Friday night’s meeting at Gloucester Park features a free-for-all event that is shaping up to be a mini rehearsal for the two big cups later in January. And one brave man from the WA Trotting Media Guild – award-winning journalist Ken Casellas – has selected this race in which to make his best bet. “Prince…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Mundijong horseman Michael Young has enjoyed spectacular success with 107 winners in his third season as a trainer this year, and his six runners at Gloucester Park on Friday night are sure to be popular with punters. He labelled Moonlite Drive as his best winning prospect after the New…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Talented reinsman Chris Voak has given punters a strong lead by choosing to drive Sheza Bromac in preference to the highly-regarded four-year-old Miss Boudica in the $30,000 TABtouch Coulson Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “It appears an open race,” said Voak, who is sure to be…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Brilliant young pacer Skylord has responded to treatment and has recovered from sore front feet, enabling part-owner and trainer-driver Jocelyn Young to start the two-year-old in the Team Bond Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Skylord, a Fly Like An Eagle colt who has not appeared since running…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Outstanding reinsman Dylan Egerton-Green has enjoyed a remarkable association with Ideal Agent, having driven him five times for four wins, and he is confident the New Zealand-bred five-year-old will press his claims for a start in the $300,000 Retravision Fremantle Cup next month by running a mighty race in…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators New Zealand owners Syd and Shona Brown were delighted to win the Fremantle Cup with My Field Marshal in January 2019, and now they have high hopes that Diego will repeat the dose and give them another victory in the $300,000 Retravision Fremantle Cup on January 13. Their confidence…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Drawing out wide at barrier No. 8 proved no problem for smart filly Cabsav, who began with a dazzling burst of speed to dash straight to the front in the 1730m $1 Million Nullarbor April 14 Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The Mike Reed-trained Cabsav went into…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Ravenswood trainer-reinsman Nathan Turvey, laid low on Thursday by an attack of coronavirus, was confined to bed on Friday night when he had to forego the drive behind his smart three-year-old Eton Rock in the David Evans Memorial Pace at Gloucester Park. And Eton Rock, an $11.30 chance from…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Lightly-raced New Zealand-bred six-year-old Onesmartfella made a successful return to racing after a 15-week absence when Chris Voak drove him to an excellent all-the-way victory in the 1730m Garrard’s Horse And Hound Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The son of Tintin In America was produced in fine…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators A fast lead time of 35.7sec. and then quick second and third quarters of 29.8sec. and 28.7sec. played into the hands of noted sit-sprinter Rockaball, who unwound a typical flourishing finishing burst to win the 2130m Celebrate NYE Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Micheal Ferguson was quite…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Not often does special attention to a horse’s tail lead to success. But that’s the case with comeback pacer Strike Team, who has resumed after a nine-month absence in grand style with successive victories at Gloucester Park. Strike Team, a WA-bred four-year-old, was a $7.50 chance on Friday night…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Banjup trainer-reinsman Dylan Egerton-Green seized a heaven-sent advantage in the home straight when the pacemaker and $1.38 favourite Glenledi Chief shifted out under pressure in the Nova 93.7 Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. This provided an unexpected inside run for $9 chance Typhoon Banner, and Egerton-Green drove…