Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Former New Zealand pacer Mister Fortunia will be seen in a different role when he contests the Nullarbor April 14 Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night, according to the five-year-old’s reinsman Aldo Cortopassi. Mister Fortunia, trained by Amber Sparks, will be given the task of winning the start…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Hoppys Way has been unplaced from unfavourable barriers at his past three starts, but trainer Mike Reed is confident the Art Major colt will enjoy the advantage of beginning from the No. 2 barrier in the 2130m Happy Fourth Birthday Noah George Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Brilliant but enigmatic pacer Wildwest will make a surprise and unheralded return to racing after a 19-week absence when he begins from the No. 2 barrier in the $50,000 Summit Bloodstock Navy Cup at Gloucester Park on Friday night when his band of owners will be cheering for him…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Classy four-year-old Jumpingjackmac went into Friday night’s $30,000 WAFL World On 91.3 FM Free-For-All with champion reinsman Gary Hall Jnr hatching a firm plan of not using the gelding’s excellent gate speed, but to tuck away on the pegs before relying on his natural high speed. It was a…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Up-and-coming pacer Kimble got Mundijong trainer Michael Young away to a flyer at Gloucester Park on Friday night when he scored a decisive victory in the opening event, the 2130m Cowden The Insurance Brokers Pace. It was a perfect start for the 33-year-old Young, who ended the night with…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Talented pacer Eighteen Carat was produced in great shape for her first outing for eight weeks by Mundijong trainer Michael Young — and she delivered the goods in style with an impressive victory in the $50,000 Group 2 Cowden Insurance Schrader Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “She…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Former jockey Campbell McCallum made a perfect start to his career in harness racing when he landed two winners from his first two drives in a race at the meeting at Bunbury’s Donaldson Park on Friday afternoon. The 33-year-old McCallum set the pace with the $1.32 favourite Toni Street…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Aleesha Bynder is proving to be a wonderful substitute for Coolup trainer Michael Brennan. She has brought the Brennan-trained five-year-old Whatabro to Gloucester Park twice for two wins. Forty-five minutes after Brennan had driven Rona May into third place behind Northern Gaze in the seventh and final event at…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Baskerville trainer Ryan Bell has The Code Breaker racing enthusiastically, and the American Ideal five-year-old maintained his excellent form with an all-the-way victory in the 2130m Sport FM 91.3 Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. However, it was not an effortless win for the $1.30 favourite who fought…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Five-year-old The Mustang remains unbeaten in Western Australia after he set the pace and held on to win by the barest possible margin in the 2130m Aylmore Classic Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Punters who had supported The Mustang, the $1.10 favourite, were besides themselves with considerable…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Victorian-bred five-year-old Firerockfireroll has the background to be a prolific winner, with his sire Courage Under Fire and dam Rocknrolla both being Group 1 winners and starring on the track. Firerockfireroll was the $1.40 favourite when he made his third appearance in Western Australia, starting off the front in…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Veteran reinsman Lindsay Harper had some anxious moments before scoring a narrow victory with $1.50 favourite Eldaytona in the 2130m Hotspurs 1882 Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Eldaytona had a comfortable time with a slow lead time of 39.3sec. and modest opening quarters of 31.6sec. and 30.8sec.…