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The barrier draw will be everything when the Group 1 $200,000 is run on 30 October after last night’s Western Gateway at Gloucester Park last night. Star three year old Im Stealthy (Downbytheseaside) did everything right having the perfect one out and one back trail. However there were some surprises. Stablemate D Mac from the […]
One of the nation’s most beloved pacers Minstrel is being set again for the Western Australia Pacing Cup on 11 December which should delight all harness racing supporters. Co trainer Greg Bond who prepares Minstrel with his wife Skye is hopeful that the rising ten year old is ready for another crack at the West’s […]
New Zealand bred filly Skinny Dippin (Downbytheseaside) justified the faith of her new owners when she scored a decisive all the way win in this years edition of the Group 1 Tabtouch West Australia Oaks at Gloucester Park on Friday night. It was an intriguing race with the balance firmly going Skinny Dippin’s way after […]
Ultra consistent pacer Mad Monday (Vincent) completed a treble for trainers Greg and Skye Bond and driver Deni Roberts with a well timed burst to take out the Bridge Bar Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday evening. Mad Monday has been one of the State’s improved pacers having won his last four previous appearances at […]
Much improved pacer Mad Monday (Vincent) scored his best success to date with all the way harness racing win in the $100,000 Group 2 Tabtouch Preux Chevalier Four Year Old classic at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Favourite Runkle Crunch was slow to commence early with Last Hard Copy going hard but not able to […]
The final slot for the 2026 $1.25 million The Nullarbor has been announced, with Jeavons Racing selecting Justcallmemiki. A five-year-old gelding trained by Greg and Skye Bond, Justcallmemiki joins stablemates Minstrel and Golden Lode, who are representing the Team Bond #1 and Team Bond #2 slots. Prominent owner Kevin Jeavons had to quickly pivot in […]
Western Australia’s leading pacer Minstrel (Rocknroll Hanover) gave an ominous warning to his forthcoming rivals in the forthcoming $1.25 million Nullabor with one of the best performances in recent times to take out the Trotsynd Free For All at Gloucester Park on Friday evening. Minstrel was out three wide for nearly a lap as Rockandrollartist […]
Ever consistent gelding The Little Master (Vincent) made it two on end winning an action packed West Australian Nights of Thunder Pace Final at Gloucester Park on Friday evening. Nathan Street was sent out a warm favourite and there was little money for anything else. Showing his typical high speed Nathan Street looked for the […]
Iron pacer Minstrel (Rocknroll Hanover) proved beyond doubt his state as the State’s pacer with a herculean win in Western Australia’s harness racing showpiece, the Group 1 $450,000 Western Australia Pacing Cup at Gloucester Park on Friday evening. Although the draw looked as if it had fallen into place for Minstrel with an ideal barrier […]
Its fair to say that most of the top features in this last half of the season have been in the Eastern states, but last night it was Perth’s premier track Gloucester Park that turned in one of the finest open class races with the staging of the Group 2 $100,000 James Brennan Cup for […]
Star three year old Bettor Fortune (Bettors Delight) enhanced his prospects for the forthcoming Western Australia Derby when he easily outsprinted his harness racing rivals to take out the Group 3 Western Gateway at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Unbeaten in his previous six appearances, Bettor Fortune was drawn on the outside of the second […]
The Greg and Skye Bond stable returned with a vengeance at Friday night’s Gloucester Park meeting with a harness racing double courtesy of Golden Lode (Always B Miki) and the classy stallion Lusaka (Sweet Lou) who prevailed in the main event of the evening the Rotary Club of Fremantle Pace. Golden Lode was on the […]
Southland bred Showsomejoy (Art Major) won the biggest race of her short career on Saturday night when she took out the $150,000 Group One Vic Bred Super Series for three year old fillies at Melton. Bred by Clark Barron under the Miracle Lodge banner, Showsomejoy is out of Barron’s good mare Somejoy (Somebeachsomewhere) which won […]
Justcallmemiki (Always B Miki) with his impressive win last night at Addington continues the rising success of West Melton harness racing trainer Hayden Cullen. The win was Cullen’s eighth of the season from just thirty starters. Driver Blair Orange took the three year old to the top and got away with some cheap sectionals before […]
They were the top harness racing trainers in the west last year and Greg and Skye Bond came out strong at Gloucester Park on Friday night to quinella the $300,000 Fremantle Cup. With four horses in the Group 1, it was stable stars Minstrel and Patronus Star that stole the headlines, finishing a very close […]
Cortopassi picks the right option Astute trainer Ray Williams heaped praise on talented reinsman Aldo Cortopassi after he had driven rising superstar pacer Magnificent Storm to a superb victory in the group 3 TABtouch York Cup at Gloucester Park on Friday afternoon. Williams and several part-owners of the New Zealand-bred four-year-old had lengthy discussions during […]
The stage is set for another titanic battle between Minstrel and Magnificent Storm when the outstanding four-year-olds clash in the $30,000 TABtouch York Cup at Gloucester Park on Friday afternoon. See fields here. This is only the third time the New Zealand-bred geldings have met in a race, and it promises to be a marvellous […]
Redoubtable stayer Vampiro has bright prospects of becoming the sixth multiple winner of the August Cup when he starts from the outside barrier at No. 9 in the $25,000 feature event over 2536m at Gloucester Park on Friday night. See fields here. The seven-year-old Rocknroll Hanover gelding prepared by leading trainers Greg and Skye Bond […]
Leading harness racing trainers Greg and Skye Bond celebrated a milestone on Tuesday evening when Ryan Warwick drove New Zealand-bred pacers Tenzing Bromac and Maccas to impressive victories at Gloucester Park. Three-year-old Tenzing Bromac was not extended in winning by a neck from the pacemaker Rocknroll Elliot, and in the following event five-year-old Maccas set […]
