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“This looks like a real good race for him,” declared Darling Downs trainer-reinsman Aldo Cortopassi when assessing Theo Aviator’s prospects from barrier five in the 2130m Westral Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night.

Inexperienced New Zealand-bred colt Howard Hughes is poised to notch his third victory in the space of 14 days by proving the master of his eight rivals in the Mondo Doro Smallgoods Pace over 2130m at Gloucester Park on Friday night.

New Zealand-bred five-year-old Golden State has been unplaced at his four appearances since resuming from a spell, has finished sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth in four attempts over 2536m, he has led in eight of his 12 wins in a 34-start career and has drawn awkwardly out wide at barrier seven in the 2536m TABtouch Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night.

Ryan Warwick, the State’s leading reinsman, is hoping for a change of fortune in The West Australian Nights of Thunder final at Gloucester Park on Friday night when he drives the talented Ocean Ridge in the $50,000 Group 2 event.

Astute trainer Joe Petricevich, a leading light in harness racing in Western Australia in the 1950s, 60s and 70s, died last Friday night at the age of 97.

The $450,000 Group 1 WA Pacing Cup (2936m - almost four laps around Gloucester Park) takes pride of place at headquarters on Friday night.

Jack Mack has been one of the most exciting juvenile pacers in Western Australia in recent years but has been dogged by injury and has been off the scene for the past 13 months.