Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Collie trainer Brian Wheeler is enjoying great success with half-brothers Bettor Move Along and Follow Rocknroll, and the latter unwound a sparkling late burst of speed to come from last at the 500m to get up and snatch a last-stride victory in the $23,000 Ramsay’s Horse Transport Pace over 2130m…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Michael Young, the State’s leading trainer this season, left Gloucester Park on Friday night with a perfect record, three starters for three victories. He completed the treble with $18 chance Acushla Machree, who surprised him by winning the Go To Allwood Stud Pace over 2130m after the mare had overraced…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX New Zealand-bred five-year-old Penny Black enhanced her prospects in the rich events for mares later this year when she proved too strong for her rivals in the $50,000 Group 3 WASBA Breeders Stakes over 2130m at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Penny Black, trained by Michael Young and driven by…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Outstanding young driver Emily Suvaljko was seen at her brilliant best at Gloucester Park on Friday night when she landed four winners, including the two Group 3 feature events. She drove a copybook race to win the $50,000 Allwood Stud Four and Five-Year-Old Championship with the inexperienced four-year-old Alta Tribute,…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Serpentine trainer Matt Scott has had his hands full with En Pariant Sur since he arrived in WA in February, but he is optimistic that the six-year-old will make a successful debut in the State when he contests the opening event, the $21,000 Pegasus And Milne Feeds Pace over 2130m…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX An outstanding trial at Pinjarra on Wednesday of last week points strongly to her prospects of making a successful debut when she begins from the No. 1 barrier in the Allwood Stud Pace for two-year-old fillies over 1730m at Gloucester Park on Friday night. She will be driven by her…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Stuart McDonald looks set for his most successful meeting in the sulky when five of his seven drives have excellent winning prospects at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Headlining those five runners is the brilliant Im The Black Flash, who is favourably drawn at barrier two in the $50,000 Allwood…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Improved gate speed and a strong workout by Penny Black have boosted Emily Suvaljko’s confidence before she drives the five-year-old in the $50,000 WASBA Breeders Stakes over 2130m at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Penny Black, trained by Michael Young, has impressed in winning at ten of her 19 WA…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Brilliant three-year-old Cyclone Jordy is the nominal favourite for the $200,000 WA Derby on October 31, but master trainer Gary Hall Snr has no hesitation in declaring the magnificent New Zealand-bred gelding is not a certainty in the prestigious Group 1 feature event. Champion reinsman Gary Hall Jnr had another…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX New Zealand-bred seven-year-old Tiger Royal ended a 17-month drought with a thrilling last-stride win in the $31,000 Vale Greg Sugars Fremantle Cup Consolation Pace over 2936m at Gloucester Park on Friday night. He was a $56.30 outsider after starting from the back line, with the polemarker Rolling Fire the $2.60…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX When Blazing Reactor arrived from New Zealand to Bob Mellsop’s Bunbury stables in June last year he proved to be a handful, with Mellsop describing him as having “a bit of crazy in him.” But the gelding has settled down and, at his third appearance at Gloucester Park he gave…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Coolup owner-trainer Peter King breathed a sigh of relief when his evergreen pacer Longreach Bay began with his customary brilliance and set the pace to score an impressive victory in the 2536m Retravision Online Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “He has proven that he can run the distance,”…