Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Wanneroo trainer Debbie Padberg stands alone as Western Australia’s most successful female harness racing trainer, and she reached a memorable milestone at Gloucester Park on Friday night when she landed her 600TH winner. Padberg produced WA-bred six-year-old Lil Happy Fella in fine fettle for the 2130m Westral Verishade Curtains Pace,…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Erratic behaviour prevented Starlight Dream from racing as a two and three-year-old, but the now seven-year-old mare looks set to win many more races. Byford trainer Donald Harper has Starlight Dream racing with considerable verve, and she was most impressive when she thundered home from the rear to win the…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX New South Wales-bred four-year-old Barbados is proving a good buy for Scott and Sandy Nelson and Todd and Cara Hughes who outlaid $5000 to purchase the gelding who was advertised for sale on Facebook in June last year. Barbados, who had finished second at three of his five starts in…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX “He is definitely better now than he has ever been,” said Stuart McDonald after driving Jumpingjackmac to an easy win in the $31,000 Westral Shadetrack Outdoor Blinds Pace over 2130m at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “And I’m looking forward to him racing in the WA Pacing Cup later this…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Fond memories of Aiden De Campo driving the brilliant pacer Handsandwheels to 24 of his 29 victories, including the 2017 WA Derby, were revived when the star reinsman drove Magnus Victor to his first metropolitan-class win at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Magnus Victor, trained in Capel by De Campo,…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX New Zealand-bred five-year-old Rockmyster has resumed after a spell in fine form, and his trainer-reinsman Dylan Egerton-Green predicts a bright future for the gelding. Rockmyster’s two appearances after a five-month absence have resulted in a fast-finishing first-up second to Rockandrollartist and a powerful victory in the Westral Plantation Timber Shutters…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Arma Xfactor, a winner at seven of his 14 starts last season, went into the 1730m Westral Meshlock Security Doors Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night with only one placing from his first six starts as a five-year-old this season. But a flying start from the No. 5 barrier…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Champion reinsman Gary Hall Jnr was planning to give smart pacer Skylou the task of working the breeze in the 2503m Westral Window Blinds Handicap at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “I was expecting to have to sit in the breeze outside of Dourado, but when he broke into a…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Promising filly Highview Heidi, an impressive winner of the $35,000 Gold Bracelet at Gloucester Park on Friday night, will have a few days off before being prepared for the $30,000 Western Crown on June 14. “She’s got toughness, and she made it a staying test tonight,” said Bunbury trainer Paul…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Rich feature events for three-year-old fillies are on the agenda for champion pacer Water Lou, who maintained her superb form with a remarkable victory in the $50,000 Westral Diamond Classic at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Water Lou notched her seventh successive victory, after surviving a protest, and boosted her…