Firerockfireroll Bred to Succeed

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Victorian-bred five-year-old Firerockfireroll has the background to be a prolific winner, with his sire Courage Under Fire and dam Rocknrolla both being Group 1 winners and starring on the track. Firerockfireroll was the $1.40 favourite when he made his third appearance in Western Australia, starting off the front in…

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Eldaytona Overcomes a Setback

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Veteran reinsman Lindsay Harper had some anxious moments before scoring a narrow victory with $1.50 favourite Eldaytona in the 2130m Hotspurs 1882 Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Eldaytona had a comfortable time with a slow lead time of 39.3sec. and modest opening quarters of 31.6sec. and 30.8sec.…

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Tricky Miki’s Great Derby Trial

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators A patient drive by Gary Hall Jnr was rewarded when Tricky Miki got clear on the home turn and charged down the straight to snatch a thrilling last-stride victory in the Group 2 Cowden Insurance Western Gateway Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. It was a splendid rehearsal…

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Gary Hall Reigns Supreme

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators A virtuoso performance in the sulky on a wet and wintry Gloucester Park on Friday night catapulted Gary Hall Jnr into harness racing’s stratosphere as a driver without peer. When he guided veteran pacer Rock Me Over to victory in the final event the 40-year-old Hall set a significant…

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WA MEDIA GUILD FRIDAY’S THOUGHTS 21 OCTOBER

The $50,000 Cowden Insurance 3YO Western Gateway Pace (2536m) is the feature event at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The Group 2 race has attracted a quality field and the barrier draw has made it even more interesting. The majority of members from the WA Trotting Media Guild have found their best bets elsewhere, except…

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Eldaytona is Set to Sparkle

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing There is a surfeit of quality four-year-olds in Western Australia this year, and individual records and current form will play a major part in determining the fields to contest the $50,000 Four-Year-Old Championship, the $125,000 Four-Year-Old Classic and the $200,000 Golden Nugget in November and December. It is…

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Whatabro Gets His Chance

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Back-line draws have forced Whatabro to be driven as a sit-sprinter at his past two starts, and Coolup trainer Michael Brennan is delighted that the former South Australian pacer will start from the No. 1 barrier in the $18,500 Go The Cardies Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night,…

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Eighteen Carat is Spot On

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Smart New Zealand-bred five-year-old Eighteen Carat will begin her spring campaign aimed at next month’s Norms Daughter Classic and the $150,000 Mares Classic when she begins from barrier two on the back line in the group 2 $50,000 Schrader Free-For-All for mares at Gloucester Park on Friday night. This…

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Tricky Miki Ready for the Challenge

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Talented gelding Tricky Miki will need a good share of luck in the $50,000 Cowden Insurance Western Gateway Classic over 2536m at Gloucester Park on Friday night, according to star reinsman Gary Hall Jnr, who declared: “He’s a big chance providing he gets into the clear after starting from…

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The Mustang Has Pace to Burn

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing “How impressive was he? He’s very good and his gate speed is phenomenal,” said delighted trainer Michael Young after The Mustang had revealed sparkling speed to charge straight to the front from barrier four in the 2536m Harness The Dream Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The…

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Miller Takes No Prisoners

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Up-and-coming reinsman Mitch Miller had only one thought in mind when he lined up at barrier No. 6 with Sweet Vivienne in the Follow The Trots WA on Facebook and Twitter Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night — and that was to take no prisoners. His tactics…

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Machnificent Overcomes Setback

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Promising four-year-old Machnificent made a triumphant return to racing — after recovering from a greasy heel infection — when he finished with a powerful burst to score an impressive victory in the $23,750 $1 Million Nullarbor Slot Race In April Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Part-owner…

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