Our Maestoso Is A Star

Ken Casellas | Photo:  PACEPIX Lightly-raced New Zealand-bred trotter Our Maestoso is carrying all before him, and his part-owner and trainer Barry Howlett has high hopes the five-year-old will exceed the deeds of his former star trotter Sunnys Little Whiz. Sunnys Little Whiz was retired after racing 48 times for 18 wins, 15 placings and…

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Highview Heidi Set For The Gold Bracelet

Ken Casellas | Photo:  PACEPIX Promising filly Highview Heidi warmed up for next Friday night’s $35,000 Gold Bracelet in fine style with a stylish victory in the 1730m Download the TABtouch Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. She was an easing $4.40 chance from the outside barrier in the field of eight, but ace…

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Voak Lauds Storm The Beach

Ken Casellas | Photo:  PACEPIX Star reinsman Chris Voak has a high opinion of the lightly raced four-year-old Storm The Beach, who was not extended in winning the 2130m Nova 93.7 Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “He is still very green, but he is tough, he can stick and has a high cruising…

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Franco Encore Causes An Upset

Ken Casellas | Photo:  PACEPIX Brilliant colt Waverider was all the rage as the $1.34 favourite for the 2130m Sell Your Car at Westside Auto Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. But he was upstaged by his smart stablemate Franco Encore, who was surprisingly shunned by punters after two wins and two placings from…

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Plan Works Perfectly

Ken Casellas | Photo:  PACEPIX Victorian-bred pacer Dominus Factum went into the 2130m The West Australian Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night as the winner of 17 races, 13 of which were achieved when he set the pace. Ace trainer-reinsman Aiden De Campo was keen to use the six-year-old sparkling gate speed to advantage,…

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Chris Butt Proves To Be A Good Judge

Ken Casellas | Photo:  PACEPIX Henley Brook trainer-reinsman Robbie Williams is more than happy he took the advice of New Zealand reinsman Chris Butt to purchase Brickies Dream. Butt, the son of legendary New Zealand reinsman Anthony Butt, was a successful driver in Western Australia just over a decade ago when he became a good…

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Cabsav’s Class Tells

Ken Casellas | Photo:  PACEPIX WA-bred four-year-old mare Cabsav, the youngest and least experienced runner in the www.gloucesterpark.com.au Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night, overcame the disadvantage of the outside barrier on the front line to win, coming from ninth at the bell. A Group 1 winner of the Sales Classic for two-year-old fillies…

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Hampton Banner Ends Long Losing Sequence

Ken Casellas | Photo:  PACEPIX New Zealand-bred seven-year-old Hampton Banner broke through for an overdue win when he made the most of the No. 1 barrier by setting the pace and holding on to win the 2130m Trotsynd Syndication Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. He was the $1.90 favourite, and his victory by…

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Petricevich Celebrates A Rare Double

Ken Casellas | Photo:  PACEPIX Hobby trainer Paula Petricevich was ecstatic at Gloucester Park on Friday night when her bonny mare Sweet Vivienne scored an emphatic victory in the $30,000 Harry Capararo Four and Five-Year-Old Westbred Mares Classic to complete her greatest day as a breeder and owner. Earlier in the day she notched her…

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