 $30,000 Better Your Bet With TABtouch RWWA Pace over 2536m at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Prentice and his big team of co-owners had endured 19…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators When Robin Zec was planning an overseas holiday in 2019, he advertised Burning Rubber for sale — and Middle Swan trainer-reinsman Brett Smith has no regrets that he outlaid $12,000 to purchase the New Zealand-bred Mach Three gelding. Burning Rubber, who is raced by Smith in partnership with…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators West Australian-bred four-year-old Al Guerrero enhanced his reputation as one of the State’s best frontrunning pacers when he bowled along in front and was untroubled to win the 2130m Channel 7 Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Trained at Pinjarra by Kyle Anderson and driven with supreme…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Trainer Gary Hall senior’s decision to make several gear changes has enabled the smart five-year-old Diego to bounce back to form, following a dismal first-up failure. Diego, the $1.20 favourite, was on his best behaviour when he scored a decisive victory in the 2130m The Running Camel Pace…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Lightly-raced New Zealand-bred six-year-old Just Wing It is developing into a standing-start specialist for Oakford trainer Ross Olivieri and star reinsman Chris Lewis. The Art Major gelding got away safely but slowly from the 10m mark before finishing strongly to win the 2503m Retravision Handicap by a half-length…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Champion reinsman Gary Hall jnr continued in dazzling form on Friday night when, for the second week in a row, he landed five winners at a Gloucester Park meeting. And for the second consecutive week Gary Hall snr chalked up four winners as a trainer. Hall junior’s fifth…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators West Australian-bred four-year-old Alta Blues maintained his splendid form with an impressive victory in the 2130m Simmonds Steel Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night, and he looks destined to race in the United States. “He is a good horse and there’s American interest in him,” said champion…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Champion trainer Gary Hall snr was thrilled at Youre So Fine’s dazzling first-up victory in the Team Bond Pace for two-year-olds at Gloucester Park on Friday night, and he predicted that the New Zealand-bred colt would prove hard to beat in the rich WA Derby next May. “He’s…