Ken Casellas | Race Replay
Veteran Byford trainer Peter Anderson holds a strong hand in one of the minor events at Gloucester Park on Friday night with four of the ten runners engaged in the $21,000 Westside Auto For Your Tyres Pace over 2130m.
He will be represented by Chevrons Gold (barrier one), The Righteous (three), True Grit (five) and Into The Future (seven), with his main hopes likely to be the polemarker Chevrons Gold, to be driven by Tom Nally, and The Righteous, who will be handled by Gary Hall Jnr.
Hall has a 100 per cent record with The Righteous, a seemingly indestructible ten-year-old who has enjoyed a 178-start career of 17 wins and 41 placings.
Hall’s only drive behind The Righteous was when the WA-bred gelding set the pace from the No. 3 barrier and won from Reddy To Fly over 2130m at Gloucester Park three starts ago, on March 6. He then was off the scene for 15 weeks before resuming as a $91 outsider when sixth behind Art Ideal at Gloucester Park last Friday week.
The Righteous then was a $126 chance last Friday night when he raced in ninth position before running home gamely to finish fourth behind Pocket The Change, Holy Hecka and Charivari.
Four-year-old Chevrons Gold began from the back line and raced three back on the pegs when fourth behind Dawson Shard over 1609m at Bunbury last Saturday night.
That followed his maiden success the previous Saturday night when he began from the No. 6 barrier and after racing wide early, he set the pace and defeated Camel Plus by just under two lengths.
Chris Voak will drive True Grit, an all-the-way Gloucester Park winner five starts ago, and Kyle Symington will drive Into The Future, a Gloucester Park winner four starts ago when he beat Mysta Moon Walker.
Serpentine trainer Matt Scott has two experienced runners in Friday night’s event, Barbados (barrier four) and Gee Smith (barrier eight), with Shannon Suvaljko opting to drive Barbados ahead of Gee Smith, who will be driven by Aiden De Campo at the nine-year-old’s 210th
Six-year-old Barbados notched his eleventh win at his 122th start when he trailed the pacemaker Soho Confidential before gaining a lucky inside run in the back straight in the final lap and going on to beat Gee Smith by three lengths over 2130m last Friday night.
Baldivis trainer Kristian Hawkins will be looking for a strong effort from Jamie Kim, who will be driven by Jocelyn Young from the favourable No. 2 barrier. Jamie Kim is a capable pacemaker who showed his versatility with a fast-finishing victory at Kellerberrin five starts ago.
Five-year-old Ideal Interest and four-year-old Mysta Moon Walker are in sound form and will have many admirers.