Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX A little more than three hours after Mister Smartee, purchased earlier this year for $400,000, had won the Group 2 Brennan Memorial at Gloucester Park on Friday night, a two-year-old colt Hot Rod, who cost absolutely nothing, won the $30,000 Soaks Hit Busso Westsired Pace for colts and geldings. Hot…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Veteran pacer To Fast To Serious retains plenty of life in his eight-year-old legs, and he bounced back to form at his third start after a spell when he unwound a strong finishing sprint to get up and snatch victory in the $31,000 The Lady Camel James Brennan…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Star trainer-reinsman Aiden de Campo was disappointed with Dominus Factum’s well beaten second placing behind Rockmyster last Friday week, and he decided to put the six-year-old up for sale. But when Dominus Factum drew the favourable No. 2 barrier in the $21,000 Wazzalina Wilson Pace at Gloucester Park…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Byford trainer-reinsman Donald Harper is enjoying a rich vein of form, and he landed a double at Gloucester Park on Friday night with seven-year-old pacers Starlight Dream and Apologize. The widely travelled New South Wales-bred Apologize completed the double when he was a $26.10 outsider and scored an easy victory…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators WA-bred six-year-old Faster Than Dad bounced back to form at his fourth appearance after a spell when Stuart McDonald drove him to an impressive win in the 2130m Camel Time Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Faster Than Dad, a $22.50 chance from out wide at barrier…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Flying Rumour was a $14.50 chance when he began from the outside barrier (No. 9) in the 2130m Intersport Slater Gartrell Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night, and Shannon Suvaljko’s decision to set the gelding alight with a three-wide burst from the rear after 250m paid handsome dividends. Regal Cheval,…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Serpentine trainer-reinsman Dylan Egerton-Green’s plans of an all-the-way win with Bellezza Nera in the 1730m Royal Show Ribbons Weewah Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night were thrown out the window when the gelding was beaten for early speed. But Plan B kicked in, and Egerton-Green enjoyed an ideal passage…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Starlight Dream, a noted brilliant sit-sprinter, revealed a different side of her racing characteristics when she was seen in the unusual role of pacemaker in the $30,000 Shockwave At Stud Restricted Spring Feature Pace for mares at Gloucester Park on Friday night. She was the $2.70 favourite from…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Speedy pacer Golden Lode enhanced his prospects of gaining a start in the $200,000 WA Derby on November 1 when he gave a remarkable performance to win the Amy And Dack 12.24 Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Golden Lode, a well-supported $3.80 third favourite, endured a horror run…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Exciting four-year-old Mister Smartee moved a step closer to endorsing his standing as a champion by winning the $450,000 WA Pacing Cup on November 8 when he hardly raised a sweat in crushing his rivals in the $100,000 The Running Camel James Brennan Memorial at Gloucester Park on Friday night.…