Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Coolup trainer Dan Costello was all smiles last Tuesday when The Kraken drew the prized No. 1 barrier in the 2130m Matty Joss Pace to be run at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The better performed Vespa, from barrier three, was the $1.95 favourite, with The Kraken the…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Seven-year-old mare Blissfullabbey defied a spirited early challenge for the lead from Pocket The Cash and went on to set the pace and score a fighting victory in the 2130m Michael Young Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Blissfullabbey is trained by Chris Willis, who owns the mare…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Advancing years is not diminishing the will to win or dulling the enthusiasm of Angel In White, who is enjoying her best season as an eight-year-old. Starting favourite at $1.90, Angel In White got straight to the front from the coveted No. 1 barrier in the 2130m Aaron Bain…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Experienced seven-year-old gelding Machs Gold celebrated the trip of several of his owners to Perth from Geraldton by ending a run of eleven unplaced efforts and a losing sequence of 14 with a solid all-the-way win in the Team Bond Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Bunbury trainer Sarah Wall continues to enjoy the long drive to Perth, and she has the distinction of having one starter at each of the past three Friday night Gloucester Park meetings — for three wins. Her purple patch continued on Friday night when an aggressive drive by…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing August Moon, described by her trainer Luke Edwards as the real deal, gave a sample of her class with a superb victory in the $20,250 Noah George Race Night Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Her victory ended a sequence of four second placings and showed that…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Paroquet, whose first 14 starts, as a two and three-year-old, resulted in just two thirds, at Wagin and Narrogin, has blossomed as a four-year-old and she gave promise of better things to come when she gave a powerful frontrunning performance to win the group 3 Retravision Lewis Pace…
No fast-class event at Gloucester Park on Friday night, but we do see the running of The Lewis Retravision Fillies & Mares Pace (2130m). The Group 3 feature worth $30,000 has attracted a strong line-up. However, members of the WA Trotting Media Guild have sidestepped the main race on the nine-event card when selecting their…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators It’s a race for seasoned oldstagers. That’s the final event, the 2130m Team Bond Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night, with reinsman Dylan Egerton-Green giving Machs Gold a sound chance of winning and ending a losing sequence of 14, which includes unplaced efforts at his past 11 starts.…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators New Zealand-bred six-year-old Vespa has been a wonderful moneyspinner for his team of owners, earning $145,476 from his nine wins and 18 placings in Western Australia, and trainer Michael Young has high hopes the Mach Three gelding will bow out as a winner at his final appearance in Australia.…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Banjup trainer Dylan Egerton-Green has taken over the training of classy filly Zephyra, and he declared: “I think she will be in the mix in Friday night’s race.” Zephyra is awkwardly drawn at barrier six in the opening event, the 2130m Noah George Race Night Pace, and Egerton-Green…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Michael Young will be the busiest trainer at Gloucester Park on Friday night with six runners, and he is bubbling with confidence that Eighteen Carat will shine at her return to racing after an absence of 18 weeks. The New Zealand-bred Eighteen Carat has recovered from a knee fracture…