Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Fifty years ago, trainer-reinsman Alex Treasure won the prestigious Golden Slipper with Captain Armbro, and at Gloucester Park on Friday night the 81-year-old Treasure celebrated the occasion of the 2024 Golden Slipper by winning the $21,000 Morning Show Pace with Starlight Dream. Treasure bred and owns Starlight Dream,…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Bunbury trainer Bob Mellsop has concentrated on racing Heavenly Wage on South-West tracks with plenty of success, and he was rewarded for his decision to start the five-year-old gelding at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Of Heavenly Wage’s previous 45 starts in WA only three had been at Gloucester Park,…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Nine-year-old warrior Rock Me Over continues to thrive on the racetrack and maintains his reputation as the State’s most enduring money-making bargain pacer. The little WA-bred pacer is a credit to his Serpentine trainer Matt Scott, and he was a $19.40 chance when Aiden De Campo drove him to an…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Chris Voak was only too happy to help trainer Brad Lynn by driving his smart trotter Elegant Peak in the Better Homes And Gardens Trot at Gloucester Park on Friday night after Lynn’s son Toby was struck down with a debilitating sinus infection. “Toby has been sick all day and…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Veteran pacer Classic Choice ended an eight-month drought when he was a $5 chance from the No. 1 barrier in the 2130m My Kitchen Rules Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Gary Hall Jnr rated the seven-year-old perfectly when he set a solid pace and won by a length…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Hardy five-year-old Solesseo Matuca revealed excellent fighting qualities to endure a tough run and emerge victorious in the $23,000 The Chase Pace over 2130m at Gloucester Park on Friday night. He was the $2 favourite, and trainer Gary Hall junior’s bid to dash to the front from barrier four and…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators In-form reinsman Mitch Miller blamed a series of wide barriers for the reason why Soho Firestone went into the 2130m 7Plus Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night with a losing sequence of 14. And his confidence was boosted when the Kim Prentice-trained four-year-old drew favourably at barrier…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX WA-bred four-year-old Velocipede enjoyed a leisurely passage out in front when he won easily in slow time in the 2130m 7Mate Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. His win as the $1.30 favourite gave champion reinsman Gary Hall Jnr his sixth winner on the twelve-event program on a wintry…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Trainer Gary Hall Snr and his son, reinsman Gary Hall Jnr, did not have a particularly high opinion of Alta Tribute during his first couple of preparations when he did not race as a two-year-old and finally made his debut late last month, more than half- way through the three-year-old…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Hall Of Fame trainer Gary Hall Snr continues to enthuse over the great potential of Mister Smartee, who is developing into a major contender for the $450,000 WA Pacing Cup on November 8. Mister Smartee notched his eleventh win from 13 starts when he overcame a tough run…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Smart filly Miss Hepburn ran a splendid trial for the $150,000 WA Oaks next Friday night when she set the pace and scored an effortless victory in the 2130m The Voice Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. But she is under a cloud after showing signs of…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX It was a one-act affair when Cyclone Jordy annihilated his rivals in the $150,000 Golden Slipper at Gloucester Park on Friday night, and now the gelding will go for a spell, with master trainer Gary Hall Snr declaring that the rich WA Derby towards the end of next year would…