Five-year-old mare Radiant Amber, unplaced at her previous eight starts and with a losing sequence of 15, caused an upset at Gloucester Park on Sunday night when she was a $27 outsider from out wide at barrier seven in the group 3 $30,000 Allwood Stud Farm The Lombardo Pace. It was a flying start which…
Star five-year-old Shockwave enhanced his reputation with another superb victory at Gloucester Park on Sunday night, and trainer Ryan Bell is still enthusiastic about taking the stallion to Melbourne to contest the $300,000 Victoria Cup at Melton in October. “I think he proved tonight that we should go over for the Victoria Cup,” said Bell.…
There was a remarkable feeling of déjà vu at Gloucester Park on Sunday night when outstanding trainer-reinsman Justin Prentice celebrated his 33RD birthday in grand style by driving Tricky Miki to an easy victory in the $125,000 Choices Flooring Golden Slipper. A reluctant driver in recent times, Prentice handled the inexperienced two-year-old gelding for the…
Trainer Ryan Bell is under no false illusion that star pacer Shockwave faces an easy task to complete a winning hat-trick when he lines up at barrier No. 5 in a quality field of six in the $25,000 Direct Trades Supply Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “This is going to be another stepping…
Talented four-year-old Howard Hughes fared poorly in the random draw and will start from the outside of the front line at barrier nine in the 2536m Retravision Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. This will be his first appearance for 19 weeks and it follows unplaced efforts at his past six starts. However, he…
Champion reinsman Gary Hall jnr has no hesitation in declaring that he loves Princess Mila to bits, but he has opted to drive stablemate Tricky Ric in the Simmonds Steel Trot over 2503m at Gloucester Park on Friday night. It was simply a matter of handicaps that influenced Hall’s decision to handle the five-year-old Tricky…
Inexperienced youngster Swingband made a sensational debut with a runaway victory at Pinjarra on Monday afternoon, and he looms large as the two-year-old to beat in the $125,000 Choices Flooring Golden Slipper at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Prepared by Baskerville trainer Ryan Bell, Swingband has drawn the prized No. 1 barrier in the group…
The Group 1 $125,000 Choices Flooring 2YO Golden Slipper Pace (2130m) highlights an action-packed 10-event card at Gloucester Park on Friday night. It’s a pity that COVID restrictions will prevent a crowd being on course, but hopefully next week we’ll all be back. The feature event presents a quandary for a couple of members of…
Mini Mine Yet, a pony-sized New Zealand-bred mare, continued the great run of success of trainer Nathan Turvey and young driver Emily Suvaljko when she bounced back to top form by scoring a smart victory in the 2130m Support The McGrath Foundation Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Mini Mine Yet was a hot…
“We’ll have a crack,” declared Pinjarra trainer-reinsman Shane Young when he announced that star filly Wonderful To Fly would tackle the State’s best colts and geldings in the $125,000 Choices Flooring Golden Slipper at Gloucester Park next Friday night. Young was on a high after driving Wonderful To Fly to a magnificent victory in the…
Byford trainer-reinsman Donald Harper completed a memorable evening for his family when he drove his promising three-year-old filly Our Star Billing to an all-the-way victory in the Support Breast Cancer Awareness Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. He was simply following the pattern set earlier in the night by his father Lindsay and younger…
Four-year-old WA-bred pacer Al Guerroro, described by his breeder, part-owner and trainer Kyle Anderson as a one-trick pony, boosted his earnings past the $100,000 mark when he gave another stylish frontrunning display to score an easy victory over Bettor Copagoodone and Blue Blazer in the 2130m Donate Now To Pacing For Pink Pace at Gloucester…