Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Star pacer Minstrel was pacing so fast soon after the start of the Running Camel Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night that he blundered and broke for a few strides, leaving his arch rival Lavra Joe in front in the $31,000 Free-For-All. This foreshadowed an extremely exciting event which…
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Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX The Warwick name is synonymous with WA pacing, and this famous dynasty seized the limelight at Gloucester Park on Friday night when the Katja Warwick-trained All Is Well produced a superb performance to snatch a dramatic victory in the $30,000 Warwick Pace, a feature event run to acknowledge and celebrate…
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The first city meeting of 2024 kicks off with an exciting eight-event card at Gloucester Park on Friday night. It looks to be a pretty even program, but members of the WA Trotting Media Guild are confident that they can steer punters into a few winners and start the new year off on the right…
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Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Watching Our Coin is poised to make amends for his narrow first-up defeat by outpacing his six rivals in the 2503m New Season Handicap at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The Michael Young-trained six-year-old will start from the No. 2 barrier on the front line, and Gary Hall Jnr will…
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Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Another clash between pacing stars Minstrel and Lavra Joe in the $31,000 The Running Camel Pace will be the highlight of the eight-event program at Gloucester Park on Friday night. In the small field if five, Minstrel, prepared by champion trainers Greg and Skye Bond, looks to have the advantage…
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Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Mitch Miller has returned to WA, refreshed after a Christmas holiday in England, and with bright prospects of guiding Soho Dow Jones to victory in the $25,000 APG Pace over 2536m at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Soho Dow Jones, trained by Kim Prentice, has drawn perfectly at barrier No.…
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Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Lightly-raced New Zealand-bred five-year-old Lucca has recovered from a minor laceration on his off-hind leg, and he has bright prospects of breaking through for his first success at Gloucester Park when he starts from barrier three in the $30,000 Warwick Pace on Friday night. He will be driven by his…
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Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Giant filly Halle Hunter had no idea how to perform on the training track as a two-year-old last year, and simply wouldn’t try. And astute Banjup trainer Colin Brown has been extremely patient throughout 2023 to get Halle Hunter to pace and enjoy racing. Halle Hunter’s first three starts have…
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Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Experienced six-year-old Illawong Mustang had won only three races from 67 starts in Western Australia, and he had been unplaced at his previous ten starts before he lined up at the No. 1 barrier in the 2130m Hello 2024 Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. But his trainer Dylan…
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Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Three-year-old All Is Well revealed his class and fighting qualities when he proved too good for his eleven older and more experienced rivals in the 2130m SEFS Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Champion reinsman Chris Lewis had to work hard to resist strong early and late challenges to…
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