Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Byford trainer Katja Warwick is riding on the crest of a wonderful wave, and she continued her recent run of successes when Chris Lewis drove the brilliant Machnificent to an effortless victory in the $31,000 Members Sprint at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Machnificent, the $1.20 favourite, was not extended…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX 11,325 days is a very long time in anyone’s language. That represents the time span between Bill Hayes’s two most recent driving successes in a metropolitan-class event at Gloucester Park. The 74-year-old Pinjarra hobby trainer-reinsman ended this 30-year gap when he prepared and drove smart five-year-old Lucca to an impressive…
An unusual set of circumstances for Friday night’s meeting at Gloucester Park. The six members of the WA Trotting Media Guild have agreed with a fellow member on their best bets. Last season’s leading tipster Matt Young and runner-up Ken Casellas have made the consistent Three Rumours their best bet on the eight-race card. “Three…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Veteran trainer-reinsman Lindsay Harper agrees that Sugar Apple faces a stern test from the No. 4 barrier in the 2130m www.gloucesterpark.com.au Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. But he is seriously contemplating making a concerted bid for the early lead. “It’s not the perfect draw, but if he is…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Mardella trainer Michael Young expects to be singing on the way home from Gloucester Park on Friday night as he celebrates a double, winning the final two events with Watching Our Coin and Lamandier, who will be driven by Gary Hall Jnr. “Lamandier should be able to lead (from barrier…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Star reinsman Chris Voak has landed three trebles in the space of eight days to begin 2024 in spectacular style, and punters will be looking for good value from Voak in the opening two events at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Voak has driven eleven winners this year, including trebles…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Champion reinsman Gary Hall Jnr is confident that Three Rumours will break a sequence of three consecutive second placings by winning the Retravision Online Pace over 2130m at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Hall drove Three Rumours for the first time when the six-year-old mare, at her first start for…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Champion reinsman Chris Lewis has won the Members Sprint a remarkable eleven times, and he is bubbling with confidence that he will complete the dozen by guiding Machnificent to victory in the 1730m feature event at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Machnificent is racing in superb form for Byford trainer…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX A series of feature events for mares in the coming months is on the agenda for the outstanding five-year-old Taking the Miki, who gave a superb performance to outclass her ten rivals in the 2130m Westral Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “She did it in second gear, rated…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Nine-year-old New Zealand-bred Acuto has been in Western Australia for four years and he notched his first win in a mobile event in the State when Kyle Symington drove the veteran pacer, a heavily supported $1.90 favourite, to an easy victory in the $19,000 Hoist Torque Australia Pace at Gloucester…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Veteran owner Rob Dower, who raced pacers with the late Les Poyser more than fifty years ago, has never lost his enthusiasm for the sport of harness racing. He is now more than happy at his decision to outlay $15,000 last month to buy promising five-year-old Showpony, a small, striking…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX New Zealand-bred six-year-old Watching Our Coin has contested stands at six of his past nine starts for two wins and three seconds. But his future racing will be in mobile events, said his trainer Michael Young after the gelding set the pace and won the New Season Handicap, a stand…