Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Veteran trainer Mike Reed was looking forward confidently for a win with Flying Rumour in race ten at Gloucester Park on Friday night, but the five-year-old had to be scratched after being injured in a stable mishap. However, Reed was compensated when Flying Rumour’s stablemate Dark Eyes filled the breach…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX The $50,000 Winter Cup on Friday week is on the agenda for consistent seven-year-old The Code Breaker, who maintained his solid form with a smart victory in the $31,000 Smooth FM Free-For-All at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The veteran Victorian-bred performer was driven for only the fourth time by…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Street Hawk, the sole backmarker off 20 metres and a hot $1.70 favourite, gave his driver Deni Roberts many anxious moments before he charged home from third at the 100m to snatch a last-stride victory by a head over $5 chance Lucapelo in the 2503m Nova’s Fresh Country Handicap at…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX A flying start from barrier No. 5 proved the vital ingredient for Rockmyster’s win in the $23,000 Smooth FM On Digital Radio Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Rockmyster, an $11.70 chance, surprised punters and rival drivers when trainer-reinsman Dylan Egerton-Green got the five-year-old away with a sparkling burst…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Me Flash relishes his role as the frontrunner, and Yarloop trainer-reinsman Shane Steele took full advantage of the prized No. 1 barrier to drive the five-year-old to victory in the $21,000 Nova 93.7 Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. This was the gelding’s fourth all-the-way win after starting from…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX New Zealand-bred five-year-old Youre So Fine is gradually regaining his best form, according to reinsman Gary Hall Jnr, who drove the gelding to a narrow in in the 2130m Nova Boy’s Race Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Youre So Fine, trained by Gary Hall Snr, was the $2.50…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX A slow lead time of 38.5sec. and modest opening quarters of 31.4sec. and 30.8sec. paved the way for Soho Seraphine’s easy victory in the $30,000 Nova 93.7 The Lewis Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Soho Seraphine, the $1.30 favourite, then sprinted over the final 400m sections in 28.6sec.…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Prominent breeder and owner Mark Congerton was all smiles when he reappeared at Gloucester Park on Friday night after an absence of almost five years. Congerton, a part-owner of former superstar multi-millionaire pacers Im Themightyquinn and King Of Swing, celebrated his return when his New Zealand-bred pacer Coney Island Lou…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Flighty filly Flybye Lou made a remarkable debut when she galloped badly at the start and lost about ten lengths before racing unkindly and then careering away to win the 2130m Perth’s #1 Station Nova 93.7 Pace by more than eight lengths at Gloucester Park on Friday night, and in…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Soho Seraphine is sure to have derived considerable benefit from her first-up performance when a close-up fourth behind Acharne Girl in the group 3 Kerry Clarke Pace last week and is poised to make amends by winning the $30,000 Nova 93.7 Lewis Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. She…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX There will be a rare occurrence at Gloucester Park on Friday night when talented full-brothers Steel The Show and Jett Star clash in the Smooth FM Free-For-All, a $31,000 event over 2536m. And there is an extremely strong chance that the New Zealand-bred pacers who are prepared by leading trainers…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX An impressive trial at Byford on Sunday morning was a strong pointer that the New Zealand-bred four-year-old would prove hard to beat at his Australian debut when he contests the $21,000 Steel Blue Work Boots Pace over 2130m at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Coney Island Lou, trained by Gary…