WA MEDIA GUILD FRIDAY’S THOUGHTS 16TH JUNE

Ernie Manning, known as The Great Ernesto following an article in last week’s The Sunday Times after his outstanding effort of tipping nine winners at Gloucester Park earlier this month, has done it again. That’s right, the very next week after coming within a short half-head of tipping the card at headquarters, The Great Ernesto…

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Cork Can Run Looks the Part

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Serpentine trainer-reinsman Dylan Egerton-Green holds a strong hand in the GPHR Western Crown features for two-year-olds at Gloucester Park on Friday night, with Cork Can Run and Nase Vira each favourably drawn at barrier three. “Cork Can Run is the better of the two chances but the filly (Nase…

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Hall Chooses Prince Of Pleasure

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Champion reinsman Gary Hall Jnr has given punters a valuable lead by choosing to drive Prince Of Pleasure ahead of stablemate Finvarra in the 2130m Bridge Bar Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Hall drove Finvarra last Friday night when the five-year-old started from the No. 2 barrier,…

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Dream Barrier for Rockmyster

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Up-and-coming four-year-old Rockmyster will begin from the perfect No. 1 barrier for the fourth time in the space of six starts when he contests the $30,000 Im Themightyquinn Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. And this should enable him to notch his fourth consecutive victory. His previous starts…

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Milestone Looms for Roberts

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Deni Roberts has been driving in brilliant form this year and she is looking forward to achieving a significant milestone by driving Brulee to victory in the opening event at Gloucester Park on Friday night to bring up her one hundredth winner for the season. The 27-year-old Roberts faces…

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Roberts Faces A Tough Decision

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Outstanding young driver Deni Roberts will be facing an extremely difficult but enviable decision later this year when she determines which three-year-old to drive in the $200,000 WA Derby on November 3. One of her choices will be the Bettors Delight colt Fess Up, who scored a brilliant victory…

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Three In A Row For Bromwich

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Champion trainer Gary Hall Snr and his son, star reinsman Gary Hall Jnr are delighted at the form of a newcomer to their Serpentine stable, a talented former Victorian square gaiter Bromwich, who is unbeaten at his three appearances in Western Australia. Five-year-old Bromwich has not been extended in…

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Miss Hepburn’s Next Assignment

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Miss Hepburn, a gutsy winner of the 1730m Cowden Classic Service Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night, will be back in action at Bunbury’s Donaldson Park on Wednesday, providing she takes no harm from her victory. “She will run in the De Campo Memorial for two-year-old fillies (an…

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Finvarra Is A Cups Hope

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators WA-bred five-year-old Finvarra gave a strong indication that he should be a leading candidate for the BOTRA and Winter Cups next month when he was not extended in setting the pace and winning the $23,750 WAFL Word Sport Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The $1.60 favourite was…

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Eldaytona Likes It In Front

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators WA-bred five-year-old Eldaytona went into Friday night’s 2130m Cowden 1972 To Present Day Pace with a losing sequence of 13 stretching over a six-month period, but with part-owner and trainer-reinsman Lindsay Harper quietly confident that he could win, providing he was able to set the pace. Eldaytona, a $3.30…

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My Prayer Ends Losing Run Of 27

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Seven-year-old mare My Prayer ended a losing sequence of 27 and a 20-month drought when she set the pace and held on to beat Medieval Man in the 2130m Cowden The Insurance Brokers Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The Barry Howlett-trained mare, who wears spreaders to prevent…

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Floewriter Gives De Campo A Treble

Ken Casellas | Photo: Hamilton Content Creators Capel trainer-reinsman Aiden De Campo produced smart four-year-old Floewriter in fine fettle for his first appearance for eight months, and he gave a superb exhibition in the sulky to drive him to a narrow victory in the 1730m Cowden The Insurance Brokers Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night.…

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