Young’s filly is ready to fly

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Champion filly Wonderful To Fly is on the doorstep of another outstanding season — even better than her record-breaking year of 2021, according to her part-owner, trainer and driver Shane Young. That’s Young’s confident prediction after Wonderful To Fly produced a superb performance at her second appearance after…

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Machs Gold ends losing run 22

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators New Zealand-bred seven-year-old Machs Gold ended a losing sequence of 22 and broke an 18-month drought when he relished his role as pacemaker and won the 2130m Choices Flooring For Carpet Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Dyland Egerton-Green rated the son of Mach Three expertly and…

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Star Of Willoughby bred to succeed

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators West Australian-bred pacer Star Of Willoughby continues to shine for Banjup horseman Josh Dunn, and the four-year-old showed that there are many more wins in store when he romped to a runaway victory in the 2130m Choices Flooring For Luxury Vinyl Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night.…

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Nota Bene Denario is underrated

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Callan Suvaljko played the waiting game before getting up to score a dramatic last-stride victory over the pacemaker and $2.10 favourite Golden State in the 2130m Choices Flooring Free Measure And Quote Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “He is an underrated horse,” said Suvaljko, who has…

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Emily Suvaljko’s treble

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Victorian-bred mare Sahara Storm was untroubled to set the pace and win the 2130m Choices Flooring For Inspiration Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night to complete a winning treble for brilliant young driver Emily Suvaljko and a double for trainer Nathan Turvey. Suvaljko and Turvey combined to…

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Dominus Factum and De Campo set the pace

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Noted frontrunner Dominus Factum maintained his consistent form with a smart all-the-way success in the 2130m Choices Flooring For Advice Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The Victorian-bred four-year-old’s easy victory for Aiden de Campo gave the 29-year-old Capel horseman his twelfth training success for the 2022…

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Tyler Brett holds on

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Tough eight-year-old Tyler Brett gave a bold frontrunning display and sprinted over the final 800m in 55.4sec. when he fought on grimly to stave off strong late challenges from Gambit and Double Up in the 2130m Choices Flooring For Timber Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Tyler…

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Hall lauds Prince Of Pleasure

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Hall of Fame trainer Gary Hall snr lavished praise on inexperienced five-year-old Prince Of Pleasure, and he declared the sky was the limit for the New Zealand-bred pacer after he had made an outstanding Australian debut at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Prince Of Pleasure went into the…

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Miracle Moose stakes his claim

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Talented New Zealand-bred six-year-old Miracle Moose enhanced his prospects of gaining a start in the $450,000 TABtouch WA Pacing Cup next Friday night when he scored a dashing victory in the 2536m Happy 60TH Birthday Allison Taplin Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Trainer Nathan Turvey and…

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Bennett’s Majestic Dream

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Seventy-year-old Karen Bennett realised a dream when she produced Majestic Dream in fine fettle for her first tilt as a trainer in a group 1 event — the $50,000 Choices Flooring For Rugs WA Trotters Cup at Gloucester Park on Friday night. A former successful thoroughbred trainer in…

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Old-timers interest in WA Pacing Cup

Alan Parker Friday night’s upcoming WA Pacing Cup is of particular interest for a trio on nonagenarians. Laurie Robinson (Hy Craft 1965), Lyle Lindau (Radiant Fortune 1967) and youngster Harry Miller (Jackie Scott 1960) all drove winners of the State’s premier harness race in the sixties Robinson (92) is the oldest of the trio being…

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WA MEDIA GUILD FRIDAY’S THOUGHTS 28 JANUARY

Smaller fields are a feature of Friday night’s card at Gloucester Park. However, after last week’s thrilling edition of the Fremantle Cup, members of the WA Trotting Media Guild will appreciate an opportunity to “take five” before next week’s WA Pacing Cup. TABradio’s Hayden King believes punters can start the night off on a winning…

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