“She looks a certainty,” declared star reinsman Chris Voak when assessing Black Jack Baby’s prospects in the $25,000 Westsired Three-Year-Old fillies event at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Black Jack Baby, bred, owned and trained by Shane Quadrio, has drawn the prized No. 1 barrier in the field of six in the 2130m event, and…
Baskerville trainer Ryan Bell is a good judge of horseflesh, and he has no regrets that he outlaid $25,000 to purchase a colt by American stallion Betting Line at the 2020 APG Perth yearling sale. The colt is now the highly promising two-year-old gelding Whataretheodds, who is raced by a syndicate of 13 pacing enthusiasts…
The members of the WA Trotting Media Guild were on fire last week with all best bets saluting. Alta Blues, Lawrence, Miss Boudica and Born To Boogie recorded easy all-the-way victories and paid the handsome dividend of $5.80 for anyone playing the all-up market. This Friday night’s meeting seems a little harder, but there’s plenty…
Ravenswood trainer Nathan Turvey, fresh from a double with Blue Blazer and Rockin Rufus at Gloucester Park on Tuesday night, has high hopes of continuing his good run by winning the Metro Steel Fabrication WA Pace with Rakasinc on Friday night. Outstanding young driver Emily Suvaljko has formed a wonderful association with Rakasinc, having driven…
Last Friday night Eagle Royalty was a fading tenth behind In The Spotlight in the Group 1 Diamond Classic, but trainer Ross Olivieri is confident that the filly can bounce back and win the Rotary Club of Fremantle Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Eagle Royalty settled down in seventh position for Chris Lewis…
Champion reinsman Gary Hall Jnr looks set to land his one hundredth winner of the season at Gloucester Park on Friday night and his legion of fans would dearly love that he achieves this milestone by driving superstar Chicago Bull to victory in the $25,000 RSM Rotary Club of Fremantle Pace. However, it could arrive…
In-form Blythewood trainer Michael Brennan has high hopes of landing a double at Gloucester Park on Friday night with smart New Zealand-bred pacers Power And Grace and Valbonne. Both pacers will be driven by Brennan’s nephew Michael Grantham, who will be planning to set the pace and win the 2130m Australian Marine Corporation Pace with…
Ace trainer-reinsman Colin Brown holds a powerful hand with three smart mares in the $30,000 Barker Whittle Harry Capararo Westbred Pace for four and five-year-old mares, and he has given punters a valuable lead by choosing to drive Fifty Five Reborn from an awkward barrier at No. 7 in the group 3 event at Gloucester…
Powerful filly Miss Boudica, denied the chance of contesting the $350,000 Australian Pacing Gold National Final for three-year-old fillies at Melton on Saturday night because of the restrictions and problems surrounding the coronavirus pandemic in Victoria, proved her class with a devastating victory in the $51,000 Group 2 APG Consolation final at Gloucester Park on…
Lightly-raced New Zealand-bred six-year-old Born To Boogie made an outstanding debut at Gloucester Park on Friday night when she ran her rivals ragged in the 2130m Better Your Bet With TABtouch Pace. Her all-the way victory as the $1.20 favourite and rating a smart 1.55.9 revived memories of her half-brother Glenferrie Hood, who shone for…
Alta Blues was an immature youngster with plenty of problems. But he has blossomed into a quality four-year-old who impressed with a runaway victory in the 2536m Footy Friday At JP’s Sportsbar Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The giant Alta Christiano gelding showed his set for bigger and better things when he started…
Experienced performer Im Beta Than Gouda relished the heavy rain and waterlogged track when he trailed the pacemaker Joey James before getting into the clear 470m from home and racing three wide on the home turn to get up in the final desperate stride to snatch a nose victory over the frontrunner in the 2130m…