Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Star pacer Lavra Joe will have a well-deserved rest from racing next Friday night before he tackles the $50,000 Mount Eden Sprint the following Friday. The brilliant four-year-old appeared at Gloucester Park on Friday night for the eighth consecutive week, when he was untroubled to bowl along in front…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Hobby trainer Chris Phatouros has always been a devotee of standing-start racing and he was smiling happily when Rebel With A Grin broke through for an overdue victory at Gloucester Park on Friday night to give him his first city success for four and a half years. Rebel With…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators “It’s full steam ahead for the Golden Slipper, that’s the plan,” said outstanding trainer Justin Prentice after Aiden De Campo had driven Rolling Fire to a dashing victory in the Steel Blue Boots Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The $150,000 Golden Slipper will be run next Friday…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators None of the eleven runners in the 2130m Wonderful To Fly Supports Ride For Ahlia Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night had been placed at their past three starts, and punters were quick to establish Suing You (unplaced at her past six starts) as the warm favourite because…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Patience was a virtue for star reinsman Gary Hall Jnr, who was content to keep the $2.50 favourite Master Publisher at the rear while rank outsiders Mattjestic Star ($34) and Good Times Ahead ($61) fought for ascendancy at the head of the field in the 2130m Tom’s Ride For…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Richly-talented driver Maddison Brown completed a long-priced double at Gloucester Park on Friday night when she guided Arma Einstein to a thrilling half-head victory over Stamford in the Rod And Sue Brennan Pace. Arma Einstein, trained by Brown’s father Colin, was a $17.20 chance, whose win came thirty minutes…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Up-and-coming four-year-old Tenzing Bromac returned to his best form when he outclassed his rivals in scoring an effortless all-the-way win in the 2130m Ride For Ahlia First Of October Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The Greg and Skye Bond-trained New Zealand-bred gelding, who was surprisingly narrowly beaten…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Mundijong trainer Michael Young’s rising star continued to shine at Gloucester Park on Friday night when he won the $26,000 Zac Williams Pace with $16.10 chance Alcippes Delight. The four-year-old mare’s head victory over the $2.45 favourite American Arma chalked up Young’s 50TH metropolitan winner for the season which…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Top-flight New Zealand-bred gelding Ezana gave further proof that he will be a leading contender for the rich feature events for four-year-olds in November and December when he resumed racing after a beneficial spell with a stylish victory in the $23,750 Simon Miller Racing Pace at Gloucester Park on…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators A daring drive by Aiden De Campo paid handsome dividends when he drove $63.90 tote outsider Sovrana to an upset victory in the $50,000 group 2 Ride For Ahlia Daintys Daughter Classic at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Sovrana, drawn out wide at barrier seven, began brilliantly and burst…