A First For Gartrell

Ken Casellas | Photo:  PACEPIX Gloucester Park Harness Racing committeeman Rob Gartrell has won hundreds of races with horses he has owned or raced in partnerships, and now he is enjoying great successes with the first pacer he has bred, the tough five-year-old mare Rattlin Lilly. Rattlin Lilly, prepared by champion trainers Greg and Skye…

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Crowd Control Is Fit And Healthy

Ken Casellas | Photo:  PACEPIX WA-bred four-year-old Crowd Control has recovered from health problems which dogged him last year, and he is now realising his full potential. The Kim Prentice-trained Crowd Control was the $1.70 favourite from the No. 1 barrier in the $21,000 Trotsynd Pacing For The Podium Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday…

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Another Roberts Treble

Ken Casellas | Photo:  PACEPIX Deni Roberts maintained her dazzling form in the sulky with another three winners at Gloucester Park on Friday night, with the exciting mare Aardiebytheseaside completing the treble with another splendid performance in scoring a decisive victory in the $21,000 Trotsynd Syndication Pace. This followed wins in earlier events with other…

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Lamandier Comes From Last

Ken Casellas | Photo:  PACEPIX Honest performer Lamandier ended a losing sequence of twelve when he sustained a spirited three-wide burst from eleventh and last at the 950m mark to get up and win the 2130m Trotsynd Group 1 Winners Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Driven in fine style by Maddison Brown and…

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Tenzing Bromac Survives Scares

Ken Casellas | Photo:  PACEPIX Star driver Deni Roberts had to survive a couple of anxious moments before guiding top-flight pacer Tenzing Bromac to a hard-fought victory in the $31,000 Trotsynd Free-For-All at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Tenzing Bromac, the $1.30 favourite from out wide at barrier No. 7, raced three wide early before…

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Montana Glory Resumes In Style

Ken Casellas | Photo:  PACEPIX Three years ago, Montana Glory was one of the best two-year-old fillies in New Zealand, and she showed she is on the doorstep of a successful campaign when she gave a splendid first-up performance to score an effortless victory in the Join Trotsynd Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night.…

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Ruby Lovera Sparkles In The Diamond Classic

Ken Casellas | Photo:  PACEPIX Rubies and diamonds are precious jewels, and Kyle Harper produced a gem of a drive at Gloucester Park on Friday night to land $18.40 chance Ruby Lovera a brilliant winner of the $100,000 Trotsynd Diamond Classic for two-year-old fillies. With trainer Justin Prentice in Sydney, preparing star four-year-old Never Ending…

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Bet The House is Stepping Up

Ken Casellas | Photo:  PACEPIX Bet The House, a leading contender for the $200,000 WA Derby on November 1, faces an interesting test when he competes against older and more experienced rivals for the first time at Gloucester Park on Friday night. However, his part-owner and trainer Ron Huston is confident that three-year-old Bet The…

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Suvaljko Picks Montana Glory

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Leading reinsman Shannon Suvaljko has given punters a valuable lead by choosing to drive Montana Glory from the inside of the back line in preference to noted frontrunner Seven No Trumps from the prized No. 1 barrier in the 21130m Join Trotsynd Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday…

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Bell’s Fillies are Favoured in Classic

Ken Casellas | Photo:  PACEPIX Fifteen years ago, Ryan Bell gave a copybook exhibition in the sulky to land the $85.80 rank outsider Centrefold Angel a thrilling winner over the $1.80 favourite Batavia Touchngo in the $100,00 group 1 Diamond Classic at Gloucester Park. And on Friday night this week he will be a somewhat…

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Egerton-Green’s Memorable Milestone

Ken Casellas | Photo:  PACEPIX Serpentine trainer Dylan Egerton-Green notched a memorable milestone when he drove his one thousandth winner at Gloucester Park on Friday night. He produced $11.40 chance Otis in fine fettle for the 1730m Remembering Brodie Kane Young Pace in which he had the task of overcoming the disadvantage of starting from…

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Bellezza Nera Bred To Succeed

Ken Casellas | Photo:  PACEPIX Bellezza Nera, an easy winner of the 2130m Jeans For Genes Day Pace at Gloucester Park, is bred to be successful on the racetrack. The WA-bred six-year-old is the second foal out of former smart pacer Elena S, who won twice in New Zealand and was successful at six of…

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