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…
Champion pacer Chicago Bull returns to Gloucester Park on Friday night in what appears certain to be his last preparation before connections retire him. “The Little Bull”, now a rising 10-year-old, has won almost $2.4 million during his illustrious career and his appearance on the 10-event card is a highlight. Members of the WA Trotting…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Mundijong trainer Michael Young, fresh from wins with Beefour Bacardi at Pinjarra on Monday, Getn Wiggy Withit at Gloucester Park on Tuesday and Cooper at Bunbury on Wednesday, is confident his purple patch will continue at Gloucester Park on Friday night. He sung the praises of Moonlite Drive and…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Promising filly Between Two Thorns is proving somewhat of a nightmare for ace trainer-reinsman Aiden De Campo, with her erratic behaviour costing her certain victory at her past two starts. The two-year-old will get another chance to prove her worth when she starts out wide at barrier No.…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Talented New Zealand-bred four-year-old Ragazzo Mach has been placed at his first two appearances after resuming from a spell, and his reinsman Shannon Suvaljko is confident he will chalk up his eleventh win at his 22ND start when he begins from the prized No. 1 barrier in the…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Champion reinsman Gary Hall Jnr has driven Chicago Bull to victory 58 times during the evergreen pacer’s glittering career, but he had no hesitation in choosing to handle the comparatively inexperienced four-year-old Jumpingjackmac in preference to his nine-year-old stablemate in the $30,000 Members Free-For-All at Gloucester Park on Friday…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Banjup trainer Murray Lindau has joyful memories of preparing and driving gift pacer Besos Baci between 2012 and 2015 when the mare raced 57 times for eight wins and 14 placings for stakes of $53,397. But then it was far from a bed of roses for Lindau when the…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing New Zealand-bred filly In The Spotlight remained unbeaten as a three-year-old when she notched her fourth win in her current campaign by proving too classy for her five WA-bred rivals in the 2130m Simmonds Steel Laser And Tube Cutting Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. In The…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators A win and a second placing from back marks in stands at Northam in recent weeks proved the ideal preparation for Texas Tara to contest the $20,250 Simmonds Steel Decorative Screens Handicap, a 2503m stand at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The New Zealand-bred five-year-old was good value at…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Smart four-year-old Dominus Factum resumed racing after a spell in excellent fashion with a dashing all-the-way victory in the 2130m Simmonds Steel Fencing And Gates Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Capel trainer Aiden de Campo got the $3.90 favourite away speedily from barrier three, and the American…