Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Prominent Busselton trainer Barry Howlett completed a double as an owner when Lil Happy Fella surged home from the rear to score a runaway victory in the final event, the 2130m Allwood Stud Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Earlier, Howlett’s New Zealand-bred gelding Cheer The Major had…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Punters who had supported the $1.90 favourite Ima Fivestar General in the 2130m Shop Budget Stockfeeds In Oakford Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night had a scare when the six-year-old just held on to beat the $6.50 chance Mea Culpa, who fought on tigerishly after working hard in…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Seven-year-old gelding Cheer the Major has always been a laid-back customer and has never been a real trier, according to his owner Barry Howlett. “But he is getting better and is improving,” said Howlett after Kyle Symington had driven Cheer The Major to an all-the-way win in the 2130m…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Byford trainer Katja Warwick has always had her hands full in attempting to get Rascal to be more tractable in his races, and she admits that she has consistently changed the five-year-old’s gear in bids to get him to be more reliable in his races. “He has always wanted…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators It was a case of fourth time lucky for smart six-year-old Middlepage, who celebrated his fourth appearance in a standing-start event with a runaway victory in the 2503m Insure With PSC Bloodstock Services Handicap at Gloucester Park on Friday night. He had galloped at the start and been unplaced…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Boom mare Taking The Miki continued her devastating form with an easy win in the Group 3 $50,000 WASBA Breeders Stakes at Gloucester Park on Friday night. She is a deceptive pacer who simply refuses to give up in her races, with part-owner and trainer Jemma Hayman saying: “She…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Arma Einstein, second in last year’s Four and Five-Year-Old Championship, went one better when he scored am impressive victory in the $50,000 feature event sponsored by Larkhill Vets at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The West Australian-bred gelding was the $3.70 favourite from the No. 1 barrier and was…
The Lark Hill Vets 4 & 5YO Championship (2130m) headlines an interesting 10-event card at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The $50,000 Group 3 feature has attracted a full field of 12 evenly matched pacers and finding the winner will be no easy task. Members of the WA Trotting Media Guild have shied away from…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Sensational young pacer Never Ending will be out to maintain his unblemished record when he returns to racing after a seven-month absence and has his first start as a three-year-old when he contests the $20,250 Australian Premium Feeds Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Never Ending, the handsome…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Four-year-old Dardy Boy has been placed at three of his past four starts and he makes strong appeal when he has bright prospects of making the most of a drop in class by winning the final event, the 2130m Allwood Stud Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Star four-year-old Taking The Miki has resumed after a spell in a blaze of glory for trainer Jemma Hayman and reinsman Chris Voak, and she has drawn perfectly at barrier one in the $50,000 WASBA Breeders Stakes at Gloucester Park on Friday night when she faces the biggest test…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Outstanding young pacer Swingband looks set to return to action after a 189-day absence on a winning note when he starts from an awkward draw at No. 7 in the Larkhill Vets $50,000 Four and Five-Year-Old Championship at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The Ryan Bell-trained four-year-old, the least…