The two-year-old fillies take top billing at Gloucester Park on Friday night for the running of the $100,000 GPHR Diamond Classic (2130m). The Group 2 event has attracted a top-class field with the unbeaten Water Lou, from the in-form stables of Kevin Keys, drawing the river. The members of the WA Trotting Media Guild have…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Firerockfireroll has been out of the winning list for eight months and has managed just one placing from seven starts this season. And he has fared badly in the random draw and will start from the outside barrier (No. 9) in the Direct Trade Supply Pace over 2130m at Gloucester…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Star reinsman Shannon Suvaljko was in a quandary when New Zealand-bred stablemates Blitzembye and Hoppys Way were acceptors for the $25,000 The West Australian Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. He had driven Blitzembye 27 times for seven wins, including handling the five-year-old at his most recent 22 starts.…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX New Zealand-bred three-year-old Cotton On is the youngest and least experienced runner in the $50,000 San Simeon Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night when he is sure to test his older rivals. The gelding, who is prepared by champion trainers Greg and Skye Bond, has won at eight of…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Xceptional Arma has clashed with unbeaten filly Water Lou twice for two second placings, and now her driver Maddison Brown is planning to gain revenge by winning the $100,000 GPHR Diamond Classic for two-year-old fillies at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Water Lou, trained by Kevin Keys, has won at…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Champion trainers Greg and Skye Bond won 13 races with Double Up in 2021 and 2022 before he departed to the United States to continue his career in America. Now they have high hopes that Double Up’s full-brother Vegas Strip will prove to be an even better pacer. “Vegas Strip…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Brilliant filly August Moon remained unbeaten in her current campaign when she outclassed her ten rivals in the 2130m The Running Camel Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. She was the $1.60 favourite from barrier four when Gary Hall gave her an ideal trip in the one-out, one-back position…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Victorian-bred six-year-old Whatabro has raced with youthful enthusiasm throughout his 144-start career, and he boosted his earnings to $261,282 from 28 wins and 44 placings when he sprinted home fast to win the 2130m Westside Auto Wholesale Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “He is an absolute ripper horse…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX The off-side tyre of the $2.80 favourite Robbie Easton’s sulky was punctured moments after the start of the 1730m TABtouch Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night and this played a major role in the victory of the $3.40 second fancy Arma Xfactor. Despite the serious handicap of a flat…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX New South Wales-bred five-year-old Watts Up Sunshine, who had managed just one placing from his previous eight starts, bounced back to form with a soft win in the 1730m Follow @ Gloucester Park On Twitter Pace at pacing headquarters on Friday night. Starting a hot $1.10 favourite, Watts Up Sunshine…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Mardella trainer Michael Young produced five-year-old October Reign in fine fettle for his first-up assignment in the 2130m Sky Racing Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night when the Victorian-bred gelding overcame the disadvantage of the wide barrier at No. 8 to unwind a powerful late burst and snatch victory.…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Up-and-coming mare Cyclone Charlotte completed a winning hat-trick when she outclassed her rivals in the $30,000 WASBA Four And Five-Year-Old Mares Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night, and she will now enjoy a let-up before trainer Ray Williams prepares her for the rich events for mares later this year.…