Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Pinjarra trainer-reinsman Shane Young admits that super filly Wonderful To Fly has a tricky draw to contend with, but he is still confident that she will emerge triumphant in the $100,000 TABtouch Westbred Classic for three-year-old fillies at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Wonderful To Fly will start from…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Goodfellaz, the least experienced runner in the $100,000 TABtouch Westbred Classic for three-year-old colts and geldings at Gloucester Park on Friday night, is ready for the daunting challenge against several talented rivals, including four group 1 winners and the brilliant Swingband, who has won three group 2 races and…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Inexperienced New Zealand-bred Tenzing Bromac is carrying all before him, and he improved his record in Western Australia to eight starts for eight wins when he cruised to victory in the 1730m Bill And Norma Horn Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Star reinsman Ryan Warwick is impressed…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators New South Wales-bred pacer Machs Bettor has struck a purple patch, and he notched his fourth win from his five starts in his current campaign when he scored a thrilling upset victory over his brilliant stablemate Swingband in the 2130m Gary And Sue Craik Pace for three-year-olds at Gloucester…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Enigmatic stallion Always Fast certainly does not always live up to his name, and his new trainer Michael Young derides him, saying: “He has horrific racing manners, and he just doesn’t try unless he leads.” Always Fast was the $1.50 favourite from the No. 2 barrier in the 2130m…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Leg problems have hampered the career of five-year-old The Ideal Touch, who reappeared after an absence of eight months when he lined up at barrier No. 6 in the 2130m Black Irish Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Produced in fine fettle by champion trainer Gary Hall Snr,…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Victorian-bred six-year-old Beefour Bacardi enhanced his claims as the State’s best trotter when he gave a bold frontrunning display to win the 2536m Bill Horn HRA Distinguished Service Award Winner Trot at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Beefour Bacardi, the $1.40 favourite, revealed dazzling gate speed from the outside…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators A brilliant beginning by Mirragon proved the decisive factor in the Victorian-bred five-year-old’s victory at $4.90 in the 2536m Village Kid Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Mirragon, trained by Debra Lewis and driven by her husband Chris, flew out from barrier four and crossed to the front…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Seven-year-old WA-bred pacer Nuclear Poker has overcome setbacks during his career and is racing in good style for Waroona trainer Nigel Johns. He was an outsider at $32.40 when Hayden Charles, handling the gelding for the first time, drove him to an all-the-way win in the 2536m Vale Bill…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Livy Jay, sold for $25,000 at the 2018 APG Perth yearling sale, broke through for her first metropolitan-class success when trainer Dylan Egerton-Green drove her to an all-the-way victory in the Bill Horn GPHR Life Member Pace for mares at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Livy Jay, a $4.80…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators New Zealand-bred six-year-old Diego is racing at the peak of his powers for champion trainer Gary Hall Snr, and driver Maddison Brown praised the gelding’s toughness after his narrow victory in the $30,000 Bill The Better Butcher Free-For-All at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Diego, the $2.70 second fancy,…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Promising pacer American Monarch is following in the footsteps of her dam Prix De Whitby and maternal granddam Whitbys Merit as a smart two-year-old performer. Trained and driven by Aiden De Campo, American Monarch, the $2 favourite, broke through for her first victory when she set the pace and…