Turvey Strikes Twice

Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Ravenswood trainer Nathan Turvey drove Prince Sahara to an all-the-way win in a 1823m event at Narrogin on Friday night and 20 minutes later he struck again, 195km away,   when his four-year-old mare Rocknroll Sass repeated the dose by setting the pace for Gary Hall Jnr and winning the 2130m…

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My Prayer’s Upset Win

Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Experienced mare My Prayer made the most of a favourable barrier at No. 2 to cause an upset and win the 2130m The Game Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. My Prayer, a $20.20 chance for Busselton trainer Barry Howlett, had won only once from her previous 36 starts,…

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New Experience For Love On the Rocks

Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX It was quite a new experience for New Zealand-bred pacer Love On The Rocks when he began from barrier six in the 1730m 7News Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Having his second start for trainer Gary Hall Snr and his second run in Australia, Love On The Rocks…

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Ambitious Plan For Faster Than Dad

Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX “The WA Pacing Cup is definitely not out of the question,” said trainer Michael George after five-year-old Faster Than Dad outclassed his rivals in the $23,000 Perth Now Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Resuming racing after an absence of almost three months, Faster Than Dad, driven by Stuart…

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Soho Seraphine Sparkles

Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Victorian filly Soho Seraphine made a brilliant West Australian debut and showed that she will take a power of beating in the $150,000 WA Oaks next Friday night when she scored a runaway win in the 2130m Sunday Times Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Driven in fine style…

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Golden Moment For Roberts

Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Outstanding driver Deni Roberts notched her maiden Group 1 victory when she guided Vegas Strip to a decisive win in the $150,000 Channel 7 Golden Slipper at Gloucester Park on Friday night and she is now looking forward to achieving her next goal, driving 200 winners in a season for…

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WA MEDIA GUILD FRIDAY’S THOUGHTS 29TH SEPTEMBER

The two-year-old babies take pride of place at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The running of the Group 1 Channel 7 2YO Golden Slipper (2130m) has attracted a capacity field of 12 highly credentialed youngsters who will battle it out for the rich $150,000 purse. And what a great race it promises to be. One…

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Paul Edward Set To Make Amends

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Smart four-year-old Paul Edward was surprisingly beaten when a $1.24 favourite in a 2185m event at Pinjarra last Monday week, but Serpentine trainer-reinsman Dylan Egerton-Green is confident he will make amends and return to the winning list when he begins from the prized No. 1 barrier in the…

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Ima Fivestar General To Resume

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Talented six-year-old Ima Fivestar General has won over a variety of distances from 1730m to 2631m, but there is little doubt that he shines over sprint trips and will be ideally suited on his return to racing after a spell when he contests the Countryman Pace over 1730m…

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Young Looking For Patched To Improve

Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Pinjarra trainer David Young holds a strong hand in the Chris Lewis 6000 Wins Trot at Gloucester Park on Friday night with two of the eight runners, Patched and Thats Not My Gait. The six-year-old Patched has a splendid record of 15 wins and 19 placings from 53 starts, but…

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De Campo Free To Drive Grevis

Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Star reinsman Aiden De Campo has succeeded in his bid to drive quality colt Grevis in the $150,000 Channel 7 Golden Slipper at Gloucester Park on Friday night, and the son of Lazarus is at the top of his game and has excellent prospects of giving the 31-year-old De Campo…

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El Casanova’s Future In Doubt

Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX El Casanova, an extremely handsome five-year-old, captured the imagination with the sublime brilliance of his effortless all-the-way victory in the 2130m Team Bond Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. This was his third win from three starts in his current campaign — after an eleven-month injury-enforced absence. But he…

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