Injury Ends Smart Watch’s Derby Hopes

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Star reinsman Gary Hall was concerned when outstanding colt Smart Watch hung badly before scoring a narrow victory in the $20,250 Vale Beth Richardson Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. His worst fears were realised on Saturday morning when trainer Gary Hall Snr discovered that Smart Watch…

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Rascal Is a Major Headache

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Rascal is a West Australian-bred four-year-old pacer blessed with considerable ability. But he has proved a major headache throughout his career for Byford trainer Katja Warwick who bred and races the gelding with Tom Erceg. Rascal refuses to pace smoothly and his habit of hanging in badly has…

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Doc Holliday is a Reluctant Winner

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing New Zealand-bred five-year-old Doc Holliday is a perplexing pacer with a casual attitude who refuses to do his best at the business end of his races. He was the $5 second favourite who ended a six-month drought and broke a losing sequence of eleven when he scrambled to…

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Young Lauds Hall’s Drive

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Trainer Michael Young’s purple patch continued at Gloucester Park on Friday night when he landed a treble with Doc Holliday, The Mustang and Alcippes Delight. He was generous in his praise of champion reinsman Gary Hall Jnr when he lauded him for his skill in the sulky to…

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Hall’s winning handful

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Two hours after Acharne Girl had finished a splendid third in the WA Oaks at Gloucester Park on Friday night her four-year-old full-brother Faster Than Dad finished fast to snatch victory in the Trots WA Pace to give champion reinsman Gary Hall Jnr his fifth winner on the…

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Magnificent Storm is Just Too Good

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Glamour pacer Magnificent Storm maintained his irrepressible form when he overcame the disadvantage of the outside barrier (No. 9) in the 2130m Dot Williams Free-For-All at Gloucester Park on Friday night when he again proved too fast, too strong and too talented for his rivals. Veteran Mt Helena…

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Olivieri’s Dramatic Oaks Triumph

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Forty years ago, Ross Olivieri achieved his first Group 1 success when he trained and drove Tebaldi to victory the 1982 New South Wales Oaks at Harold Park, and a year later he prepared Gliding Princess for her win in the NSW Oaks. Since those heady days the…

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WA MEDIA GUILD FRIDAY’S THOUGHTS 14 OCTOBER

The Group 1 WA Oaks (2536m) heads up a great night of trotting action at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The $150,000 feature has been made even more intriguing by the lapse in form of star filly Wonderful To Fly, who just a month ago seemed to have a mortgage on the event. Members of…

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Smart Watch Set for Hat-Trick

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing New Zealand-bred colt Smart Watch, impressive when unextended in winning at his first two Australian starts, at Gloucester Park last month, faces an important moment of truth when he clashes with his talented stablemate High Price in the 2130m Vale Beth Richardson Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday…

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Sweet Vivienne Poised to Shine

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Smart two-year-old filly Sweet Vivienne has drawn awkwardly at barrier six in the 2130m Follow The Trots On Facebook And Twitter Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night, but astute trainer Kim Prentice is enthusiastic about her prospects. “This will be her last run before she goes to…

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Jumpingjackmac Out to Test Star Pacer

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Talented four-year-old Jumpingjackmac has drawn the prized No. 1 barrier in the $30,000 Dot Williams Free-For-All at Gloucester Park on Friday night, and Hall Of Fame trainer Gary Hall Snr is setting the gelding the task of making the pace in a bid to beat rising superstar Magnificent…

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Young Seeks First Group 1 Success

Ken Casellas | Photo: Gloucester Park Harness Racing Mundijong trainer Michael Young, pacing’s man of the moment, has inexperienced filly Im Themightylucy at her peak, and he has high hopes she will give him his first Group 1 victory by overcoming a back-line draw and winning The Trots WA Oaks at Gloucester Park on Friday night.…

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