Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX New Zealand-bred five-year-old Ventura was not extended in leading all the way for trainer-reinsman Gary Hall Jnr in the $19,000 Catalano Truck And Equipment Sales Ugga Dugga Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The $1.30 favourite from barrier three, Ventura surged straight to the front, and after a slow…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Busselton trainer Barry Howlett has high hopes that his consistent mare Little Darling will win the $50,000 Christmas Belles next Friday week to make amends for the disappointment of his mare Three Rumours running home strongly to finish second to Steno in the 2023 Christmas Belles 12 months ago. Little…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Up-and-coming four-year-old OK Boomer warmed up for the $200,000 Golden Nugget next Friday night when he overcame a poor start and won the $23,000 Catalano Truck And Equipment Sales And Service Handicap, a stand over 2503m at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “He made a mess of the start and…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Classy five-year-old Swingband is firmly on target for a tilt at the rich Nullarbor slot race on April 25 after scoring an effortless victory in the $25,000 SEFS, You Name It, We Fund It Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Swingband, who impressed with his fast-finishing third behind Catch…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Champion trainers Greg and Skye Bond notched their fourth victory in the $50,000 Catalano San Simeon Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night when Stuart McDonald drove $8.60 chance Golden Lode to a decisive win in the 2130m feature event. Golden Lode became the second three-year-old to win, in the…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Star pacer Lavra Joe, a winner of 26 races at Gloucester Park, will reappear after a four-week absence when he begins from the No. 1 barrier in the $31,000 Catalano Truck and Equipment Sales Free-For-All at Gloucester Park on Friday night. He has a losing sequence of nine, but star…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Talented five-year-old pacer Swingband has competed in nine group events from his past ten starts, including a strong finishing effort when third behind Catch A Wave and Minstrel in the Nullarbor slot race and racing in the WA Pacing Cup and Fremantle Cup. He will reappear after a four-week absence…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Veteran trainer-reinsman Lindsay Harper is leaving nothing to chance in his bid to win the $200,000 Golden Nugget on Friday week with talented four-year-old OK Boomer, and he has chosen a 2503m standing-start event, the Catalano Truck and Equipment Sales Handicap at Gloucester Park as an ideal lead-up for the…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Star driver Deni Roberts has a high opinion of Tualou and she has high hopes of winning the $50,000 Catalano San Simeon Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night with the least experienced runner in the field. If Tualou is successful it will give champion trainers Greg and Skye Bond…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX New South Wales-bred pacer Jawsoflincoln sprinted home brilliantly to crush his rivals in the $31,000 Bathroom Central WA Members Sprint over 1730m at Gloucester Park on Friday night, prompting his trainer Justin Prentice to contemplate planning setting the five-year-old for feature events next year. “He will keep racing and then…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Exactly nine years ago on November 29, 2015, Galactic Star won at his second start in a race, as the $2.30 favourite from barrier two in a 2200m event at Invercargill, and the evergreen equine marvel is still competing with admirable verve. At Gloucester Park on Friday night, on November…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX New Zealand-bred mare Penny Black revealed wonderful fighting qualities to race without cover before fighting on grimly to snatch a last-stride win by a half-head from the pacemaker and $2.25 favourite Insta Gator in the $23,000 Be Like Charlie Four-Year-Old Consolation over 2130m at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “She…