Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Highly-promising filly Royal Essence staked a strong claim to gain a start in the $125,000 Westral Mares Classic next Friday night when she scored an impressive victory in the $22,000 Giuseppe Raco Memorial Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The New Zealand-bred three-year-old, the $2.30 favourite, gave…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Part-owner and trainer-reinsman Lindsay Harper has decided on a change for smart five-year-old Bettorstartdreaming, who will make his first appearance in a stand in Western Australia when he begins off the 20m mark in the Meat Me At The Post Handicap at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Bettorstartdreaming…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Pacing punters will be scratching their heads when they study the form of the 12 runners in the sixth event, the 2130m Italo-Australian Pace, at Gloucester Park on Friday night, with most of the contestants boasting lengthy losing sequences. What is apparent is that the barrier draw will…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Ravenswood horseman Nathan Turvey is enjoying a wonderful year and he has prepared 72 winners this season to sit in third place behind Greg and Skye Bond (158 winners) and Gary Hall snr (109) on the WA trainers’ premiership table. He is looking forward to a busy time…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Promising three-year-old filly Soho Broadway, a half-sister to former outstanding millionaire pacer Soho Tribeca, will make her West Australian debut when she contests the Bringing Home The Bacon Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. A winner of four races in Victoria, Soho Broadway is a newcomer to…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Ace reinsman Lindsay Harper is bubbling with confidence about Bletchley Park’s prospects in the $50,000 RWWA Cup over 2130m at Gloucester Park on Friday night, declaring: “I think he will run a hell of a race.” Bletchley Park, trained in Bunbury by Stephen Reed, has drawn favourably at…
The $50,000 RWWA Cup (2130m) highlights a 10-event card at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The Group 2 feature promises to be an action-packed race with the likes of Hurricane Harley, Bletchley Park, Mighty Conqueror, Wildwest and Galactic Star set to do battle. The members of the WA Trotting Media Guild have done their homework…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Lightly-raced WA-bred five-year-old Papinik thrilled excited spectators at Gloucester Park on Friday night when he unleashed an explosive finishing burst to snatch a last-stride victory over the pacemaker Rockaball in a 2536m event. The Advance Attack gelding, resuming after a six-month absence and favourite at $2.60, appeared to…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Classy colt Finvarra will derive great benefit from his upset victory over star stablemate Jumpingjackmac in a 2130m event for three-year-olds at Gloucester Park on Friday night, according to reinsman Callan Suvaljko. “He is a horse who will keep improving and is ready to take the next step,”…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators “He’s on the way up,” declared champion reinsman Chris Lewis after driving Hampton Banner to an impressive all-the-way victory over the talented but enigmatic star Wildwest in the 2130m Cowden Ltd Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. This brought up Hampton Banner’s sixth win in a row…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Ravenswood trainer Nathan Turvey and young driver Emily Suvaljko are proving to be one of the most formidable combinations in WA harness racing, and they were to the forefront again at Gloucester Park on Friday night when they notched a double in successive races. First, the Victorian-bred Leosabi…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Star reinsman Gary Hall jnr enjoyed happy memories of driving Before Night Falls to victories in the Western Crown Classic and Diamond Classic for two-year-old fillies in 2008 when he guided The Kraken to an easy all-the-way victory in the 2130m Cowden Ltd Pace at Gloucester Park on…