Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators A patient drive by Gary Hall Jnr was rewarded when Tricky Miki got clear on the home turn and charged down the straight to snatch a thrilling last-stride victory in the Group 2 Cowden Insurance Western Gateway Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. It was a splendid rehearsal…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators A virtuoso performance in the sulky on a wet and wintry Gloucester Park on Friday night catapulted Gary Hall Jnr into harness racing’s stratosphere as a driver without peer. When he guided veteran pacer Rock Me Over to victory in the final event the 40-year-old Hall set a significant…
The $50,000 Cowden Insurance 3YO Western Gateway Pace (2536m) is the feature event at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The Group 2 race has attracted a quality field and the barrier draw has made it even more interesting. The majority of members from the WA Trotting Media Guild have found their best bets elsewhere, except…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing There is a surfeit of quality four-year-olds in Western Australia this year, and individual records and current form will play a major part in determining the fields to contest the $50,000 Four-Year-Old Championship, the $125,000 Four-Year-Old Classic and the $200,000 Golden Nugget in November and December. It is…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Back-line draws have forced Whatabro to be driven as a sit-sprinter at his past two starts, and Coolup trainer Michael Brennan is delighted that the former South Australian pacer will start from the No. 1 barrier in the $18,500 Go The Cardies Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night,…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Smart New Zealand-bred five-year-old Eighteen Carat will begin her spring campaign aimed at next month’s Norms Daughter Classic and the $150,000 Mares Classic when she begins from barrier two on the back line in the group 2 $50,000 Schrader Free-For-All for mares at Gloucester Park on Friday night. This…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Talented gelding Tricky Miki will need a good share of luck in the $50,000 Cowden Insurance Western Gateway Classic over 2536m at Gloucester Park on Friday night, according to star reinsman Gary Hall Jnr, who declared: “He’s a big chance providing he gets into the clear after starting from…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing “How impressive was he? He’s very good and his gate speed is phenomenal,” said delighted trainer Michael Young after The Mustang had revealed sparkling speed to charge straight to the front from barrier four in the 2536m Harness The Dream Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Up-and-coming reinsman Mitch Miller had only one thought in mind when he lined up at barrier No. 6 with Sweet Vivienne in the Follow The Trots WA on Facebook and Twitter Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night — and that was to take no prisoners. His tactics…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Promising four-year-old Machnificent made a triumphant return to racing — after recovering from a greasy heel infection — when he finished with a powerful burst to score an impressive victory in the $23,750 $1 Million Nullarbor Slot Race In April Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Part-owner…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Star reinsman Gary Hall was concerned when outstanding colt Smart Watch hung badly before scoring a narrow victory in the $20,250 Vale Beth Richardson Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. His worst fears were realised on Saturday morning when trainer Gary Hall Snr discovered that Smart Watch…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Rascal is a West Australian-bred four-year-old pacer blessed with considerable ability. But he has proved a major headache throughout his career for Byford trainer Katja Warwick who bred and races the gelding with Tom Erceg. Rascal refuses to pace smoothly and his habit of hanging in badly has…