Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX New Zealand-born horseman Dean Chandler celebrated his first winner at Gloucester Park as a trainer when Aiden De Campo brought $125.80 outsider Good Times Ahead home with a late burst to snatch victory in the $19,000 Garrard’s Horse And Hound Pace over 2130m on Friday night. The eleven-year-old Good Times…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Rocknroll Spirit overcame the disadvantage of racing without front shoes when he revealed an excellent fighting spirit to set the pace and win the Become A BOTRA Member Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The WA-bred four-year-old, trained and driven by Chris Voak, was an easing $5.20 chance from…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Mardella trainer Michael Young issued a strong warning to the connections of the State’s best mares when he declared after Penny Black’s effortless win in the $30,000 BOTRA Driving The Industry Forward Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night that the inexperienced four-year-old would be considerably better later this year.…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Star reinsman Kyle Harper gave himself an early birthday present at Gloucester Park on Friday night when he drove the heavily-supported $1.80 favourite Blaze Coops to a decisive victory in the $19,000 BOTRA Thanking Our Committee Pace. Harper, who celebrated his 34TH birthday on Sunday, used all his skills to…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Recent New Zealand import Coney Island Lou set the pace to win at his first two starts in Western Australia, but it appears that his best asset is his sparkling sit-sprint ability. Coney Island Lou, trained by Gary Hall Snr, began from the outside barrier in the field of eight…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Widely-travelled five-year-old My Ultimate Baxter maintained his excellent form when he notched his third win from his past four starts at Gloucester Park on Friday night. A hot $1.60 favourite from the No. 1 barrier in the 2130m BOTRA, Supporting The Industry Pace, My Ultimate Baxter was able to stroll…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Talented driver Maddison Brown admitted that she almost lost her grip on the right rein in the early stages of the Trotsynd Register Now Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. But she retained her composure and was able to drive the $4.60 chance Ideal Tomado forward to wrest the…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Rich feature events, with $465,000 in prizemoney, are on the agenda for Sebastian James after he had scored a smart all-the-way victory in the $30,000 BOTRA The Future Is Harness Western Crown at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “He is a nice big colt and an effortless pacer who showed…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX New Zealand-bred seven-year-old Carana has proved to be virtually unbeatable in standing-start events, and not even the back mark of 30 metres could prevent him from winning the $30,000 Garrard’s BOTRA Cup over 2503m at Gloucester Park on Friday night. At his first start for five weeks he was a…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Outstanding horseman Justin Prentice is thoroughly enjoying a return to race driving after concentrating fully on his training over the past couple of years, and he is delighted at Never Ending’s form leading into the $2.1 million TAB Eureka at Menangle on September 7. Never Ending, the favourite for the…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Champion reinsman Chris Lewis has given punters a valuable lead by choosing to drive Hold The Ammo in preference to his stablemate Sebastian James in the $30,000 BOTRA – The Future Is Harness Western Crown Classic for two-year-old colts and geldings at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The two colts…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Four-year-old Chivalry is the least experienced runner in the Garrard’s BOTRA Cup at Gloucester Park on Friday night and the only runner in the field of twelve who has not contested a standing-start event. But the New Zealand-bred gelding’s trainer-reinsman Lindsay Harper gives the son of Sweet Lou an excellent…