Born To Boogie is flying

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Six-year-old mare Born To Boogie managed five wins from 26 starts in New Zealand before turning the corner after arriving in Western Australia last February. The daughter of Rock N Roll Heaven has flourished under the care of eight-time WA premiership trainer Ross Olivieri, and she has developed…

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Mix-up helps Jay Elle

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators An unfortunate incident in the home straight when the $1.50 favourite In The Spotlight locked spider wheels with the $10 pacemaker The Hope Diamond knocked those fillies out of contention in the Hoist Torque Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night and played into the hands of $7.90…

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Ideal Agent on the way up

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Four-year-old New Zealand-bred bred stallion Ideal Agent gave an emphatic sample of his class when he scored a runaway victory in the 2130m The Sports Daily Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Favourite at $1.04 from barrier three, Ideal Agent, trained by Greg and Skye Bond, revealed…

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Delightfull does it again

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Five-year-old mare Delightfull, a newcomer to Ryan Bell’s Baskerville stables, unwound a trademark finishing burst to win the Westside Auto Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. She is proving to be a wonderful acquisition, with her three starts for Bell producing two fast-finishing victories for stakes of…

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Alta Intrigue scrambles home

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Star reinsman Gary Hall jnr had many anxious moments before Alta Intrigue held on grimly to beat the pacemaker Shadow Roll in the 2130m Cowdens The Insurance Brokers Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “I thought Alta Intrigue was going to win easily, and then he sort…

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Doc Holliday too tough for stablemate

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Hopelands trainer Michael Young maintained his wonderful strike rate when his two runners Doc Holliday ($3.70) and Zazu ($3.30 favourite) fought out the finish of the Choices Floorings Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Young declared that the New Zealand-bred four-year-old Doc Holliday was the better of…

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Brennan’s birthday present

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Trainer Michael Brennan left Gloucester Park on Friday night for the trip back to his Coolup stables a contended man, with his only runner at the meeting, Whatabro, scoring a convincing all-the-way victory in the 2536m Simmonds Steel Pace. “It’s a good present,” said Brennan, who celebrated his…

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Don’t Bother Me None is going places

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Emerging star three-year-old Don’t Bother Me None notched his fifth win in a row and his ninth victory from 13 starts when he strolled to an easy triumph over Stamford in the 2536m Team Bond Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The Greg and Skye Bond-trained Bettors…

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Hurricane Harley is Cups bound

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Victorian-bred stallion Hurricane Harley, noted for his sizzling gate speed and dazzling sprinting ability in Melbourne and Sydney, is on target to contest the rich Fremantle and WA Pacing Cups in January after his brilliant win the $50,000 Allwood Stud Mount Eden Sprint at Gloucester Park on Friday…

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WA MEDIA GUILD FRIDAY’S THOUGHTS 15 OCTOBER

The Allwood Stud Mount Eden Sprint (1730m) highlights a cracker 10-event card at Gloucester Park on Friday night. And the man of the moment – TABradio’s Hayden King, who threw out Luvaflair as his best bet at headquarters on Tuesday night and which duly saluted at juicy odds (20/1 into 10/1) – is urging punters…

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Miracle Moose gets Suvaljko’s nod

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Outstanding young driver Emily Suvaljko will compete in eight of the ten events at Gloucester Park on Friday night — and she has given Miracle Moose the nod as her best winning prospect. Miracle Moose, prepared by Nathan Turvey, will start from the No. 2 barrier in the…

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Stamford faces a serious test

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Stamford, a full brother to up and coming superstar pacer Magnificent Storm, is poised to run a great race in the Team Bond Pace for three-year-olds at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The lightly-raced American Ideal gelding has won at six of his ten starts and gave the…

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