The ABR Summit Bloodtsock J.P. Stratton Cup (2130m) heads a stellar 11-event card at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The $100,000 feature has brought together a top-class field with the Gary Hall Sr-trained Diego coming up with the pole for driver Maddison Brown. However, members of the WA Trotting Media Guild have sidestepped the cup…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Widely travelled four-year-old pacer My Ultimate Baxter was close to death when he became ill on a float trip across the Nullarbor earlier in the year. But he has survived, and he notched his first win at his fifth start in Western Australia when Chris Lewis drove him to victory…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Coolup trainer Hayden Reeves has always had a keen eye for a bargain, and he has hit the jackpot with Thomson Bay, who is racing in sparkling form and kept up the good work with a splendid all-the-way victory in the $21,000 Cowden First For Insurance Pace at Gloucester Park…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX New Zealand-bred gelding Im The Black Flash ran an impressive trial for the rich WA Derby in a fortnight when he outclassed the opposition in the 2130m Cowden The Insurance Brokers Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “It was a super run, and he could win a race like…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Standing-start specialist Carana, the $1.40 favourite in the Cowden Insurance Brokers Handicap at Gloucester Park on Friday night, gave his supporters quite a scare when he scrambled into his gear, veered inwards and bumped into Major Artist at the beginning of the standing-start event. However, their worries were short-lived when…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Consistent performer Valentines Brook, placed at four of his five previous starts, broke through for an overdue win when he stormed home to snatch victory in a thrilling finish to the 1730m Cowden The Insurance Brokers Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The win completed a double for Ravenswood…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Speedy WA-bred five-year-old Rocknroll Elliot is poised for a successful campaign, considering the ease in which he won the 2536m Cowden Insurance Solutions Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night at his third appearance after a seven-month absence. And he is expected to improve, with his trainer Jocelyn Young saying…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Promising three-year-old filly Allaglow is bred to be a good winner, being closely related to former brilliant pacing filly and mare Amongst Royalty, who amassed $570,820 in stakes from 23 wins and 27 placings from 86 starts. Allaglow was a $19.30 chance from barrier two on the back line in…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Victorian-bred pacer Rock Artist is making a late bid to gain a start in the $200,000 WA Derby on Friday week. At his second appearance after a spell, Rock Artist gave a spirited frontrunning display to win the Western Gateway Consolation over 2356m at Gloucester Park on Friday night. He…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Star reinsman Chris Voak continued his wonderful association with talented four-year-old Taking the Miki when he drove with great confidence to land the mare a narrow winner of the Group 3 $50,000 The Schrader Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Voak has driven the Jemma Hayman-trained Taking The Miki…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Champion trainer Gary Hall senior’s prospects of winning the WA Derby for a record sixth time received a substantial boost when his son Gary Hall Jnr drove Mister Smartee to an effortless victory in the Group 3 Cowden Insurance Western Gateway Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “He did…
The WA Derby hopefuls will strut their stuff at Gloucester Park on Friday night when they contest the $50,000 Cowden Insurance 3YO Western Gateway Pace (2130m). The Western Gateway is a traditional lead-up race for next month’s WA Derby. And one horse who stands heads and shoulders above the rest is Never Ending. Ken Casellas,…