Routine Change Lifts Our Shelley Beach

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators New Zealand-bred four-year-old Our Shelley Beach, generally recognised as a frontrunner, produced a sample of his versatility when he sprinted home strongly to score an impressive win in the 2130m Jnr Vice President Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Astute trainer Mike Reed attributed the three-length victory over…

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Himself Is A Stands Specialist

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Sportswriter four-year-old Himself is proving an outstanding standing-start specialist, and he gave his supporters no cause for concern as he romped to an easy victory in the Mrs Trotting Camel Handicap, a 2503m stand at Gloucester Park on Friday night. He was the $1.60 favourite from the inside of…

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Cyclone Charlotte Is On Song

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Highly promising New Zealand-bred filly Cyclone Charlotte ruined her chances when she broke in running at two of her first three appearances in WA and was sent back to trials. But she has overcome this bad habit and was on her best behaviour at Gloucester Park on Friday night…

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The Amber Hare Continues To Improve

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators “She gets better every time she goes around,” said Ravenswood trainer Jocelyn Young after driving The Amber Hare to an effortless victory in the $26,000 Dack Hardwick Free-For-All at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “She will go around in the $150,000 Mares Classic next Friday night, and then after…

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Hampton Banner Is Cups Bound

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators New Zealand-bred five-year-old Hampton Banner revealed his class with a typical stylish frontrunning display to score a narrow victory in the 1730m Pat Cranley Memorial at Gloucester Park on Friday night, with part-owner Mark Lewis saying the Bettors Delight gelding was on target to play an important role in…

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Big Plans For Lavra Joe

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Owner-trainer Ray Jones patted Lavra Joe fondly on the nose after the powerful gelding had crushed his rivals in the Group 2 Bill Newman Four-Year-Old Championship at Gloucester Park on Friday night, and he declared that his pacer simply loved racing. “The plan is for him to run in…

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WA MEDIA GUILD FRIDAY’S THOUGHTS 18 NOVEMBER

The WA harness racing industry was saddened this week by the passing of one its finest gentleman – Robbie Dewar. Robbie, who was a long-serving member of the WA Trotting Media Guild, had been in declining health over the past few years with Parkinson’s Disease. Nevertheless, his death at the age of 64 sent shockwaves…

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The Sky’s The Limit

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Contesting the $1 million Nullarbor Slot race at Gloucester Park in April is in the pipeline for the exciting injury-plagued pacer Prince Of Pleasure, whose sizzling speed and sheer brilliance enthralled harness racing fans on Friday night. “I’m going to push him through the classes in a bid to…

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Warwick Sees Ideal Agent As A Cups Hope

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Star reinsman Ryan Warwick was fulsome in his praise of Ideal Agent and predicted the New Zealand-bred five-year-old would be a worthy candidate for the $300,000 Fremantle Cup and the $450,000 WA Pacing Cup in January after he had driven him to a narrow victory in the 2536m Barbagallo…

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Blitzembye Warms Up In Style

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Smart New Zealand-bred gelding Blitzembye warmed up for the $50,000 Four-Year-Old Championship next Friday night in encouraging fashion with an easy victory in the Barbagallo Leaders In Motoring Excellence Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. His victory over Mirragon and Master Publisher at a 1.57.2 rate over the…

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Manning and Maddison a Winning Combination

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators West Australian-bred five-year-old Manning ended an eleven-month drought when he broke through for an overdue win in the 1730m Barbagallo In Osborne Park Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. He has been quite frustrating for driver Maddison Brown with his lackadaisical attitude. But Brown has certainly formed a…

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Brown Makes The Right Choice

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Talented driver Maddison Brown disregarded instructions from trainer Michael Young when she kept Firerockfireroll back at the tail of the field in the Barbagallo Art Handicap, a 2503m standing-start event at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “Youngy told me to drive him the same as last week (when Firerockfireroll…

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