It was the two-year-old fillies last week, and this week it’s the two-year-old colts and geldings who get their opportunity to star on the big stage. The $100,000 Hoist Torque Australia 2YO Pearl Classic (2130m) headlines a stellar 10-event card at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The Group 2 event has attracted a star-studded field…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Leading reinsman Gary Hall Jnr has given punters a valuable lead by choosing to drive Chal Patch in preference to Mr Fantastic in the 2503m HTA Rent A Gen Handicap at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Chal Patch, trained by Nathan Turvey, and the Justin Prentice-trained Mr Fantastic will start…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX New Zealand-bred four-year-old My Ultimate Baxter, a winner of five races in Queensland and four in New South Wales and a placegetter in Victoria, looks set for a win at his first start in Western Australia when he contests the opening event, the 2130m Hoist Torque Australia Pace at Gloucester…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Veteran pacer Galactic Star boasts a remarkable record. He has started from the coveted No. 1 barrier seven times in mobile events at Gloucester Park, has never been beaten for early speed and has recorded six wins and a head second placing. He will start from the No. 1 barrier…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Unbeaten colt Waverider looks set to maintain his perfect form by leading and proving too fast for his eleven rivals in the $100,000 Hoist Torque Australia Pearl Classic for two-year-olds at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The Ryan Bell-trained Waverider has drawn perfectly at the No. 1 barrier in the…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX New Zealand-bred five-year-old Himself, who boosted his earnings past the $300,000 mark when he won the $31,000 Happy Birthday Hubert Tucker Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night, has done a remarkable job after his career appeared doomed when he was seriously injured in his race debut in February 2020.…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Veteran trainer Kevin Keys is enjoying a purple patch and he celebrated his fifth win in the space of five days when Blitzembye set the pace and easily beat Whatabro and Soho Dow Jones in the $25,000 The West Australian Pace over 1730m at Gloucester Park on Friday night. This…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Seven-year-old mare Sheez Our Hope has suffered a perennial problem with tender feet, and this has seriously restricted her racing career. But tender care has rewarded Pinjarra trainer Mike Cornwall with successes on the racetrack. The use of frog pads on her front feet have acted as cushions and enabled…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Hall of Fame trainer Gary Hall Snr has Master Publisher racing in top form, and after the New Zealand-bred six-year-old had scored a splendid victory in the 2130m Garrard’s Horse And Hound Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night star reinsman described his win as “super.” Getn Wiggy Withit, a…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Youth scored a notable triumph over experience at Gloucester Park on Friday night when the youngest runner in the 2536m Westral Pace proved the master of his six rivals. Four-year-old Arma Xfactor was the $1.40 favourite who went into the event with a record of ten wins from 31 starts…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Hillview Bondi continues to mystify his trainer Ryan Bell, who says that the five-year-old has a mind of his own and won’t compete in races unless he is allowed to do his own thing. “If you restrain him in a race he simply won’t go,” said Bell. “If you don’t…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Champion reinsman Gary Hall Jnr is in awe of inexperienced four-year-old Youre So Fine, who chalked up his sixth win from six starts since resuming after an injury-enforced absence of 19 months when he proved the master of his more experienced rivals in the Nova 93.7 Handicap, a 2503m stand…