Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Lightly-raced New Zealand-bred gelding Mr Fantastic is living up to his name and he is emerging as a leading candidate for the rich feature events for four-year-olds at the end of the year. The Bettors Delight gelding, trained by Justin Prentice, notched his seventh win from 12 starts in…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators “She is making claims as the best mare in the State,” declared a proud trainer Michael Young after Eighteen Carat’s dashing victory in the 2130m $30,000 Retravision Pace for mares at Gloucester Park on Friday night. This was Eighteen Carat’s second Group 3 success in the space of eight…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Five-year-old Jaspervellabeach excels from the No. 1 barrier, and he notched his fourth win from five starts from the coveted inside barrier when Emily Suvaljko drove him confidently to land him an all-the-way winner of the 2130m WA Harness Racing Owners Association Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night.…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Man-of-the-moment trainer Michael Young credits Plutonium’s outstanding return to racing after an injury-enforced 13-month absence to a complete change in the six-year-old’s training regime and 19-year-old stablehand Joseph Suvaljko’s devotion to the task of galloping the gelding in the sand. The New Zealand-bred Plutonium recorded his third win from…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Veteran pacer Tuas Delight has recovered from a damaged tendon which kept him on the sidelines for ten months, and the nine-year-old raced with a spring in his step to score an effortless victory in the 2130m Aaron Bain Racing And Summit Bloodstock Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Seven-year-old New Zealand-bred gelding Lord Rosco is a noted frontrunner who went into the 2130m Dylan’s Still Running For Noah George Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night as the anticipated pacemaker, having scored all-the-way wins at 12 of his 16 victories. But the best laid plans do not…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators “He’s the best horse I’ve driven in a race,” beamed talented young reinsman Kyle Symington after guiding brilliant three-year-old Swingband to a stylish victory in the 2130m Noah and Cruz George Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Swingband, the $2.20 favourite, overcame the disadvantage of starting from the…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Dylan Egerton-Green is at the forefront of Western Australia’s young trainers, and he left Gloucester Park on Friday night glowing with pride at achieving his first Group 1 training success. He produced Zephyra in splendid condition and drove the youngster with aggression and supreme confidence to score a…
“Al Guerrero is a bold frontrunner and gets the draw here to find that position from which he usually takes beating,” Havercroft said. “The distance is probably the only query but Plutonium, who looks his main market danger, will have to come around Al Guerrero to beat him.” And Currall agrees. “Kyle Harper should be…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Champion reinsman Gary Hall Jnr left Gloucester Park on Tuesday night pondering the extremely difficult decision he faces next week when he must make a choice between Never Ending and Valedictorian as his drive in the $100,000 Group 1 Pearl Classic for two-year-olds on Friday week. Hall and trainer…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing For a pacer to win two Group 3 feature events in the space of eight days is no mean feat. But that’s what outstanding young trainer Michael Young is confident of achieving at Gloucester Park on Friday night when Eighteen Carat contests the $30,000 Retravision Pace. The New…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Star three-year-old Swingband is one of talented reinsman Michael Grantham’s favourite pacers, but he has failed in a bid to handle the Ryan Bell-trained gelding in the $20,250 Noah and Cruz George Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. This left up-and-coming 20-year-old Kyle Symington the opportunity to…