Only eight races at Gloucester Park for the twilight Easter Cup meeting on Friday, but it’s a card packed full of interest. The $50,000 Easter Cup (2503m) is the feature event – a Group 3 standing-start race where getting away from the strands will prove vital for victory. Two members of the WA Trotting Media…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Lightly-raced four-year-old Goodfellaz has resumed after a spell in splendid form and he looks a star bet at Gloucester Park on Friday afternoon when he will start from the prized No. 1 barrier in the 2130m Garrard’s Rio Cobra Pace. The American Ideal gelding, trained by Debra Lewis, raced…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Outstanding mare Nevermindthechaos was dogged by bad luck in the Empress Stakes last week, and she gets an ideal opportunity to return to the winning list when she starts from the outside barrier (No. 9) on the front line in the $26,000 Garrard’s Free-For-All for mares at Gloucester Park…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Only nine mares have won the Easter Cup in the past 70 years, but star reinsman Chris Voak is confident that four-year-old mare Taking The Miki can succeed in the $50,000 Garrard’s Horse And Hound Easter Cup at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Taking The Miki, winner of the…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Five-year-old Lavra Joe, the only West Australian-bred pacer in the $30,000 Garrard’s Your One Stop Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday evening, is in peak form for owner-trainer Ray Jones and has excellent prospects of warming up for the $1 million Nullarbor Slot Race the following Friday with a…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Smart mare Taking the Miki passed her first test in a standing-start event with flying colours when she began swiftly in the 2503m DTYS Web www.dtswa.com.au Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. A $3.60 chance and driven confidently by Chris Voak, Taking The Miki relished her frontrunning role…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Star Lavra, a $130,000 purchase at the 2021 APG Perth yearling sale, gave a glimpse of his potential at his third appearance in a race when he broke through for his first win at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The burly Captaintreacherous colt, trained by…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators New Zealand-bred five-year-old Raven Banner, who gave punters a flying start at Gloucester Park on Friday night when he set the pace and won the opening event, the 1730m Direct Trades Supply We’ve Got Shedloads Pace, is bred to be a good winner. Raven Banner’s full-brother Trojan Banner earned…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators New Zealand-bred five-year-old El Chema gave a sample of his class when he was last in a field of six at the 250m mark before storming home to score an effortless victory in the 1730m DTS Stay Safe PPE Products Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. A stylish…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Byford trainer Callan Suvaljko had three runners in the DTS Kelvin Road Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night, and he made a wise choice in engaging Gary Hall Jnr to handle ten-year-old gelding Tuas Delight who had managed one placing from his previous 13 starts. Suvaljko had driven…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Talented driver Maddison Brown admitted that she had learnt a valuable lesson the previous week when Arma Einstein, the $2.15 favourite, finished a well-beaten fourth behind James Butt. “I drove him a bit ambitiously last week, so I decided to change my tactics this week,” she said after driving…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Veteran pacer Cordero was battling to keep up when the $1.80 favourite Classic Choice was bowling along in front in the first lap of the Call DTS Now Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Cordero, a $4.90 chance from the prized No. 1 barrier, was left a good…