Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX El Casanova, an extremely handsome five-year-old, captured the imagination with the sublime brilliance of his effortless all-the-way victory in the 2130m Team Bond Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. This was his third win from three starts in his current campaign — after an eleven-month injury-enforced absence. But he…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Steel The Show, a $23.70 outsider from the No. 5 barrier in the $31,000 The Trots WA Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night, stole a march on his seven rivals with an explosive start. Deni Roberts then was able to dictate terms in front before Steel The Show sprinted…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX The Justin Prentice-trained Artful Major was all the rage as the $2.40 favourite in the opening event, the Retravision Pace for two-year-olds at Gloucester Park on Friday night, but he was badly checked about 400m after the start and his stablemate Manhattan Moon was an upset winner as a $26.70…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Lightly-raced pacer Acharne Girl remains unbeaten in her current campaign of three outings, and she is developing into a strong candidate for the upcoming rich feature events for mares, the group 3 Schrader Pace (October 20), the group 2 Norms Daughter Classic (November 10) and the group 1 $150,000 Mares…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Trainer Michael Young described Lamandier as “a bit of a nightmare” after Gary Hall Jnr had driven the Victorian-bred five-year-old to an easy all-the-way victory in the 2536m Running Camel Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “He is a good fence horse and a good leader, and when he…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Noted frontrunner Mea Culpa gave trainer Nathan Turvey and reinsman Kyle Symington the first leg of a double at Gloucester Park on Friday night when he led his ten rivals on a merry dance in the $25,000 Taste Of WA In Beau Rivage Pace over 2130m. Turvey and Symington completed…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX WA-bred pacer Seeryanfly maintained his remarkable form in standing-start events when he finished with a powerful burst to win the 2503m Book Your Event at Gloucester Park Handicap on Friday night. “His record in stands in unbelievable,” said his trainer Garry Sayers after his cousin Shannon Suvaljko had driven a…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX New Zealand-bred five-year-old Chal Patch gave further proof that he has strong claims for a start in the $450,000 WA Pacing Cup on November 10 when he unwound a powerful finishing burst to win the $30,000 Catalano Kersley Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. He was an equal $3.60…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Champion reinsman Gary Hall Jnr landed his 200TH winner for the season when Blameitonthenight romped to an effortless victory in the 2130m De Campo’s Golden Trifecta Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The 41-year-old Hall has exceeded 100 winners in a season in 19 consecutive seasons, and he is…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX A plan devised by champion trainers Greg and Skye Bond worked perfectly when Deni Roberts drove Turn The Page to victory in the $50,000 Daintys Daughter Classic at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Roberts did not bustle Turn the Page in the early stages of the group 3 feature event…
The Daintys Daughter Classic 3YO Fillies Pace (2130m) is the feature event at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The $50,000 Group 3 feature has attracted a top-class field, with the Luke Edwards-trained August Moon shooting for six in a row. But the random barrier draw hasn’t been kind to the daughter of Captain Trecherous and…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Lightly-raced New Zealand-bred five-year-old My Little Big Man will be attempting to score his sixth win in a row when he contests the $21,000 Book Your Event at Gloucester Park on Friday night. He will start from the outside barrier (No. 6) on the front line in the 2503m standing-start…