Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Up-and-coming three-year-old Fess Up continued his march towards the $200,000 WA Derby on November 3 with a spirited performance to score a notable victory in fast time in the 1730m Summit Bloodstock Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “I was very happy with the run,” said co-trainer Greg Bond…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Star New Zealand-bred five-year-old Jumpingjackmac bounced back to his best form and ended a losing sequence of 19 when Stuart McDonald drove him to an emphatic victory in the $1000,000 James Brennan Memorial at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Jumpingjackmac, the $2.40 favourite from the No. 1 barrier, defied early…
The time-honoured James Brennan Memorial (2536m), now worth $100,000, takes pride of place at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The Group 2 feature has attracted a top-class field as the State’s two biggest stables fine-tune their pacers for next month’s WA Pacing Cup. The Gary Hall Sr yard and the husband and wife enterprise of…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Plans for former Victorian performer Duty Bound will be to surge to the front from barrier one and led his rivals on a merry dance in the 1730m Sky Racing Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Co-trainer Ross Olivieri is full of confidence after Duty Bound’s solid efforts when…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Six of WA-bred pacer Seeryanfly’s latest seven wins have been in stands, but star reinsman Shannon Suvaljko insists that the five-year-old is a highly capable performer in mobile events. Seeryanfly will start from the No. 1 barrier in the 2536m Vale Dulcie Brindley Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night,…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Promising young driver Emily Johnson is looking forward to driving Sport Sport Sport in the $30,000 Direct Trades Supply Pace for mares at Gloucester Park on Friday night when the Aiden De Campo-trained four-year-old will start from the coveted No. 1 barrier. The 20-year-old Johnson notched her 49TH winner when…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Five-year-old Jumpingjackmac is the only runner in the 12-horse field in the $100,000 James Brennan Memorial at Gloucester Park on Friday night who has not won a race in 2023. But the New Zealand-bred gelding, prepared by Hall Of Fame trainer Gary Hall Snr, has bright prospects of…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX The New Zealand owners of Carana decided to retire the gelding after he pulled up in a distressed condition with a lap to go in a 2400m stand at Methven in October last year. But champion trainers Greg and Skye Bond have resurrected Carana’s career, and the six-year-old has won…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Part-owner and trainer-reinsman Shane Young has pencilled in an ambitious program of feature races for champion mare Wonderful To Fly, who resumed after a four-week absence in superb style with an effortless victory in the $27,000 Westbred Is The Way Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “She will go…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Thomson Bay has recovered from a series of leg ailments, and he gave a sample of his ability at his third appearance after a 16-month absence when he won the 1730m @Thetrotswa On Facebook Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Thomson Bay, the $1.80 favourite from the No. 2…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Most punters considered the Epona Mares Earn $10K Credits Pace for two-year-olds at Gloucester Park on Friday night would develop into a match between the Greg and Skye Bond-trained geldings Thenu Came Along ($2) and Thelittle Master ($2.45). But $7 chance Artful Major provided an excellent example of his potential…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Prominent owner Rob Tomlinson raced New Zealand-bred mare Elena S with considerable success just over a decade ago, and now he is enjoying the deeds of that mare’s second foal Bellezza Nera. Elena S raced 59 times for nine wins, 20 placings and stakes of $97,549, and Bellezza Nera improved…