Taking The Miki Smashes Track Record
Speedy filly Taking The Miki emerged as a major hope in the $100,000 Diamond Classic on May 28 when she smashed the track record for two-year-old fillies in scoring a…
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Savvy Bromac’s Owner is a Pacing Phenomenon
Quite a remarkable sequence of events just over five years ago has resulted in Broome businessman Karl Deiley becoming interested in standardbred horses for the first time in his life.…
Hall Jr The Driver draws Level with Hall Sr The Trainer
With Gary Hall Jr’s win aboard the Justin Prentice trained Lets Get Messi at Bunbury on Saturday night, the champion reinsman notched his 3206th career victory as a driver. This…
WA Trotting Media Guild Friday’s Thoughts 16th April
It’s quite a mixed bag of specials for Gloucester Park this week from the members of the WA Trotting Media Guild. Only two members – veteran trotting scribe Ken Casellas…
Hall Happy with Jumpingjackmac
Champion reinsman Gary Hall Jnr declared that brilliant lightly-raced gelding Jumpingjackmac was on target to perform strongly in the $200,000 Sky WA Derby in a fortnight, and he is looking…
Wonderful To Fly Can Overcome Outside Barrier
Wonderful To Fly had a tough run in the breeze before scoring an easy victory in a qualifying heat of the APG WA Gold Bullion classic for two-year-old fillies on…
Vultan Tin is Better Than Ever
“He’s now better than he has ever been, even better than when he won the WA Pacing Cup last December,” declared breeder-owner-trainer Phil Costello when assessing his wonderful nine-year-old’s prospects…
Lewis to Drive Heavens Showgirl
Champion reinsman Chris Lewis has been engaged to drive exciting mare Heavens Showgirl in the Group 3 $30,000 The Johnson Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night, and the five-year-old…
James Brennan Award Winner: Alan Parker
Friday was a very big night for Gloucester Park Harness Racing Committee Member Alan Parker. Parker knew one of the newly created GPHR Media Awards was to be named in…
New GPHR Media Awards named in honour of Ken Casellas and Alan Parker
Two new media wards were announced by Gloucester Park Harness Racing President John Burt last Friday night. The first, The Ken Casellas Media Excellence Award, is named after Hall of…
Voak Shines with Four Winners
Chris Voak, Western Australia’s leading driver last season, is maintaining his brilliant form in the sulky this year, and he stole much of the limelight at Gloucester Park on Friday…
Plan for Perfect Major to Get Tougher
Perfect Major, beaten in three recent trials, relished the challenge of strong competitive racing when he scored a convincing first-up victory in the 2536m Simmonds Steel Pace at Gloucester Park…