Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX A $6000 investment six years ago has turned into a $338,187 bonanza for Serpentine trainer Matt Scott and stable clients Tony Maguire and his son Ian. That was the amount Scott and the Maguires paid for the WA-bred Rock Me Over, who is a seemingly indestructible pacing marvel who was…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Hardy veteran pacer Hampton Banner has survived three operations and a fractured pedal bone and is still a force to be reckoned with in open company at Gloucester Park. The New Zealand-bred eight-year-old, trained by Debra Lewis, is certainly a wonderful warrior, as he showed on Friday night…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX New Zealand-bred pacer Storyteller is maintaining an excellent family tradition, and he looks set to improve his record by winning the opening event, the $21,000 Retravision.com.au Pace over 2130m at Gloucester Park on Friday night. He is a younger half-brother of Our Alfie Romeo and Sista Sammy, who have raced…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Star young reinsman Kyle Symington is preparing for a busy time at Gloucester Park on Friday night when he will be in action in six of the eight events. He has labelled Swingband as his best drive, with the Ryan Bell-trained six-year-old starting from the No. 6 barrier in the…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Shannon Suvaljko, WA’s leading driver last season with 197 winners, has given punters a good lead by choosing to handle Mister Montblanc ahead of Captains Beachbabe in the Hoist Torque Handicap, a stand over 2503m at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Mister Montblanc, trained by Annie Belton, will start from…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Ravenswood trainer-driver Jocelyn Young has enjoyed outstanding successes with pacing mares in the past couple of seasons, and she is looking forward confidently to further wins with comeback mare Freyja, who has bright prospects in the $30,000 Perth Now Fillies and Mares Restricted Summer Feature at Gloucester Park on Friday…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Veteran trainer-reinsman Lindsay Harper went into the $30,000 Warwick Pace over 2130m at Gloucester Park on Friday night with an open mind with consistent five-year-old Chivalry, who was favourably drawn at the No. 2 barrier. “I had two options, to lead or to drop back and sit behind the favourite…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX “He’s a bit of an emu, skinny and weedy, but he’s the fastest horse I’ve ever had,” said trainer Michael Young after Emily Suvaljko had brought Heez A Vibe home with a sizzling burst of speed from last at the bell to score an effortless win in the $21,000 Welcome…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Bunbury horseman Bob Mellsop has no peer as a trainer of square gaiters, and his latest trotting star Hold That Gold continued his splendid form and notched his sixth win in a row when Deni Roberts drove him to a comfortable victory in the $21,000 You’ve Got The Touch Trot…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Twenty-one-year-old Joey Suvaljko chalked up his 50TH driving success when he guided veteran pacer Hillview Bondi to victory in the $21,000 Smooth FM Perth On Digital Radio Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. And on Monday he will begin a new chapter in his burgeoning harness racing career when…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Smart mare Our Lady Jen made amends for her most unlucky ninth behind Secret Reaction last Friday week when she overcame difficulties to win the $21,000 ADC Winner Gary Hall Junior Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. She was the $1.90 favourite from barrier five and was driven for…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX When Lindsay Harper drove Classic Choice to victory over Cloud Nine, driven by his elder son Donald, in the 2130m Trotsynd Join The Fun Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night it revived memories of trainer-reinsman Don Harper’s string of victories in 1959 with outstanding young pacer Pauls Gift. Pauls…