Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Eleven-year-old Mattjestic Star ended a losing sequence of 40 when he relished his pacemaking role and beat the $1.50 favourite Heez Our Perseus in the 2130m Hoist Torque Rent A Gen Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The veteran pacer, part-owned and prepared by Wanneroo trainer Julie…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Nine-year-old Mister Bushido has been living in the shadow of his illustrious younger full-brother Diego, but he showed his worth with a fighting win in the 2130m Hoist Torque Vertical Transport Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The veteran performer celebrated his 88th start when he was…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Lightly-raced New Zealand-bred seven-year-old Rockaball was in a bad state after finishing last when racing first-up after a three-month absence a month ago. He was suffering from severe heat exhaustion and almost collapsed in the wash bay after the race. “I was lucky that Mel McGregor (the course…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Brilliant young pacing mare Nevermindthechaos will compete in her first standing-start event, the $30,000 Race For Roses next Friday fortnight, provided she qualifies with a satisfactory trial in a stand. “She has plenty of good races coming up,” said part-owner and trainer Michael Young after Gary Hall Jnr…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Michael Young, an emerging star amongst the ranks of harness racing’s trainers, celebrated his first success in a feature race group event when the richly talented Emily Suvaljko produced a perfect drive to land Doc Holliday an impressive winner of the $50,000 Hoist Torque Australia Four And Five-Year-Old…
The $50,000 4YO & 5YO Championship (2130m) headlines a nine-event card at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The powerful Greg and Skye Bond stable have two of the main fancies in the Group 2 feature in Dont Bother Me None, who has drawn ideally in gate two, and Ideal Agent drawn out in eight. WA Trotting…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Smart mare Miss Mucho, who has been racing keenly in mobiles for trainers Greg and Skye Bond, will be on trial for a start in the $30,000 Race For Roses, a 2503m standing start feature event on April 29, when she begins off 10m the $20,250 Taking You…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators In-form Mundijong trainer Michael Young makes no secret that he considers Nevermindthechaos the best pacer in his stable, and the speedy four-year-old mare is firmly on target to extend her winning sequence to four when she contests the $26,000 Hoist Torque Solutions Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night.…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Few pacers, let alone a two-year-old, set a scorching lead time of 35sec. in a 2130m event. But that’s what the Art Major colt Major Overs did last Friday week. Champion reinsman Chris Lewis intends to use the two-year-old’s sparkling gate speed in a bid for victory in…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Star reinsman Ryan Warwick has fond memories of driving Gee Whiz Fizz to a last-stride victory in the group 2 Four And Five-Year-Old Championship 15 years ago — and he has high hopes winning the $50,000 feature event for the second time when he drives Dont Bother Me…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Twenty-four-year-old Hayden Hancock produced a flawless drive to land his first Friday night metropolitan-class winner when $56.30 outsider Euston Flyer finished full of running to beat the $1.90 favourite Armed Reactor in the 2130m Classic Legendary Broking Pace. Eight-year-old Euston Flyer, raced on lease and trained by Matt Scott,…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Some of the bitter disappointment suffered by Paula Petricevich when her highly-promising young pacer Bettor B Abeliever fractured a bone in a back leg almost three years ago and had to be retired was alleviated when Candy Apple scored a most encouraging victory at Gloucester Park on Friday…