Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Only two mares have been successful in the first 43 runnings of the prestigious Golden Nugget championship, but superstar pacer Aardiebytheseaside gave further proof at Gloucester Park on Friday night that she has the class to join Countess Kala (1999) and Libertybelle Midfrew (2014) as a winner of the group…
Ken Casellas | Photo: HAMILTON CONTENT CREATORS Champion reinsman Gary Hall Jnr notched his 100TH winner for the season when he drove Pasquale to an easy victory in a 2130m event at Gloucester Park on Tuesday night — thus recording a remarkable achievement of a century of winners in 20 consecutive years. He will have…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Six-year-old pacer Im Eugene struck a purple patch with three all-the-way victories over 2555m, 1609m and 2080m at Cranbourne in March and April this year — and he will be fancied to extend his winning sequence when he makes his WA debut from the No. 3 barrier in the 2130m…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Only four mares have been successful in the 72-year history of the August Cup, a stark statistic which suggests that the brilliant Aardiebytheseaside will have to buck the odds if she is to extend her winning sequence to seven and triumph in the $50,000 time-honoured feature event at Gloucester Park…
Ken Casellas | Photo: HAMILTON CONTENT CREATORS Astute trainer Kim Prentice holds a powerful hand with three of the six runners in the West Australian Pace for three-year-old fillies at Gloucester Park on Friday night, and Mitch Miller has given punters a valuable lead by choosing to drive Soho Honey Rider. Soho Honey Rider and…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Sebastian James, an orphan colt who became a pet for breeder Steve Johnson, his wife Jeneen and their daughter Charlotte, chalked up his fourth win in succession after a debut third placing when he set the pace and held on grimly to win the Group 2 $100,000 Pearl Classic for…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Veteran trainer Colin Joss, a much-admired horseman and trainer of the legendary champion pacer Satinover, was in bed in at the Peel hospital on Friday night when a new arrival at his Ravenswood stable Tasha Spartan made a successful debut at Gloucester Park. His wife Pauline deputised as the five-year-old…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Chivalry was seen in his familiar role of pacemaker when trainer Lindsay Harper took full advantage of the No. 1 barrier and drove him to a smart all-the-way win in the $23,000 HTA Reaching For The Top Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “We’re heading for the big races,…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Veteran pacer Medieval Man is flourishing in the twilight of his career, and he completed a hat-trick of wins when Maddison Brown drove him to a tough victory in the $19,000 Happy 98TH birthday Hubert Tucker Pace over 2130m at Gloucester Park on Friday night. He was generally overlooked by…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Talented driver Maddison Brown’s plans to set the pace with Loucid Dreams in the 2130m HTA Rent A Gen Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night were dashed when the gelding was unable to get to the front. Brown, who drove Loucid Dreams, a $5.90 chance, with great vigour in…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Veteran horseman Lindsay Harper is the trainer, driver and part-owner of promising four-year-old Elwaddell, and he is enjoying great success with the American Ideal pacer who scored an impressive victory in the 1730m Vale Laurie Robinson Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The win rekindled happy memories for Harper…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX New Zealand-bred five-year-old Montana Glory has resumed after a spell in splendid form and appears likely to develop into one of the State’s best mares after convincing victories at her first two appearances after a spell. She was the $2.90 favourite from the outside barrier in a field of eight…