Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Injury-plagued six-year-old The Ideal Touch excels as a frontrunner and he was not extended to score an all-the-way victory in the 2536m $22,000 Sky Channel Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Making his second appearance after a spell, The Ideal Touch was the $1.90 favourite from the No.…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators West Australian-bred mare Paroquet returned to her best form and ended a losing run of seven when Chris Lewis drove her to an all-the-way win over the fast-finishing Vulcan Star in the 2130m Imperial Finance Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Paroquet, prepared by Michael Munro, was a…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators WA-bred six-year-old Make It Happen ended a sequence of five unplaced runs and broke through for his first metropolitan-class win when he proved too strong for his six rivals in the 1730m Direct Trades Supply Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Young Blythewood trainer Corey Peterson sent Make…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Ravenswood trainer Jocelyn Young’s decision to fit Dolly Vardon blinkers on Valentines Brook in a bid to improve the gelding’s gate speed had the desired effect in the 2130m A&E Property Group Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. But young reinsman Kyle Symington was concerned when he saw…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Star reinsman Ryan Warwick admires Glenledi Chief for his wonderful consistency but he says that the New Zealand-bred six-year-old makes life tough with his attitude of not doing his best. Glenledi Chief, prepared by champion trainers Greg and Skye Bond, was the $2.60 second fancy from barrier No. 2…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Champion reinsman Gary Hall Jnr described Nevermindthechaos as “super tough” after driving the WA-bred five-year-old to an effortless victory in the $26,000 Bizlink Pace for mares at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Nevermindthechaos, the $1.50 favourite, raced without cover for the first 1480m before surging away from her rivals…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators The all-conquering combination of champion trainer Gary Hall Snr and his son Gary Jnr emphasised their standing as all-time greats of Western Australian harness racing when they combined to win the $450,000 TABtouch WA Pacing Cup with Diego at Gloucester Park on Friday night. They are establishing records that…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Pinjarra trainer-reinsman Chris Voak has begun the year in splendid form, and punters should forgive James Butt for his first-up defeat last Friday week and mark him down as a star bet at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The New Zealand-bred eight-year-old will start from the No. 1 barrier…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators New Zealand-bred seven-year-old Diego is in the best form of his career, and although the gelding’s five most recent wins have been over 2130m (four times) and 1730m (once), champion trainer Gary Hall Snr declares that he will be suited over the marathon trip of 2936m in the $450,000…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Astute trainer Greg Bond points to Minstrel’s toughness and never-say-die attitude as vital attributes, and he is looking for these factors to provide the winning formula in the a $450,000 TABtouch WA Pacing Cup at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Bond trains the New Zealand-bred Minstrel in partnership with…
The moment of truth has finally arrived. Twelve of the best pacers in the west will do battle over the testing 2936m journey in WA’s premier event – the $450,000 Group 1 WA Pacing Cup. And what a race it promises to be. It’s one of the most open WA Pacing Cups in recent memory…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Memories of champion pacer Baltic Eagle were revived at Gloucester Park on Friday night when his close relation Baltic Ace won the $20,250 The West Australian Pace. Baltic Ace has proved a bargain for Pinjarra trainer Tracy Reay, who bought him for $5000 in May 2021, and the New…