Consistent seven-year-old Chiaroscuro caused a minor upset when he ended a losing sequence of 16 with a fast-finishing last-stride victory over the $1.65 favourite Vampiro in the $25,000 Call Garrard’s Horse And Hounds For All Your Equine Needs Pace over 2536m at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “Now, it’s game over,” declared delighted part-owner and…
Colin Brown is not very big. He has been knocked unconscious three times in race falls and has suffered broken bones in most parts of his wiry body. But the veteran trainer-reinsman continues to be a master and an indestructible force on the racetrack. He was barely able to walk three weeks ago but refused…
“He’s right up to this class and he is a strong chance,” said reinsman Aldo Cortopassi when assessing the prospects of quality five-year-old To Fast To Serious in the $25,000 Call Garrard’s Horse An Hound For All Your Equine Needs Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. To Fast To Serious, prepared by Ray Williams,…
WA-bred three-year-old Powerplay has the ability to lead and prove too strong for his ten older rivals in the 2130m www.horseandhound.com.au Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night according to champion reinsman Chris Lewis. Powerplay, prepared by Debra Lewis, warmed up for Friday night’s event with a smart frontrunning performance in winning from Arma Einstein…
A punctured sulky tyre proved a serious impediment to Black Jack Baby in the $30,000 Daintys Daughter Classic at Pinjarra on Monday afternoon, and reinsman Chris Voak said that the star filly had an excellent chance to atone for her unlucky fourth behind Captains Beachbabe by winning the Garrard’s Horse And Hound Pace at Gloucester…
New Zealand-bred four-year-old Minstrel is a standing-start specialist and is the class runner in the $25,000 Garrard’s Horse And Hound BOTRA Cup at Gloucester Park on Friday night, and he looks set to prove the highlight on the nine-event program for outstanding young reinsman Dylan Egerton-Green. Egerton-Green will have a legion of followers when he…
A bit of a mixed bag of best bet selections from members of the WA Trotting Media Guild for Gloucester Park on Friday night. Award-winning scribe Ken Casellas believes the nine-event card could be dominated by polemarkers. “On a program that will be dominated by horses carrying the No. 1 saddlecloth, I have chosen Powerplay,…
The wonderful combination of trainer Nathan Turvey and driver Emily Suvaljko is continuing to flourish, and the partnership was to the fore again at Gloucester Park on Sunday night when the 20-year-old Suvaljko drove a masterly race to land $18.30 chance Blue Blazer to a thrilling last-stride victory over $3 fancy Gambit. Blue Blazer started…
Promising square gaiter Tricky Ric justified his short tote quote of $1.04 when he was untroubled to set the pace and score an easy victory over Dark Secret and Mortician in the 2503m Simmonds Steel Trot at Gloucester Park on Sunday night. The three-length win completed a treble for champion reinsman Gary Hall jnr, who…
Promising four-year-old Caveman earned a start in the $25,000 BOTRA Cup next Friday night when he gave a strong frontrunning display to win the 2536m Perth Plasterboard Centre Pace at Gloucester Park on Sunday night. The solidly-supported $1.40 favourite rated 1.58.8 in beating Alta Intrigue ($9.50) by two metres after Mark Reed had set his…
Bunbury trainer Sarah Wall had the distinction of landing the quinella in the 2130m Cowden The Insurance Brokers Pace at Gloucester Park on Sunday night when Make Your Mark, the second fancy at $4.90, gave a spirited frontrunning display to beat stablemate and $2 favourite Dontbesillychilli by a half length. Chris Voak got Make Your…
A surprise victory by experienced campaigner Jesse Allwood at odds of $114.30 (and at $126 on the fixed market) in the 2536m Retravision Pace at Gloucester Park on Sunday night revived memories of Byford trainer Peter Anderson’s longest-priced winner when he also combined with noted breeder and owner Bob Fowler. This was achieved at Pinjarra…