Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Members of the Trotsynd No. 16 syndicate are celebrating yet another victory from their wonderful four-year-old Sportswriter gelding Manning, who is prepared by astute Boyanup trainer Justin Prentice. Manning, driven with supreme confidence by Maddison Brown, turned the 2536m Garrard’s Freecall Pace into a one-act affair at Gloucester…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Rising star Hampton Banner defied a spirited interrogation from Jumpingjackmac when he held the brilliant three-year-old at bay and scored an impressive first-up victory in the 2130m Garrard’s Horse And Hound Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The four-year-old Hampton Banner, second fancy at $3.80, was resuming…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Up-and-coming superstar Finvarra is a three-year-old who has had only eight starts. His exciting potential excites Hall of Fame trainer Gary Hall snr who is toying with the idea of setting the West Australian-bred colt for the rich Fremantle and WA Pacing Cups in January. Finvarra’s runaway victory…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Hurricane Harley, an effortless winner of the group 3 Gerrard’s Howard Porter Memorial at Gloucester Park on Friday night, is being set for the $50,000 RWWA Cup on November 19 as a major lead-up before his assault on the rich Fremantle and WA Pacing Cups in January. “He…
Alan Parker | Photo: Gloucester Park As a six-year-old living in post WWII East Perth Ed Dewar discovered that he was allergic to horses when he visited the stable of trotting trainer Frank Harrold near Gloucester Park. Some years later he began attending Gloucester Park while still a student on his path to becoming a…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Hall of Fame trainer Gary Hall snr describes four-year-old mare Alta Cinderella as a fast pacer who is not over brave at times. “But if she puts her best foot forward, she is nearly unbeatable,” he said when assessing her prospects from the No. 1 barrier in the…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Byford trainer Peter Tilbrook is setting experienced mare Vivere Damore for the $125,000 Westral Mares Classic on November 26, and as part of her preparation for the Group 1 feature event he has decided to run her in the 2536m Garrard’s Rio Cobra Sulky Pace at Gloucester Park…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Brilliant young driver Emily Suvaljko has handled Walsh at his past six starts for two wins, a second and a third, and she has given punters a strong lead by opting to drive Roman Art (who has been unplaced at his past five starts) in preference to Walsh…
The Group 3 Howard Porter Memorial (2130m) highlights an action-packed 10-event card at Gloucester Park on Friday night. And members of the WA Trotting Media Guild are confident they have landed on some best bets – albeit with a couple of clashes – that will give punters plenty to cheer about during the course of…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Exciting young pacer Hampton Banner will resume racing in the Garrard’s Horse And Hound Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night after an absence of 25 weeks — and champion reinsman Chris Lewis declared: “It wouldn’t surprise me if he wins.” The lightly-raced New Zealand-bred Hampton Banner, trained…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Forty-odd years ago Colin Joss was a high-profile trainer who prepared several star pacers, including Satinover, Burrows, Palimar and Tarport Sox. Earlier this year the 72-year-old Joss decided to end his long career as a trainer. But it didn’t take him long to change his mind and to…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Lightly-raced six-year-old Just Wing It, described by his trainer Ross Olivieri as a problem child, impressed at his third appearance after a nine-month absence when he overcame a tardy beginning and finished with a powerful burst to win the 2503m Stay Safe, DTS PPE Products Handicap at Gloucester…