Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Promising black gelding Whos The Dad produced a sample of his ability when he finished strongly to score an easy victory in the 2130m Beau Rivage Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “He is capable of measuring up to the State’s good three-year-olds,” declared an optimistic stand-in trainer…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Wanneroo trainer Debbie Padberg and her husband John are keen judges of horseflesh, and they have no regrets that they outlaid $20,000 to purchase handy New South Wales pacer Bracken Sky in September 2019. The Padbergs race Bracken Sky in partnership with long-time stable clients Don and Adele…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Veteran Victorian-bred mare Ideal Charm ended a losing sequence of 55 and a 30-month drought when her stand-in trainer Hayden Charles drove her to victory in the $18,500 Allwood Stud Farm Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Ideal Charm, owned by Charles’s father Kevin and mother Annette, was…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Emily Suvaljko’s bold tactics of keeping the pacemaker and last-start winner Regal Cheval under pressure paid dividends when Angel In White revealed splendid fighting qualities and strength to win the 2536m Xmas In July Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Angel In White, an eight-year-old mare and a…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Outstanding young trainer Michael Young will set New Zealand-bred pacer Moonlite Drive for the $30,000 John Higgins Memorial on July 29 after the five-year-old was untroubled to score an easy victory in the 2536m Bridge Bar Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Moonlite Drive, the $1.30 favourite, gave…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators WA-bred five-year-old Medieval Man was unplaced at the first five starts in his current campaign when he was the victim of wide barriers and back-row draws. But the noted frontrunner has relished favourable draws at his past two appearances. He followed his fighting second to Dominus Factum last Friday…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing It took veteran horseman Daryl Miller more than 45 years to land his first metropolitan-class winner as a trainer when Imahero scored as a $37.70 outsider at Gloucester Park last Friday week, but it took him only another seven days to notch his second city-class success when Imahero…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Victorian-bred four-year-old Platinum Sparkle made an auspicious Gloucester Park debut on Friday night when she was not extended in setting the pace and winning the 2130m Group 3 $30,000 Lombardo Pace for mares. After a slow lead time of 39.4sec. and ambling opening quarters of 32sec. and 29.8sec. Platinum…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Four-year-old Blitzembye, described by his owner Jim Giumelli as a bargain buy, caused an upset when he beat his better credentialled stablemate and $1.12 favourite Ragazzo Mach in the $22,000 Follow @Gloucesterpark On Twitter Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Blitzembye, trained by Mike Reed and driven for…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Champion pacer Magnificent Storm, remarkable value at $3.70 (and $4 on the fixed market), answered his doubters in emphatic fashion when he did all the work in the breeze before surging away from his five rivals and scoring a superb victory in the $30,000 Members Free-For-All at Gloucester Park…