Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX With Soho Honey Rider, the $3.10 favourite, expected to lead in the Retravision Click’N’Collect Pace, a sprint over 1730m for three-year-old fillies at Gloucester Park on Friday night, Serpentine trainer-reinsman Dylan Egerton-Green decided that aggression was his only hope of winning with Nase Vira. So, he planned to throw caution…
Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators The partnership of trainer Justin Prentice and reinsman Gary Hall Jnr continues to flourish, and they combined to win yet another race with smart WA-bred five-year-old Tricky Miki at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Tricky Miki, the $1.80 favourite, began swiftly from the No. 1 barrier in the…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX He’s no oil painting, he’s just a mid-sized plain bay gelding, but Mister Smartee continues to soar to great heights and is stamping himself as one of best pacers in Australia. He was cool, calm and composed as he coasted to a comprehensive victory in the $200,000 Retravision Golden Nugget…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX One of Australasia’s superstar pacers in recent times is Copy That, and the appearance of his younger half-brother My Copy at his Australian debut at Gloucester Park on Friday night deserves great attention. My Copy, a winner at seven of his 57 New Zealand starts, will be having his first…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX New Zealand-bred gelding Vanderbilt has been a work in progress and the rising five-year-old looks set for a successful campaign for astute Mt Helena trainer Ray Williams. Vanderbilt will be having only his 18TH start in a race when he begins from the No. 5 barrier in the $21,000 Retravision,…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Veteran pacer Middlepage has sound prospects of ending a sequence of 13 unplaced efforts when he begins from the coveted No. 1 barrier in the opening event, the 2130m Retravision.com.au Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Part-owned, trained and driven by Lindsay Harper, the seven-year-old veteran of 109 starts…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX A slight edge in fitness and a diet of hard racing over the past 12 weeks could well tip the scales in favour of Mister Smartee against the brilliant Never Ending when the superstars clash in the $200,000 Retravision Golden Nugget over 2536m at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Champion…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX In-form reinsman Stuart McDonald defied the instructions of Hall Of Fame trainer Gary Hall Snr when he caused an upset by driving Jumpingjackmac to a surprise victory over his glamorous and much better fancied rivals Lavra Joe and Never Ending in the $31,000 Catalano Truck And Equipmemt Sales Free-For-All at…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Star young reinsman Kyle Symington did not panic when the pacemaker Wicked Lover was passed by Fly She Can 50m from the post in the 2130m Catalano Truck And Equipment Sales Kenwick Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. He retained his composure and gave Wicked Lover a cut with…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Outstanding Boyanup trainer Justin Prentice almost gave up preparing Mikis Beach because of the gelding’s problems. But he realised that the pacer had excellent potential, and he decided against abandoning him. “I persevered with him, and now he is repaying us for our patience,” said Prentice. Mikis Beach notched his…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Petes Honour, described by eight-time leading West Australian trainer Ross Olivieri as a slow developer, is gaining confidence and he impressed with a smart all-the-way win in the $21,000 SEFS, The Asset Finance Specialists Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Trained by Olivieri’s wife Jemma Hayman and driven by…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Just over four months ago Ravenswood trainer Nathan Turvey had some room in his stables, and he now has no regrets in purchasing experienced Victorian performer Mister Macedon, who produced a typical solid performance to win the Specialised Equipment Funding Solutions Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “I was…