Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Young trainer-reinsman Corey Peterson predicted a bright future for Nullarbor Navajo after driving the six-year-old mare to victory in the 2130m Xmas In July Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “She has a lot of ability and I like her a lot,” said Peterson. “She has a lot…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Hillview Bondi, the $1.60 favourite from the No. 1 barrier in the 1730m Hamilton Content Creators Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night, gave his supporters a scare when he was beaten for early speed by $13 chance Whos The Dad and $61 outsider Cheer The Major. With Whos…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Consistent New South Wales-bred pacer Mea Culpa is at his best when he leads, and outstanding young reinsman Kyle Symington took full advantage of the No. 1 barrier by guiding him to an easy all-the-way win in the 2130m Channel Seven Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “He…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators A change in training workouts for Onesmartfella has proved successful, with the New Zealand-bred seven-year-old returning to his best form and ending a losing sequence of seven with a strong win in the 1730m Team Bond Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Onesmartfella, the $5.10 second fancy, was…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Speedy frontrunner Talks Up A Storm relished a change from his successful racing pattern of setting the pace when Kyle Harper took a conservative approach and drove him with a sit in the 1730m Westside Auto Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Talks Up A Storm, trained by…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Line The Starzzz is developing into one of the State’s best trotters, even though she is by former world champion pacer Four Starzzz Shark, and her maternal line traces back to quality West Australian pacers Backin A Jiffy and Backina Falcon. But breeder and owner Terry Ferguson is not…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Champion mare Wonderful To Fly enjoyed an easy stroll in front before sprinting over the final 400m in 26.5sec. on her way to winning the $50,000 APG WA final for four-year-olds at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The $1.30 favourite from barrier one gave trainer-reinsman Shane Young a comfortable…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Star pacer Shockwave delighted his trainer Ryan Bell when he made a wonderful return to racing by cruising to an effortless victory in the $30,000 West Australian Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. He showed no signs of his damaged tendon, an injury which kept him out of…
Author John Elsegood | Henry Ethelbert Thomas Miller Champion reinsman Born: Palmyra, 1932 Died: Wattle Grove, aged 91 Not many called Ethelbert make a name for themselves. In fact, 1100 years separated Ethelbert, King of Kent and Wessex, and reinsman Henry Ethelbert Thomas Miller — “Harry” — whose career in pacing was highlighted by winning the 1960 WA Trotting…
Punters are in for a marathon night at Gloucester Park on Friday night with 12 races on the card. The feature event on the program is the $50,000 APG WA 4Y0 Final (1730m). Unfortunately, the original six-horse field has been reduced to four following two scratchings and prolific-winning mare Wonderful To Fly will go around…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Pinjarra trainer-reinsman Chris Voak has advised punters to overlook James Butt’s fifth placing behind Ima Fivestar General last Friday night and to stick with him when he starts from the prized No. 1 barrier in the 1730m Westside Auto Wholesale Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. On the…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Talented young reinsman Kyle Symington has given punters an important lead by choosing to drive Mea Culpa in preference to The Code Breaker in the 2130m Channel Seven Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. He is the regular driver of the Ryan Bell-trained The Code Breaker, who has…