WA MEDIA GUILD FRIDAY’S THOUGHTS 19 AUGUST

“Al Guerrero is a bold frontrunner and gets the draw here to find that position from which he usually takes beating,” Havercroft said. “The distance is probably the only query but Plutonium, who looks his main market danger, will have to come around Al Guerrero to beat him.” And Currall agrees. “Kyle Harper should be…

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Hall’s Difficult Choice

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Champion reinsman Gary Hall Jnr left Gloucester Park on Tuesday night pondering the extremely difficult decision he faces next week when he must make a choice between Never Ending and Valedictorian as his drive in the $100,000 Group 1 Pearl Classic for two-year-olds on Friday week. Hall and trainer…

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Eighteen Carat Set for Another Feature Win

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing For a pacer to win two Group 3 feature events in the space of eight days is no mean feat. But that’s what outstanding young trainer Michael Young is confident of achieving at Gloucester Park on Friday night when Eighteen Carat contests the $30,000 Retravision Pace. The New…

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Symington Gets His Chance

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Star three-year-old Swingband is one of talented reinsman Michael Grantham’s favourite pacers, but he has failed in a bid to handle the Ryan Bell-trained gelding in the $20,250 Noah and Cruz George Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. This left up-and-coming 20-year-old Kyle Symington the opportunity to…

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Hall Tips Gambit

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators “He will lead and win,” was the confident prediction of champion reinsman Gary Hall Jnr when assessing the prospects of Gambit in the $30,000 Mia and Macy Joss Free-For-All at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Gambit, trained by Hall’s father Gary, will start from the prized No. 1 barrier…

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Flametree Pleases Mitch Miller

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Flametree recorded a considerably slower time in winning her heat of the Diamond Classic than the gross times of the other heat winners Jackie Daniels and Zephyra, but that is not affecting the confidence of her reinsman Mitch Miller as he plans to set the pace in the…

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Eight in a Row for Wonderful To Fly

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Exciting filly Wonderful To Fly continued her meteoric rise to fame and notched her eighth successive victory when she outclassed her rivals in the $20,250 Dulux Accredited Painters Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “She was always in control of the race,” said part owner and trainer-reinsman Shane…

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Advantage Looks a Golden Slipper Hope

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Two-year-old pacer Advantage arrived in Western Australia five weeks ago, and he made a wonderful debut when he scored an impressive victory in the $20,250 Ora Foods Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The gelding, prepared by leading trainers Greg and Skye Bond, was handled in fine style…

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Suvaljko Puts the Pressure On

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Outstanding young driver Emily Suvaljko had a plan to beat Dominus Factum in the 2130m Magnificent Storm Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night — and it succeeded. She was driving the polemarker and $1.60 favourite Angel In White, and her aggression paid dividends when she applied considerable pressure…

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Gee Smith Succeeds In a Mobile

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Victorian-bred pacer Gee Smith, regarded in Western Australia as a standing-start specialist, showed his ability as a mobile performer when he gave a spirited performance to win the Emily And Elise Stampalia Pace over 2130m at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “We haven’t had a lot of luck in…

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Plutonium Has Come Back Better

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Plutonium’s future was in the balance when he damaged his nearside fore tendon when he finished strongly to win from Alta Engen at Gloucester Park in July 2021. But he has made a wonderful recovery and has scored decisive wins at his first two starts after resuming after a…

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Bracken Sky Exceeds all expectations

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Veteran pacer Bracken Sky boosted his earnings past a quarter of a million dollars when he gave a typical solid frontrunning display to win the 2130m Noah George Race Night Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Delighted trainer and part-owner Debbie Padberg said that the versatile New South…

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