Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Boom Time, an easy all-the-way winner of the 2130m Durrant Racing Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night, was described by trainer Ross Olivieri as a classy customer, capable of winning in better-class company. “He can do even better in stronger company,” said Olivieri after Chris Voak had guided…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Outstanding young trainer Michael Young is unable to hide his admiration for five-year-old Eighteen Carat, who he declares is one of the smartest mares in Western Australia. “The $150,000 Mares Classic on November 25 is the main aim for Eighteen Carat, and I think she can give it…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Lightly-raced New Zealand-bred pacer Himself is destined for stardom, and he is showing that he is sure to prove a formidable opponent to pacers of the calibre of Lavra Joe, Jumpingjackmac, Mighty Ronaldo, Finvarra, Stamford, Ragazzo Mach, Mr Fantastic, Ezana and others in feature events for four-year-olds later this…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Evergreen millionaire pacer Vultan Tin is far from a spent force. He provided emphatic proof of that when he crushed his younger rivals in the $30,000 Thank You Cruz, Love Noah Free-For-All at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The ten-year-old will line up for his 209TH start when he…
The $30,000 Tabtouch Marathon Handicap (3309m) headlines an action-packed 10-event card at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The Group 3 stand is the longest event staged at headquarters, with the 11-horse field tasked with completing almost four laps of the track. It’s certainly not for the faint-hearted. Members of the WA Media Guild have, with…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Veteran pacer Bracken Sky has managed just one win from his past 30 starts, but he has been a wonderful money spinner for his part-owner and Wanneroo trainer Debbie Padberg. The seven-year-old has accumulated $248,850 in prizemoney from 18 wins and 37 placings from 147 starts — and…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Wanea, a dismal failure when a $1.45 favourite last Friday week, can make amends by winning the Ora Foods Pace for two-year-olds at Gloucester Park on Friday night, according to the filly’s trainer-reinsman Chris Voak. Wanea started from the outside in the field of seven last week when she…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Mundijong trainer Michael Young is riding on the crest of an irresistible wave and his six runners at Gloucester Park on Friday night will have many supporters. Young goes into the meeting bubbling with confidence after landing five winners from his past seven starters to improve his tally this…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Star filly Wonderful To Fly has recovered from a bruised foot and Pinjarra trainer-reinsman Shane Young declared “she should be the horse to beat” when assessing her prospects in the $20,250 Dulux Accredited Painters Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “It is a good field, and the…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing The Marathon Handicap is one of the few feature races that has eluded champion trainers Greg and Skye Bond, but they are poised to right that wrong by winning the group 3 event over 3309m at Gloucester Park on Friday night with the lightly-raced New Zealand-bred gelding Himself.…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Early this year Paula Petricevich was so disappointed with Paroquet, a four-year-old mare she had bred, that she advertised her for sale at just $3000. She received a few tentative nibbles, but nobody was willing to outlay this small price to buy her. Eventually, Serpentine trainer Michael Munro took…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing A flying start from barrier four paved the way for Machlani’s long overdue win in the 2536m Direct Trades Supply Maddington Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The six-year-old gelding’s victory over Allwoods Rocknroll ($4.40) and Withoutthetuh ($2.50 favourite) ended an 857-day drought and a losing sequence…