Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX The odds appear heavily stacked against star three-year-old filly Captainshavtime when she clashes with older and more experienced mares Freyja and Champagne Everyone in the $23,000 Gordon and Cecilia Cox Pace over 2130m at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Captainshavtime, trained by Greg and Skye Bond and to be driven…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators “He’s run fast times over a mile, and I expect a strong performance from him in the Village Kid Free-For-All at Gloucester Park on Friday night,” said trainer and part-owner Katja Warwick when assessing Machnificent’s prospects in the $50,000 feature over 1730m. Seven-year-old Machnificent is a sprint specialist,…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Miss Red Velvet looks certain to follow in the footsteps of her outstanding relations Maczaffair, Golden State and A Fair Ol Dance, following her most impressive debut when she scored a stylish victory in the $30,000 Western Crown for two-year-old fillies over 1730m at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Prominent…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Prominent trainer Michael Young was captivated by the looks of Soho Tribeca colt Cease To React as a yearling and he has no regrets that he outlaid $17,000 to buy the youngster for $17,000 at the 2024 Perth APG yearling sale. It was a wise decision, with Cease To React…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Sugar Apple, with one win from his previous 22 starts going into the $23,000 Belly Up Pace over 1730m at Gloucester Park on Friday night, bounced back to form when he came from last to win as the fourth favourite at $7.10. But the New Zealand-bred six-year-old had to survive…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Tough eight-year-old Mister Macedon thrives on working hard in his races, and he was seen in his favourite role in the breeze when he scored a fighting victory in the $21,000 Team Bond Leading Trainers Pace over 2130m at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Polemarker and $71 outsider Sporting Grace…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX New Zealand-bred five-year-old Ventura was recognised as a standing-start specialist with seven of his first nine wins coming in stands. But now, under the care of trainer-reinsman Gary Hall Jnr, he is flourishing in mobile events in which one of his greatest assets is his sparkling gate speed. Hall made…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Seven weeks ago, veteran pacer Hampton Banner had a losing sequence of 22, but trainer Debra Lewis has rejuvenated the eight-year-old who has now won at three of his past four starts. Jocelyn Young has formed an excellent association with Hampton Banner, and she has been in the…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Brilliant speedster Steno enhanced her reputation as one of the best pacing mares in Australia when she outclassed her rivals in the Group 3 Laurie Kennedy Free-For-All over 1730m at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Her sparkling frontrunning performance which saw her speed over the final 800m in 55.3sec. and…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX New Zealand-bred filly Captainshavtime resumed after a 19-week absence in fine style when she coasted to an effortless victory in the $21,000 Aardiebytheseaside Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The three-year-old, trained by Greg and Skye Bond and driven by Deni Roberts, was the $1.30 favourite from barrier four,…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX An explosive burst of sizzling speed carried exciting four-year-old Waverider from seventh and last on the home bend to a superb victory in the $23,000 Christopher Dance Pace over 2130m at Gloucester Park on Friday night. It was a compelling performance which enhanced the pacer’s prospects in the rich Golden…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators “It was back to the old Waverider,” declared reinsman Kyle Symington when assessing the four-year-old’s prospects in the $23,000 Christopher Dance Pace over 2130m at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Waverider, trained by Ryan Bell, is awkwardly drawn at barrier seven in the field of eight, but he…