Friday night’s meeting at Gloucester Park pays tribute to a great mate of the harness racing industry. Bill Horn, the trainer and part-owner of WA champion pacer Village Kid, passed away this week just a month shy of his 90th birthday. The majority of the races on the 11-event card have been named in honour…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Former Victorian pacer Always Fast has failed to flatter at his first three starts in Western Australia, finishing eighth in a field of nine and then last twice in fields of 12. His average losing margin in those three defeats has been ten lengths. With those incriminating statistics…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Star four-year-old Lavra Joe is thriving on a diet of constant racing and will compete at Gloucester Park for the fifth consecutive week when he lines up at barrier No. 4 in the $30,000 Bill The Better Butcher Free-For-All on Friday night. Owner-trainer Ray Jones said that Lavra Joe…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Astute trainer Mike Reed was full of admiration for Our Shelley Beach’s performance to finish seventh behind Rascal last Friday night, and he is supremely confident that the four-year-old will prove hard to beat in the opening event, the 1730m Bill And Norma Horn Pace at Gloucester Park on…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators New Zealand-bred gelding Rockaball is the oldest runner in the $50,000 Binshaw Classic at Gloucester Park on Friday night but he is poised to cause an upset and beat his younger rivals in the Group 2 feature event. Rockaball will start from the No. 4 barrier in the 2130m…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Hampton Banner, one of the State’s fastest pacers, reappeared after a spell in dashing style at Gloucester Park on Friday night when he proved too speedy for his six rivals in the $23,750 Hoist Solutions Conditioned Pace. The New Zealand-bred five-year-old, whose career was in serious jeopardy in April…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Inexperienced New Zealand-bred filly Im Themightylucy emerged as a serious contender for the $150,000 WA Oaks on October 14 when she rated a smart 1.55.4 in scoring a stylish victory in the 1730m HTA Rent A Gen Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. She was a $5.50 chance…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Lightly-raced four-year-old Rascal, described by reinsman Gary Hall Jnr as a pacer with a good motor but with a broken steering wheel, was on his best behaviour when he resumed racing after a two-month absence as the $1.55 favourite in the $20,250 Hoist Torque Australia Pace at Gloucester Park…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators New Zealand-bred five-year-old Euphoria is wonderfully consistent but is a pacer with an apparent aversion to winning. Finally, his owners, trainer Gary Hall Snr and reinsman Gary Hall Jnr were rewarded for their patience when he broke through for an overdue success — and ended a losing sequence of…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Oldbury trainer Lisa Walton has no regrets that she accepted owner Albert Walmsley’s offer to lease seven-year-old pacer Lord Rosco two months ago. The New Zealand-bred gelding was seen in his trademark role as pacemaker when he held on to win the 2130m Caduceus Club Pace over 21230m at…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators A hectic lead time of a scorching 35.3sec. paved the way for American Arma’s victory in the $26,000 HTA Taking You To New Heights Free-For-All for mares at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Trainer-reinsman Colin Brown was content to let American Arma relax three back on the pegs after…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Champion reinsman Chris Lewis ended the program at Gloucester Park on Friday night on a high, driving Power And Grace to victory in the 2130m HTA Access Solutions Pace to complete a treble, following wins with Lavra Joe and Hampton Banner. Power And Grace, trained by Ross Olivieri, was…