Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Deni Roberts has been driving in brilliant form this year and she is looking forward to achieving a significant milestone by driving Brulee to victory in the opening event at Gloucester Park on Friday night to bring up her one hundredth winner for the season. The 27-year-old Roberts faces…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Outstanding young driver Deni Roberts will be facing an extremely difficult but enviable decision later this year when she determines which three-year-old to drive in the $200,000 WA Derby on November 3. One of her choices will be the Bettors Delight colt Fess Up, who scored a brilliant victory…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Champion trainer Gary Hall Snr and his son, star reinsman Gary Hall Jnr are delighted at the form of a newcomer to their Serpentine stable, a talented former Victorian square gaiter Bromwich, who is unbeaten at his three appearances in Western Australia. Five-year-old Bromwich has not been extended in…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Miss Hepburn, a gutsy winner of the 1730m Cowden Classic Service Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night, will be back in action at Bunbury’s Donaldson Park on Wednesday, providing she takes no harm from her victory. “She will run in the De Campo Memorial for two-year-old fillies (an…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators WA-bred five-year-old Finvarra gave a strong indication that he should be a leading candidate for the BOTRA and Winter Cups next month when he was not extended in setting the pace and winning the $23,750 WAFL Word Sport Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The $1.60 favourite was…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators WA-bred five-year-old Eldaytona went into Friday night’s 2130m Cowden 1972 To Present Day Pace with a losing sequence of 13 stretching over a six-month period, but with part-owner and trainer-reinsman Lindsay Harper quietly confident that he could win, providing he was able to set the pace. Eldaytona, a $3.30…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Seven-year-old mare My Prayer ended a losing sequence of 27 and a 20-month drought when she set the pace and held on to beat Medieval Man in the 2130m Cowden The Insurance Brokers Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The Barry Howlett-trained mare, who wears spreaders to prevent…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Capel trainer-reinsman Aiden De Campo produced smart four-year-old Floewriter in fine fettle for his first appearance for eight months, and he gave a superb exhibition in the sulky to drive him to a narrow victory in the 1730m Cowden The Insurance Brokers Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night.…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Brilliant four-year-old mare Achane Girl produced a whirlwind finishing burst to come from a seemingly impossible position on the home turn to snatch a dramatic victory from the pacemaker Special Lady in the 2130m Cowden 50TH Anniversary Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Acharne Girl was the hot…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Champion pacer Magnificent Storm continued on his merry way with an effortless victory in the $30,000 GPHR Members Sprint at Gloucester Park on Friday night, and trainer Ray Williams declared that the New Zealand-bred six-year-old was heading in the right direction for his assault on three rich feature events…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators There is a surfeit of quality four-year-olds in Western Australia this year and there will be fierce competition for places in the fields for the rich events for this age group in November and December. One four-year-old who is gaining status as one of the main contenders is Soho…
It would be remiss of me to start this week’s WA Trotting Media Guild column without mentioning the sterling effort from our colleague Ernie Manning. Ernie, who is the leading writer of harness racing in this State with his in-depth articles and columns in The West Australian and The Sunday Times newspapers, came within a…