Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Few pacers in recent years have warmed up for the WA Pacing Cup in such commanding fashion as has harness racing’s latest superstar Mister Smartee, who overcame an early scare before romping to victory in the $100,000 Trotsynd J. P. Stratton Cup at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Mister Smartee,…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Promising gelding Thenu Came Along is poised to make a late bid to gain a place in the field to contest the $200,000 WA Derby on Friday week by winning the $21,000 Vale Hubert Tucker Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. He is currently ranked at No. 15 for…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Serpentine trainer Dylan Egerton-Green holds a strong hand with three runners in the Trotsynd Register Your Interest Pace for fillies and mares at Gloucester Park on Friday night, and he has given punters a good lead by choosing to drive Dame Valour ahead of stablemates Our Lady Jen and Rebline.…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX WA-bred five-year-old The Miki Taker has a losing sequence of nine, but he gets an ideal opportunity to return to winning form when he lines up at barrier six in the $21,000 Trotsynd Pacing To Victory Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “He drops in grade, and I’ll probably…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX “I’d say Pinny Tiger will burn to the front,” declared ace reinsman Chris Voak when assessing the six-year-old’s prospects in the $100,000 Trotsynd J. P. Stratton Cup at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “Am I going to fire Pinny Tiger out? Absolutely, there’s no doubt about it, especially over 2130…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Lightly-race star pacer Tricky Miki has been successful in Group 1 feature events as a two, three and four-year-old, and his trainer Justin Prentice is now aiming to continue the sequence when the five-year-old runs in the $450,000 WA Pacing Cup on November 8. Tricky Miki ended a losing sequence…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Veteran trainer-reinsman Lindsay Harper has always had a keen eye for a horse, and he has no regrets about his decision to purchase four-year-old pacer OK Boomer about five months ago. OK Boomer was a $4.10 chance when Harper drove him to an impressive all-the-way victory in the $19,000 Sky…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Contesting the major feature events for four-year-olds in November and December with Sorridere has always been Capel trainer-reinsman Aiden De Campo’s plans for the big and powerful Sunshine Beach gelding. De Campo produced Sorridere in fine fettle for his first appearance for eleven weeks when he finished brilliantly…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Four-year-old gelding Soho Moonraker is bred to be a prolific winner. He is by champion American sire Sweet Lou and his dam Aussie Made Lombo and his granddam Tailamade Lombo enjoyed outstanding careers on the racetrack before being retired to the breeding barn. Soho Moonraker, bred and owned by Rob…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Chaco Eagle, at his second start after a spell, survived considerable pressure, early and in the middle stages, before fighting on grandly to win the 2130m North Coast Fibreglass Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The four-year-old horse, bred, owned and trained by Tonia Stampalia, was driven by her…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX WA-bred six-year-old Lil Happy Fella appreciated a drop in class, and more importantly, the fast pace in the 2130m Trotsynd Syndication Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Astute reinsman Lindsay Harper’s decision not to bustle Lil Happy Fella from the No. 2 barrier paid handsome dividends. Lil Happy Fella,…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Capel trainer-reinsman Aiden De Campo completed a double at Gloucester Park on Friday night when the $1.60 favourite Ideal Muscle set the pace and held on grimly to beat fast-finishing $61 outsider Maximum Rock by a head in the 2536m Western Gateway Consolation. De Campo took full advantage of the…