Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Powerful five-year-old pacer Whataretheodds, described by his trainer Ryan Bell as being lucky to be alive, is fit and healthy again and he showed he is set for a successful campaign when he gave a bold frontrunning display to win the 2130m Nathan, Nat and Shaun For Breakfast Pace at…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Serpentine trainer Giles Inwood has always had a keen eye for a bargain, and he celebrated his 40TH birthday at Gloucester Park on Friday night with an easy win with Firerockfireroll in the Nova 93.7 Pace. He made no secret of his admiration for Firerockfireroll when the Victorian-bred gelding won…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Veteran trainer Mike Reed was looking forward confidently for a win with Flying Rumour in race ten at Gloucester Park on Friday night, but the five-year-old had to be scratched after being injured in a stable mishap. However, Reed was compensated when Flying Rumour’s stablemate Dark Eyes filled the breach…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX The $50,000 Winter Cup on Friday week is on the agenda for consistent seven-year-old The Code Breaker, who maintained his solid form with a smart victory in the $31,000 Smooth FM Free-For-All at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The veteran Victorian-bred performer was driven for only the fourth time by…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Street Hawk, the sole backmarker off 20 metres and a hot $1.70 favourite, gave his driver Deni Roberts many anxious moments before he charged home from third at the 100m to snatch a last-stride victory by a head over $5 chance Lucapelo in the 2503m Nova’s Fresh Country Handicap at…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX A flying start from barrier No. 5 proved the vital ingredient for Rockmyster’s win in the $23,000 Smooth FM On Digital Radio Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Rockmyster, an $11.70 chance, surprised punters and rival drivers when trainer-reinsman Dylan Egerton-Green got the five-year-old away with a sparkling burst…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Me Flash relishes his role as the frontrunner, and Yarloop trainer-reinsman Shane Steele took full advantage of the prized No. 1 barrier to drive the five-year-old to victory in the $21,000 Nova 93.7 Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. This was the gelding’s fourth all-the-way win after starting from…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX New Zealand-bred five-year-old Youre So Fine is gradually regaining his best form, according to reinsman Gary Hall Jnr, who drove the gelding to a narrow in in the 2130m Nova Boy’s Race Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Youre So Fine, trained by Gary Hall Snr, was the $2.50…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX A slow lead time of 38.5sec. and modest opening quarters of 31.4sec. and 30.8sec. paved the way for Soho Seraphine’s easy victory in the $30,000 Nova 93.7 The Lewis Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Soho Seraphine, the $1.30 favourite, then sprinted over the final 400m sections in 28.6sec.…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Prominent breeder and owner Mark Congerton was all smiles when he reappeared at Gloucester Park on Friday night after an absence of almost five years. Congerton, a part-owner of former superstar multi-millionaire pacers Im Themightyquinn and King Of Swing, celebrated his return when his New Zealand-bred pacer Coney Island Lou…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Flighty filly Flybye Lou made a remarkable debut when she galloped badly at the start and lost about ten lengths before racing unkindly and then careering away to win the 2130m Perth’s #1 Station Nova 93.7 Pace by more than eight lengths at Gloucester Park on Friday night, and in…