WA MEDIA GUILD FRIDAY’S THOUGHTS 30 SEPTEMBER

The biblical proverb “you reap what you sow” indicates that you must ultimately confront the effects of your deeds. If the quality of 2yo pacing harvest in this year’s crop is any indication, then connections must surely have displayed angelic behaviour through their charge’s upbringing. Publicly proclaimed by many as a prodigious group of 2yo…

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Big Test for Smart Watch

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators New Zealand-bred colt Smart Watch made a superb Australian debut with a runaway victory at Pinjarra on Monday, and he will face an acid test when he clashes with another outstanding New Zealand-bred three-year-old Street Hawk in the 2130m 7News Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Street Hawk,…

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Star Of Diamonds is Ready to Sparkle

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Star Of Diamonds is awkwardly drawn at barrier six in the 2536m Sunrise On 7 Pace, but she is ready to return to her best form at her third outing after a spell. The Bettors Delight mare is trained in Busselton by Barry Howlett and she will be driven…

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Prentice Set for Rare Hat-Trick

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Outstanding trainer Justin Prentice is poised to complete an unprecedented hat-trick by winning the $150,000 Channel Seven Perth Golden Slipper at Gloucester Park on Friday night with the unbeaten gelding Never Ending. The 34-year-old Prentice has trained and driven the winner of the Golden Slipper in the past two…

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Lavra Joe Set for Mount Eden Sprint

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Star pacer Lavra Joe will have a well-deserved rest from racing next Friday night before he tackles the $50,000 Mount Eden Sprint the following Friday. The brilliant four-year-old appeared at Gloucester Park on Friday night for the eighth consecutive week, when he was untroubled to bowl along in front…

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Phatouros Breaks a Drought

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Hobby trainer Chris Phatouros has always been a devotee of standing-start racing and he was smiling happily when Rebel With A Grin broke through for an overdue victory at Gloucester Park on Friday night to give him his first city success for four and a half years. Rebel With…

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Rolling Fire is Slipper Bound

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators “It’s full steam ahead for the Golden Slipper, that’s the plan,” said outstanding trainer Justin Prentice after Aiden De Campo had driven Rolling Fire to a dashing victory in the Steel Blue Boots Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The $150,000 Golden Slipper will be run next Friday…

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Suing You Loves to Lead

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators None of the eleven runners in the 2130m Wonderful To Fly Supports Ride For Ahlia Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night had been placed at their past three starts, and punters were quick to establish Suing You (unplaced at her past six starts) as the warm favourite because…

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Hall Bides His Time

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Patience was a virtue for star reinsman Gary Hall Jnr, who was content to keep the $2.50 favourite Master Publisher at the rear while rank outsiders Mattjestic Star ($34) and Good Times Ahead ($61) fought for ascendancy at the head of the field in the 2130m Tom’s Ride For…

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Brown’s Long-Priced Double

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Richly-talented driver Maddison Brown completed a long-priced double at Gloucester Park on Friday night when she guided Arma Einstein to a thrilling half-head victory over Stamford in the Rod And Sue Brennan Pace. Arma Einstein, trained by Brown’s father Colin, was a $17.20 chance, whose win came thirty minutes…

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Tenzing Bromac Bounces Back

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Up-and-coming four-year-old Tenzing Bromac returned to his best form when he outclassed his rivals in scoring an effortless all-the-way win in the 2130m Ride For Ahlia First Of October Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The Greg and Skye Bond-trained New Zealand-bred gelding, who was surprisingly narrowly beaten…

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Young’s Star Continues to Shine

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Mundijong trainer Michael Young’s rising star continued to shine at Gloucester Park on Friday night when he won the $26,000 Zac Williams Pace with $16.10 chance Alcippes Delight. The four-year-old mare’s head victory over the $2.45 favourite American Arma chalked up Young’s 50TH metropolitan winner for the season which…

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