Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Soho Dow Jones has been plagued by bad barriers for most of his 12 starts for astute trainer Kim Prentice — and the three-year-old is again faced with a tough barrier at No. 7 in the opening event, the 2130m Go One Better With Westral Pace at Gloucester Park…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Back in the 1960s champion trainer-reinsman Jim Schrader despaired of winning a city event with an old gelding named Clancy Bar, who failed at 60-odd attempts to win a Qualifying Stakes (a metropolitan maiden) and was placed on the banned list. In desperation, Schrader removed the hopples and…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Rising star Kyle Symington is preparing to throw down the gauntlet to the State’s two best mares Eighteen Carat and The Amber Hare in the $150,000 Westral Mares Classic at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Symington will drive five-year-old Miss Limelight from the prized No. 1 barrier in the…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators It’s all systems go for the lightly-raced Papinik to contest the rich Fremantle and WA Pacing Cups in January after the WA-bred six-year-old simply toyed with the opposition and scored a wonderful victory in the 2130m Harley Smug Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Papinik, trained by Ross…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Velocipede, a big, tall and athletic two-year-old, showed he has a bright future when he gave a splendid frontrunning exhibition to score an easy victory in the $20,250 The Current Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Champion reinsman Gary Hall Jnr, who had driven stablemate Hes Never Been…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Nine-year-old Fanci A Dance showed that age and a wide barrier (No. 8) are certainly not insurmountable barriers when he proved far too good for his eleven rivals in the 2536m It’s Camel Time Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Driven aggressively by master reinsman Chris Lewis, Fanci…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Star reinsman Ryan Warwick notched his 99TH winner for the season when he drove Ideal Agent to a comfortable victory in the $23,750 Vale Robbie Dewar Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Ideal Agent, prepared by leading trainers Greg and Skye Bond, was the $2.50 favourite from the…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Former Tasmanian pacer Cool Water Paddy’s win in the opening event, the Rex Far Too Good Pace, at Gloucester Park on Friday night revived memories of Eyre Crusher’s close second to Three Blind Mice in the 2014 WA Derby. Eyre Crusher, trained by Gary Hall Snr, had 18 starts…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators New Zealand-bred four-year-old Our Shelley Beach, generally recognised as a frontrunner, produced a sample of his versatility when he sprinted home strongly to score an impressive win in the 2130m Jnr Vice President Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Astute trainer Mike Reed attributed the three-length victory over…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Sportswriter four-year-old Himself is proving an outstanding standing-start specialist, and he gave his supporters no cause for concern as he romped to an easy victory in the Mrs Trotting Camel Handicap, a 2503m stand at Gloucester Park on Friday night. He was the $1.60 favourite from the inside of…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Highly promising New Zealand-bred filly Cyclone Charlotte ruined her chances when she broke in running at two of her first three appearances in WA and was sent back to trials. But she has overcome this bad habit and was on her best behaviour at Gloucester Park on Friday night…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators “She gets better every time she goes around,” said Ravenswood trainer Jocelyn Young after driving The Amber Hare to an effortless victory in the $26,000 Dack Hardwick Free-For-All at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “She will go around in the $150,000 Mares Classic next Friday night, and then after…