Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Baskerville trainer Ryan Bell has promising five-year-old Whataretheodds ready to produce a strong first-up effort when he begins from the No. 1 barrier in race one, the $21,000 Barbagallo Leaders In Motoring Excellence Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Whataretheodds, a winner at eight of his 27 starts, warmed…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Punters at Gloucester Park on Friday night should take heed of the advice of outstanding trainer-reinsman Aiden De Campo, who is confident of ending the ten-event program on a winning note with his lightly-raced four-year-old Frisky Styx in the 2536m Barbagallo Volvo Pace. Frisky Styx notched his seventh win from…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Ravenswood trainer Jocelyn Young has star five-year-old Steno at her peak for the $100,000 Barbagallo Norms Daughter Classic at Gloucester Park on Friday night, and she looks the winner after drawing an ideal barrier at No. 2. Young should use Steno’s sparkling gate speed to burst straight to the front…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Only three four-year-olds, The Falcon Strike (2002), Mysta Magical Mach (2009) and Chicago Bull (2017), have won the prestigious WA Pacing Cup this century, with The Falcon Strike and Chicago Bull being trained by Gary Hall Snr and driven by his son Gary Hall Jnr. Now, the all-conquering Halls are…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX “She looks like she is back on track,” said a relieved part-owner, trainer and reinsman Shane Young after classy five-year-old mare Wonderful To Fly had produced an explosive finishing burst to come from the clouds to win the $25,000 Sky Racing Listen Live Pace over 2130m at Gloucester Park on…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Star mare Aardiebytheseaside enjoyed what could well be described as a good track workout when she strolled around the Gloucester Park circuit on Friday night to record an effortless victory in the $27,000 Follow @Skyracingau On Instagram Pace over 2130m. The four-year-old mare, trained by Greg and Skye Bond, was…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX It was feared that the promising career of Jimmy Rocks had come to an end after just three starts when he was involved in a bad accident in a race at Pinjarra on May 1, 2023. Jimmy Rocks met with severe interference, dislodged his driver Mitch Miller and fell when…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Insta Gator, described by his trainer-driver Jocelyn Young as a big, lean and gangly horse, has resumed racing after a spell in splendid form, with three wins and a head second placing from five starts. He was the $2.20 favourite in the 2130m Sky Racing Active Pace at Gloucester Park…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Eight-year-old Rupert Of Lincoln lacks gate speed, but he more than compensates for this deficiency with his toughness. He worked hard when he was a first-up winner at $11.70 ten nights before he was a $43.40 outsider from the No. 2 barrier in the 2130m Sky Racing Watch Live Pace…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX If seven-year-old Longreach Bay had been sound during his career he would have been as good as his exciting elder full-sister Cott Beach, according to his breeder, part-owner and trainer Peter King. During his five-and-a-half-year career Longreach Bay has been on the sidelines for breaks of 16 months, nine months…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Veteran pacer Acuto does his best work when he sets the pace, and outstanding young reinsman Kyle Symington made every post a winner from barrier one when he drove a canny race in front to win the 1730m Follow @Skyracingau On X Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Symington…
Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX A losing sequence of 14, including unplaced efforts at her past six starts, and the disadvantage of starting from the outside barrier (No. 9) on the front line did not prevent talented three-year-old filly Xceptional Arma from bouncing back to her best form and winning the $21,000 Sky Racing Pace…