Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Soho Firestone relished his role as the pacemaker when he scored a very easy win last Friday week, and he revealed his versatility at Gloucester Park on Friday night when he began from the outside of the back line and raced in the midfield before unwinding a strong…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Promising pacer Im The Black Flash has resumed after a five-month absence in splendid fashion with a close second and a very easy win in standing-start events. He certainly enjoys the stands, having contested standing-start events at five of his past six starts, including his second placing behind Skylou in…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Aardiebytheseaside, a big, powerful mare, resumed racing after a six-week absence in grand style with a commanding victory in the $27,000 TABtouch Supports Harness Racing Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. It was a performance which indicated she will be at her top for the $100,000 Norms Daughter Classic…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Madam Publisher, the only New Zealand-bred filly in the $150,000 TABtouch WA Oaks at Gloucester Park on Friday night, gave talented reinsman Stuart McDonald his greatest success as a trainer when she finished with a super-charged burst to crush her rivals. She was McDonald’s first starter in a Group 1…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX A strong finishing burst by Magnus Victor to be placed in fast time in a 2185m event at Pinjarra on Monday of last week has prompted the four-year-old gelding’s trainer-reinsman Aiden De Campo to suggest he has excellent winning prospects in the opening event, the 2130m TABtouch Place A Same…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Soho Dow Jones was a $61 outsider when he finished fifth behind Mister Smartee in the Past President’s Cup at Gloucester Park last Friday night, and it was an effort which impressed his trainer Kim Prentice. The five-year-old, driven by Mitch Miller, began from barrier five and he raced four…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Brilliant mare Aardiebytheseaside, unbeaten at her six appearances in Western Australia for leading trainers Greg and Skye Bond, will reappear after a six-week absence when she clashes with dazzling speedster Steno in the $27,000 TABtouch Harness Racing Free-For-All for mares at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The outstanding mares will…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Veteran horseman Mike Reed is the most successful trainer in the 56-year history of the WA Oaks, and he is planning to break the recent trend of favourites failing in the $150,000 feature for three-year-old fillies by winning the rich classic at Gloucester Park on Friday night. He is pinning…
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…