Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Outstanding driver Deni Roberts thought long and hard before choosing to handle Patronus Star in preference to his stablemate Tenzing Bromac in the $31,000 The Trots WA Pace over 2536m at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Leading trainers Greg and Skye Bond have Patronus Star and Tenzing Bromac racing in…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Coolup trainer Michael Brennan is out to buck the odds by winning the $30,000 Retravision Marathon Handicap at Gloucester Park on Friday night with a pacer racing first-up at his first appearance in Western Australia and at his first attempt in a standing-start event. He is pinning his hopes on…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Pacepix New Zealand-bred pacer Youre So Fine, out of action for 19 months while recovering from a damaged tendon, has resumed racing for champion trainer Gary Hall Snr in grand style and is developing into a serious contender for the rich classics for four-year-olds later this year, with his main target…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Pacepix Kevin Strahan and Garry McRae outlaid $21,000 to purchase a Jeremes Jet filly at the 2013 Gloucester Standardbreds yearling sale. The filly was the ninth foal out of Pleasedontstop and was named Shezagoodtimegirl. Unfortunately, Shezagoodtimegirl was a failure on the race track and was retired after managing just two placings…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Pacepix Boyanup trainer Justin Prentice continues to enthuse over the manner in which Rolling Fire is progressing towards a serious tilt at winning the $200,000 WA Derby on November 3. “He probably will have one more run before getting ready for the Derby,” he said after Gary Hall Jnr had driven…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Pacepix A favourable barrier at No. 3 proved to be the major factor in Steno causing an upset and winning from the $1.16 favourite Wonderful To Fly in the $27,000 NRL @ Bridge Bar Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Steno, the $4 second fancy, revealed her usual sparkling gate…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Pacepix Eight-year-old Rockaball is still one of the State’s most exciting sit-sprinters, and he revealed his characteristic finishing brilliance when he charged home, out five wide, from a seemingly impossible eighth position at the 400m to snatch victory in the $19,000 Garrard’s Horse And Hound Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Pacepix Hopeland trainer Debra Lewis produced Robbie Easton in superb condition for his return to racing after an eight-month absence when the New Zealand-bred seven-year-old crushed his ten rivals in the 1730m Team Bond Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Robbie Easton was the $3.30 favourite from the prized No.…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Pacepix Memories of Waroona horseman Nigel Johns preparing grey mare All Flair for her eleven wins in her 171-start career earlier this century were revived when he drove five-year-old Victorian-bred chestnut mare Luvaflair to victory in the Hoist Torque Australia Trot at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Luvaflair is the only…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Pacepix Master Yossi extended the winning sequence to five for champion trainers Greg and Skye Bond when he scored an easy victory in the Nova 93.7 Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. His win as the $1.90 favourite followed the successes of Regal Aura at Gloucester Park last Monday and…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Pacepix Unheralded New Zealand import Watching Our Coin has exceeded all expectations, and now his trainer Michael Young is daring to dream with thoughts of the five-year-old contesting the $450,000 WA Pacing Cup on November 10. Young threw Watching Our Coin into the deep end by starting him out of his…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Pacepix The powerful Bond stable maintained its dominance of the John Higgins Memorial when Deni Roberts drove Peter Petrify to victory in the $50,000 feature event at Gloucester Park on Friday night, giving it its sixth success in the 29-year history of the race. Peter Petrify, a New Zealand-bred four-year-old and…