Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX A series of feature events for mares in the coming months is on the agenda for the outstanding five-year-old Taking the Miki, who gave a superb performance to outclass her ten rivals in the 2130m Westral Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “She did it in second gear, rated…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Nine-year-old New Zealand-bred Acuto has been in Western Australia for four years and he notched his first win in a mobile event in the State when Kyle Symington drove the veteran pacer, a heavily supported $1.90 favourite, to an easy victory in the $19,000 Hoist Torque Australia Pace at Gloucester…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Veteran owner Rob Dower, who raced pacers with the late Les Poyser more than fifty years ago, has never lost his enthusiasm for the sport of harness racing. He is now more than happy at his decision to outlay $15,000 last month to buy promising five-year-old Showpony, a small, striking…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX New Zealand-bred six-year-old Watching Our Coin has contested stands at six of his past nine starts for two wins and three seconds. But his future racing will be in mobile events, said his trainer Michael Young after the gelding set the pace and won the New Season Handicap, a stand…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Brilliant frontrunner and hot $1.50 favourite Rumour Has It had to produce a flying final 400m of 27sec. to hold on and win by a half-head from the breeze runner Three Rumours ($5) in the 2130m Catalano Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The lightly-raced six-year-old is racing with…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX “It’s been a big week, and I’m very happy,” said a delighted Kim Prentice after Mitch Miller had driven Soho Dow Jones to a convincing victory in the 2536m APG Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The outstanding horseman landed his one thousandth winner as a trainer when Crowd…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Star pacer Minstrel was pacing so fast soon after the start of the Running Camel Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night that he blundered and broke for a few strides, leaving his arch rival Lavra Joe in front in the $31,000 Free-For-All. This foreshadowed an extremely exciting event which…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX The Warwick name is synonymous with WA pacing, and this famous dynasty seized the limelight at Gloucester Park on Friday night when the Katja Warwick-trained All Is Well produced a superb performance to snatch a dramatic victory in the $30,000 Warwick Pace, a feature event run to acknowledge and celebrate…