Close Call For Ten To The Dozen

Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX It was just too close for comfort agreed Deni Roberts after she had driven the $1.20 favourite Ten to The Dozen to a head victory over $8 chance Menemsha in the $50,000 APG WA Sales Classic for three-year-old colts and geldings at Gloucester Park on Friday night. “There were anxious…

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Miki Jet Is On The Way Up

Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Inexperienced New Zealand-bred five-year-old Miki Jet completed a notable double for Gary Hall Jnr when he scored an impressive victory in the 2130m APG The Industry Owned Sales Company Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. It gave Hall his first double as a trainer, following his win with Regal…

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Otis Enjoys A Change

Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX WA-bred six-year-old Otis enjoyed a change from standing-start racing to a mobile event when he gave a bold frontrunning display to win the 2130m Australian Pacing Gold Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. His victory as the $2.80 second fancy over the fast-finishing $6.50 chance Soho Santorini ended a…

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Reward For Effort

Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX WA-bred five-year-old Soho Dow Jones went into the $31,000 APGold.com.au Free-For-All at Gloucester Park on Friday night as a $7.30 chance who had been successful only once from his 18 previous starts. He had also been placed at seven of those 18 starts and rarely performed below par, with Mitch…

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The Miki Taker Back In Business

Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Five-year-old The Miki Taker, winner of the Group 1 Pearl Classic as a two-year-old in June 2021, broke through for his first win for 12 months when star Capel trainer Aiden De Campo drove him to a splendid victory in the 1730m Vale Geoff Wallis Pace at Gloucester Park on…

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American Offers Rejected

Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Up-and-coming five-year-old Flying Rumour notched his sixth win from twelve starts in his current campaign when he charged home powerfully to beat Ima Fivestar General and Jaspervellabeach in the $25,000 APG Industry Owned, Not For Profit Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Trainer Mike Reed has been greatly impressed…

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Great Family Tradition

Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Three-year-old gelding Franco Encore maintained an outstanding family tradition when he was successful in the 2130m Trotsynd Pace at Gloucester Park on Friday night. The lightly-raced New Zealand-bred Franco Encore, trained by Ryan Bell and driven by Kyle Symington, is the sixth foal out of the unraced Changeover mare Edinburgh…

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In Her Mother’s Footsteps

Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Memories of Artistic Copper’s victory in the Sales Classic for two-year-old fillies in 2013 were revived when her fifth foal Copper Head Lady finished with a powerful late burst to win the $125,000 APG Sales Classic for two-year-old fillies at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Artistic Copper, owned and bred…

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Fortune Favours The Bettor Side

Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Luck frequently plays an important role in deciding sporting contests, and ace Coolup trainer-reinsman Aiden De Campo made the most of the unexpected opportunity to compete in the $125,000 APG WA Sales Classic for two-year-old colts and geldings at Gloucester Park on Friday night. Ten days earlier De Campo was…

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WA MEDIA GUILD FRIDAY’S THOUGHTS 1ST MARCH

Buckle yourselves in ladies and gentlemen … Friday night’s card at Gloucester Park features a massive 12 events. Race caller Matt Young will certainly earn his pay packet this week with the first event kicking off just after 5pm and the last at 10.45pm. And punters will also witness the running of the two rich…

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Illawong Mustang Loves No. 1

Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Illawong Mustang has started from the No. 1 barrier seven times at Gloucester Park for two all-the-way wins, two seconds, two thirds and one seventh placing. And his trainer-reinsman Dylan Egerton-Green is confident the seven-year-old will improve his record from barrier one by setting the pace and winning the opening…

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Busy Night For Hall

Ken Casellas | Photo: PACEPIX Champion reinsman Gary Hall Jnr will drive in the first eleven events on the 12-race program at Gloucester Park on Friday night, and he considers his best winning prosects will be in events late in the evening,  Nevermindthechaos in race nine, the APG Perth Yearling Sale Pace over 2130m and…

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